NAVY MUST BE FIRST.
ADMIRAL'S WARNING
AIR POWER IN SECOND PLACE. LONDON", Tune 1. In a letter to the " Times," RearAdmiral A. V. Davidson draws attention to the growing expansion of air schemes, leading to the impression that sea power has become of less importance. He urges the necessity of any air plan taking eecond place to the navy. Australian and New Zealand trade and commerce would always be dependent on naval protection. He champions a base at Singapore, which should be a boon, andehould be pushed to completion in five, instead of ten, years, if finance permite. Co-ordination of the defence policy could best 'be achieved by a Ministry of Defence composed of representatives of land, sea and air.
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Auckland Star, Volume LIV, Issue 131, 4 June 1923, Page 5
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120NAVY MUST BE FIRST. Auckland Star, Volume LIV, Issue 131, 4 June 1923, Page 5
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