BE PREPARED.
NAVAL SUPREMACY NECESSARY.
LORD JELLICOE'S VIEWS.
By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright. Sydney, June 26. Speaking at a Navy League dinner in his honor, Lord Jellicoe insisted upon the necessity of Britain retaining a Btrong navy. It must be perfectly clear to all Britons that .the co-operation of all portions of the Empire was more necessary now than ever before. It was his opinion that brotherhood would result upon the realisation of the responsibility of every portion of the Empire towards the maintenance of the policemen of the Sea.
The British navy in any future war, for the proper safeguarding of British trade would require the convoy system throughout the world. The assistance of the overseas Dominions would certainly then be necessary. The lesson he was trying to "preach was preparation for war. The British Empire depended more now than ever upon naval supremacy, and preparation to give protection to the mercantile marine was only one side of the question. Preparation to deal with enemy submarines was a far more complicated problem. He urged the necessity of establishing on an efficient basis fuel supply stations Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.
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Taranaki Daily News, 27 June 1919, Page 5
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