SEA POWER.

Press, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20563, 3 June 1932, Page 12

SEA POWER.

MAINTENANCE OP tfAVU STRENGTH. LORD ~ ' Expressing the opinion th»t jt; British Navy is at present "cat i! the bone" as regards strength, tJj Jellicoe, in a letter roceived W» a. Canterbury branch of the N League, urges the people 0 f New a? laud to keep before them the of maintaining an adequate preserve the safety of their ae* Lj munications. The letter, which received at last night's meeting of general committee of the Lea£ra<Tiz as follows: . *•] "I am very grateful for Torn-'LuL' of February 12th; and for the JnS? J fiood wishes of the members ofti? •Canterbury Committee of the V, League. "I have just arrived in from Madeira, and I am veiynJ-Ji S!^ t rbe vi fJEr *Sl' "You ai e good enough to ajt U a message to the branch. Mv will be as follows: ' "1 know full well the great *»t which tiie Navy League in New 2! land hps done in the past in before the people the entire tignkS ewe of the British Empire safety of our sea communicaijotm can well realise tlie anxiety with all members of the Navy League ]2 upon the present and future n»te! of the British Navy, which ably has lieen out to the bona a* !(T gards strength, and I would members of the Canterbury bn&efifc continue their fine efforts to,ben V fore the people of New. Zeataof tb supreme importance of our haiiw'. X avy. of adequate strength tam, ] out its work." '