BRITAIN'S NAVY

Evening Post, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 153, 28 June 1912, Page 7

BRITAIN'S NAVY

WITHDRAWAL FROM MEDITERRANEAN LOWERING BRITISH PRESTIGE EXPLANATION BY PRIME MINISTER. Uy Telegrapß.— iftets Ass«ciatiM.— Capyrifkt. LONDON, 27th June. Lord, Roberts, in addressing the National Service League, said he hoped the country would speedily realise that the withdrawal of the Mediterranean Fleet would endanger the Empire and lower British prestige in Egyptian and Indian eyes. Th« Prime Minister, Mr. Asquith, in reply to a question in the House of Commons, said* the question of the naval force in the Mediterranean was still under consideration, and the Imperial Defence Committee would be consulted before any change was made. SHORTAGE OP MEN. LETTER FROM LORD BERESFORD. ENGLAND HAS MORE SHIPS THAN SHE CAN USE. • # LONDON, 27th June. Admiral Lord Charles Beresford, in a letter to the newspapers, says the Fleet is short of between 4000 and 5000 men ■ on active service, and 20,000 for future requirements. The country has moa-e ships at this moment than it can use. REVIEW AT SPITHEAD. GREATEST IN WORLD'S HISTORY. LONDON, 27th June. Mr. Churchill, First Lprd of the Admiralty, has announced that the review at Spithead on 9th July will be the greatest ileet muster ever assembled in the world's history. BRITAIN'S SEA SUPREMACY. GERMANY DOES NOT DESIRE TO ENCROACH. BERLIN, 27th June. The Breslau journal "Nord Und Sud" has published the replies of prominent Germane to the statements by Mr. Balfour and other Englishmen on AngloGerman relations, recently published by it. The German writers generally attribute the root of the trouble between the two countries to English envy of, Germany's prosperity and Germany's growing competition. The manager of the Deutsche Bank, however, attributes the misunderstanding to a small group of Chauvinists in both countries, whose clamour drowns the voice of the responsible majority. Herr Bassermann, the National-Liberal leader, denies that Germany is aiming at an equality with Britain. He says she does not desire to encroach on Britain's supremacy at sea.