BRITISH NAVAL STRENGTH.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXIX, Issue 69, 20 March 1908, Page 5

BRITISH NAVAL STRENGTH.

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THS KOSTTH BASE. j ■rjrrrXL TAKE SEVEN YEARS. j I (Received 9.3 a.m-) LONDON, March 19. The Ear! of Cawdor iex-First Lord of ' fitt Admiralty I. speaking in ihe House of Lords criticised the Admiralty's policy i yrjod the acceleration of ihe work at the°ne*v naval base of Rosyth. He insisted on the necessity of our unassailable" supremacy as against any two of the greatest naval Powers. ■ Xhe First Lord of the Admiralty ' (Lord Twecdniouth) replied that Mr- Asnuiti's recent declaration as to the twoPower standard was most decisive. In 1911 no combination of two first-class Powers would be equal to Great Britain's strength. He preferred a standard equal tn aD y reasonably probable combination of foreign Power;. He hoped that they have finished Rosyth within seven years. j tnnowisT csiticism. (Received 5.5t3 a.m.) LONDON", March 19. The Unionist newspapers describe Lord Tweedmouth's conception of the twoPower standard as absolutely unsafe and untenable, inasmuch as the attitude of foreign Powers is always liable to unforeseen change. j