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AMERICA'S NAVAL POLICY. DECLARATION BY MR WILBUR. (BI CIBII—PRESS isaOCIATIOIf—COPTBIOHT.) (AUSTBALIAH AND KB. CABLE ASSOCIATION (Received January 24th, 6.55 p.m.) WASHINGTON, January 23. Mr "Wilbur, speaking at the Middlesex Club in Boston, said: "We must have a first-class navy in time of peace if wc are to have a first-class navy in time of war. No matter what are our social standards, nor how we may abhor war, it must be conceded that it would be shameful for a nation financially able to equip itself with modern weapons to send men into battle in ships so inferior that their sacrifice would be the obvious result. A spirit of fairness and decency alone should compel us to provide modern weapons of war. have a choice of abandoning the navy or of maintaining a high degree of efficiency. The idea that ships may be built and placed on the reserve to be commissioned in time of hostilities is utterly impracticable."
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Press, Volume LXIV, Issue 19217, 25 January 1928, Page 9
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161HALF MEASURES USELESS. Press, Volume LXIV, Issue 19217, 25 January 1928, Page 9
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