THE NAVY AND PEACE.
SPEECH BY MR. M'KENNA. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright (Rec. September 28, 0.10 a.m.) London, September 27. Mr. Reginald M'Kcnna, First Lord of the Admiralty, in a speech, at Abersychan, in Monmouthshire, said he still hoped for a reduction in tho Naval Estimates of 1012, but now and always tho scale of expenditure would be dependent on that of foreign countries.
The extent of Britain's world-wide interests inevitably brought her from time to time in contact with the- aims, hopes, and ambitions of other nations, and nothing but tho existence of a commanding fleet could safeguard to her at all times and in all circumstances, the freedom of that great high-road, tho sea, on which her security and her very, existence depended. (Cheers.) Peace was Britain's greatest interest but they could not beg for peace as a suppliant. They could not buy peace, and could guarantee it only by their own exertions. There could be no enduring peace for the Empire unless it was peace with honour. (Prolonged cheers.)
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Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1244, 28 September 1911, Page 5
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