DECLARATION OF LONDON.
BRITAIN'S GREAT DANGER. By Cable —Press Association—Copyright. London, June 30. In the House of Commons, Mr, McKenna, First Lord of the Admiralty, said that of 120 admirals against the Declaration Go had been promoted after retjrempnt, 27 others had neve,r been employed, only 23 had hoisted their flags as admirals, and only 11 had the administrative experience as admirals which the public hastily supposed attached to the whole list.
Lord Charles Beresford protested against sneers against admirals, and said that Britain's great danger was a sudden attack by converted merchantships. Such vessels, armed with a couple of I'2-pounders, would strike terror into the hearts of shipowners, and if the food supply was cut off for even a short time there would he a panic, possibly a revolution. If the Declaration was ratified hundreds of small cruisers ought immediately to he, laid down.
Sir Rufus Isaacs said it was important to bear in mind that the Declaration did not purport to deal with the right of belligerents inter se. The general public did not realise this. The debate was adjourned.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 7, 3 July 1911, Page 5
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182DECLARATION OF LONDON. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 7, 3 July 1911, Page 5
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