THE KAISERS NAVY.
• NOT FOR DEFENCE ALONE. A MEANS TO POLITICAL PfiESTICE. I'ROfiiUMME EXTENSION, (bi TBriEait/.i'll-rnnss issocu'NnN-t6rTsloßT,| (ttec. Juiio 7, 10.45 p.tn.) , Berlin, Juno 7. At the annual meeting of tho German Navy League, held ttt Kiel).lt Was stated that the membership Was 977(063. Princo Henry of l'russia, Admiral in command of tho High Soil Elect) nnd brother .of •Wio Kais«) congratulated tfhb League on bhO restoration'of harmony within its ranks'. Ho recommended tli.it tho Leagiio should base its efforts Upon i3jo Navy .Law, which was not always rightly understood. ' "• Admiral Von Wcbor' said"tte deffmcO of German trado and German coasts Was not tho only task of tho German Navy. The grouping of tho Powers during recent iJVoaU in South-Eastern Europe showed that a strong tiavy Was indisponfejbte to the politico! lifestigo of tho'Empire. Admiral von Weber's demonstration that the Navy Law is .capable of much furthtrt oxpaiisioil, had might easily be made tt( cover a batch of h6W Invincibles, \va& VoolfbrOUSly applauded. , - THE NAVY LAW. The,.recent friction in the ratib Df the dermtm Navy League Was caused by the League's pfopdjiiilda wOrk being U3ed-4t was for purposes af-party, politics.. That is, ,lit) dmibt, why ihe. Kaiser's brother, l'riuoS Henry, advises the basing of the League's efforts on tho existing Navy Law. At the satno time' Admiral Vori Vfebet explains bow that Navy -Law may^-thougti fixed —be expanded to include more bis armoured cruisers. Britain's lead in this class is one of. the sore points bf German "big navy" iiien. The Admiral also appeafi to hive carefully donied that defence of commerce ahd coasts is the ouly object of a big German navy J it. Will be used for purptlsM of prestige is, for backing up the military eabre in furthering tho Mailed Fist policy vThe Gelmnn Navy Law, 1907, provides: To lny down «nch year from iOOS to i9tl three battleships ttnd one armoured cruiser, arid eaoh ■ year from". 1012 to 1917 one Battleship aild one armoured "druiSeF; also each year ffoill 1908 to 1917 two protected 6rili&re and twelve destroyers.. . ,
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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 528, 8 June 1909, Page 7
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342THE KAISERS NAVY. Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 528, 8 June 1909, Page 7
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