THE NAVY MUST COME FIRST
(By Cable.—Prose Association.—Copyright.)
LONDON, May 4,
Mr Churchill, speaking at the Royal Academy banquet, said that at times a stormy shadow darkened the threshold of European civilisation, but he believed that it would pass.
Lord Morley said they had every reason to believe that Monday would reveal a solution to tho crisis in the Balkans.
Mr Lewis Harcourt declared that tho national servico policy masqueraded under many aliases, but all meant conscription. An invasion would be futile and unnecessary if the command of the sea were gone. Tho country could easily be starved into submission.
Mr P. Illingworth, M.P., speaking at Shipley, said that Lord Roberts wanted a nation of soldiers, tho Navy League a nation of sailors, and another school of enthusiasts wanted to obscure tho sun and moon with aerial flights. The Government relied on tho Navy, and would not spare any efforts to maintain its efficiency.
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Press, Volume XLIX, Issue 14658, 6 May 1913, Page 7
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