THE NAVY. TWO-POWER STANDARD.
ASSURANCE BY MR. ASQUiTH. ! (Received November 25,. 8 a.m.) ] LONDON, 24th . November. I In th« House of Commons, Mr. A. H. I Lee, member for the Fareham Division of Hampshire, and*who was Civil Lord of the Admiralty in the Balf our Government, enquiring regarding the two Power naval standard, asked whethe^ the Government meant the two next j strongest Powers, whichever they were a : nnd wherever their fleets were. In reply, the Prime Minister, the 'Right Hon. H. H. Asnuith, said : "Undei all existing and foreseeable conditions, I think^hat is so. (Cheers.) The dominating consideration is to maintain *onr superiority at sea at the two-Power standard, and to devise v a workable fornruh, to that end." (Cheers.) * Some months ago, Admiral Sir Cyprian replying to pessimistic articles headed the "German Menace," had much of interest to say. We have spaceronly for a short extract. He said :—: — "Between us and Germany there lie some hundreds of vmiles of sea which would hawe to be traversed before ano .invader could reach our shores. X wo<haye an army of suitable, not neces(Eariiy enormous, strength ready to meet f ,nim, bis force vrifl hava to be large. ."Hie larger it is the more difficult will it "be for him 'to conceal his preparations,,. and th« mora certainly wHI he be discovered and encountered whilst on his•way here. If we were to parallel the expedition on dry land the madness of attempting it until the command of the bsea had been secured beyond question by the invader would be plain to all. I "it seems desirable to remind people," added Admiral Bridge, "that war is a two-sided affair j and as war between us « 'and Germany must be waged largely <an<> ?the sea, it is now, and if we do not relax our preparations it long will be, •in our power to do. her much more harm than, she could do us. I do not demand a huge navy expenditure ; on the contrary, I believe tha* as much as is needed -can be done with a moderate expenditure."
THE NAVY. TWO-POWER STANDARD.
Evening Post, Volume LXXVI, Issue 125, 25 November 1908, Page 7
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