SIR GEORGE REID.
THE ARBITRAMENT OF WAR
United Press Association—By Eleotrta
Telegraph—Copyright
LONDON, April J26.,
Sir George Reid, speaking at Birmingham upon the manufacture of rifles for Australian cadets, and referring to the building of destroyers and Dreadnoughts, said such activity was a proof that whilst statesmen were busy with professions of peace, th© great nations wero practically in a state of war. Oh© danger of vast armaments was, that in a mad moment the whole destinies of the human race might depend upon the odious arbitrament of brute force. Australia had a right to make tremendous preparations for a danger that might never come, but if once the British Navy was destroyed her enemies would never allow it to be rebuilt.
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Press, Volume LXVI, Issue 13719, 28 April 1910, Page 7
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