SHIPS AND MEN.
BOTH BELOW THE STANDARD. A POLICY OF WEAKNESS AND VACILLATION. By Telegraph.— Press Association.— Copyright LONDON, 15th November. Speaking at the Dolphin Society's (Conservative) dinner ir connection with the Col.-,ton Day celebrations at Bristol on Saturday, Admiral Lord Charles JBeresford laid emphasis on the present deficiency in ships, men, and stores, absence of a war reserve of coal, and the absence ' of a true War Division at the Admiralty to direct the training of the fleet for war. Lord Charles declared that the recent naval manoeuvres had been farcical, and tha public- had been drugged with falsehood. "The business of the Navy," declared the Admiral, "is always to be , ready to meet attack. This it cannot do unless it is continually under training at sea. The two-Power standard has gone, and it can only be recovered with the help of our oversea nations ; but they arc only beginning to build, and it will be at least five years before they can contribute to the naval strength of the Empire. "I urge every class of society to join together and put an end to the miserable policy of weakness, vacillation, and compiomise which is jeopardising our supremacy at sen, and therefore our life as an Empire." <*
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Evening Post, Volume LXXVIII, Issue 119, 16 November 1909, Page 7
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208SHIPS AND MEN. Evening Post, Volume LXXVIII, Issue 119, 16 November 1909, Page 7
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