THE NAVY LEAGUE.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 742, 15 February 1910, Page 9

THE NAVY LEAGUE.

ACTIVITY IN ENGLAND. From .t letter .-which a Wellington memher of' the " Navy League '-'has received from 'Liout... Cox (Into R.N.), it would appear .that' the' League}. iii the Homeland, is- in'K activity.' Training vessels, on; inland waterways" fire among its latest, enterprises. Lieut.Cox'wriles:— • "t have this afternoon been addressing a- large drawing-room 'meeting ' at' Lady Waterloo's'(the; Duchess of ;Som6rset .hi tlio chair), at, .which .the Earl 'of : Meath, IC.P.riand nij-self; were the "two speakers. It .was-a Navy. I/jngue meeting called for the purpose of raising, a fund to establish on the Thames in London a vNavyLeague/training;; brig, similar ', to those -at •Windsor. and; Beading. . Tho. great idea isvthat -if 'wo,,take'the' brigs ;to the' boyaj placing'them-all over, the country oh : the inland .'waterways,theywill'; serve" two pirpos&irrO)- Attract ' the - boys i; to" -tho. brigs';-; and ' (2) serve,-to . interest ,'-, the .neighbourhoods''.in'.'the, sea. services. : • : ".The'Navy .League .is .now entirely. re ; constructed, and is ' inVevery way' niu'cli' strengthened,and .branches ;'aro being formed'.all over the country. '.The. new, oxeontive jCominittM'. TOntains,, the names }f -The; Duke of. Somerset, -Lord Ampthill 'at one : time Acting-Viceroy. of-, India), jEarl, ;/of Wilton, Hr... Wilfred . Ashley,; M.P., Mr. Bobei't Blatchford (alitor of 'The:;Clarioh','- : /tho ; 'leading Socialist paper);' Mr. ; Alan .Bnrgoyne, : etc. I had ,a'l s*plehdid: v drawing-i'oom /meetihg'., tot week in Oxfordshire to form the Soiith Oibn'.Branch.'.of"which. Lady Anno ; Pane, is:.president/. £81, ;in.' subscriptions; being Announced:'.an; tho, robin; ' '; ; . -//. ; ;-"Wb' , . nre 'doing • out - utmost,. in ; . view, of the.;very rapid: increase of - the: German fleet (for; Peace ;piU'poses! !), to 'keep; the •Navy -tothe front'all; through the political ; crisis.';' i-\Our liaval needs for 1910 may be summed up' ns;.follow(1); Eight' Dreadnoughts; (2) more fast. cruisers, for commerce protection; (3) thirty• torpedo.' - boat /-destroyers;;'(4) ■ at', leastfr 10,000: more m'bh.;. .(5) .more cdoeks on cast coast of Britain;; (6)'/stores- replenishedj'(7)'; a Clyde-Porth.; canal.". , , : .