STILL THE PIVOT.
BATTLESHIPS IN WAR. STRENGTH MUST BE KEPT UP. (By Cable. —Press Association.—Copyright.) iKeceivpd 10.:i0 a.m.) LONDON, March 24. On ihe naval vote of £12,000,000, Admiral Sueter declured that there, aa-ss no justification for large estimates. If we had had n Z-epelin or torpedo aircraft the morning after Jutland we Avould have got. every enemy ship. Tims owing to the Admiralty's stupidity we were deprived of the full fruits of victory. He questioned the wisdom of building battleships. They could leave the safety of the Empire in (he hands of submarines and airmen, with light cruisers and destroyers. Lieiit.-Colonel L. ('. M. S. Amery agreed as to the value of aircraft, nut, contended that even in peace time Britain could not run the risk of being weaker than any Power with Avhorn she might come to war. It Avas necessary not to be hopelessly inferior in the type of vessel which .vas still the kernel and pivot of naval battle. The Navy they were keeping actively in commission was the sn-.-a.Uest they could afford to maintain from the viewpoint of national position and trade. The vote was passed.— (A. and N.Z.)
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Auckland Star, Volume LIII, Issue 72, 25 March 1922, Page 7
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192STILL THE PIVOT. Auckland Star, Volume LIII, Issue 72, 25 March 1922, Page 7
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