THE NAVY.
""-: :' ■:' ,:'■/'".-;;' ■,'♦..- '. ..^^y-::T: MR; ASQUITH • REPLIES; TO LORD : ; .CHARLES BERESFORD.'.;'- ;i{fix By.Teksraph—Press'Assooiation—Oopyrigrlit..; ■■."■,''■:'■ .\.;:."''\Vi6ndon,:'6otob'er.-'3ft'-l ' The.'Prime Minister,'; Mr. ; Asqtiith, has written .to -'Admiral-' Lord !• Charles Beresford,' stating that the.'.Government ■ is' : fuUy.alive to the 'paramount "import, ance .of r', ; tho maintenance/ of .'Britain's : .naval supremaoy".;'. •.;•■,■ '. '"V<'''v!;;, : \>' '.) Sir.;'Asquith added'..thatfthe.Government would not hesitate to recommend Parliament &-take any- necessary steps te. secure.'this object... .' . • .-; ■ ADMiEAL- HENDERSON'S .VIEWS; ,•' v-r: Sydney, .October, i. y '•.. Admiral Sir"'-Reginald Henderson, who has come to inspect .the' Naval defences of; the! Commonwealth*,, considers that;Aus- ; tralia is • iiakirig; the; right .course regarding military.defence;-. V ■',;'; ■■ . '■.•; "■- /, Discussing-Continental shipbuilding ' activity,-v the Admiral said:—,''-We "can safely.. trust the .Admiralty'.. : l;.'have ■every/confidence in-their judgment." \ y The Admiral does not think aeroplanes;ih war are going to be the terrible majchihes that most people think, but he ;is of opinion that they are' valuable for .obsorvationpurposes."' ;. ;"■'. ,-"'..''•' .■'■ f '/ ■COMMONWEALTH DESTROYERS.' ■';''-yy "•'; Cairo, October 3. ; . The' Australian destroyers Yarra and 'Parramatta x have. arrived at Suez, en 'route'to Australia. . ' ' : i —J— ,'
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Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 939, 5 October 1910, Page 7
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159THE NAVY. Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 939, 5 October 1910, Page 7
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