THE FREEDOM OF THE SEAS
COUNT REVENTLOW'S INTERPRETATION
LONDON, 15th February. During the debate on the Address-in-Reply, Lord Robert Cecil safd that, i the latest pronouncement in the German Interpretation of the phrase "free-' dom of the seas," that of Count Reventlow, demanded the possession of maritime territory and naval bases whereby, upon an outbreak of war, she would be able to guarantee herself jumping-off places with a fair chance of dominating the seas. Therefore the possession of the Flanders seaboard was a matter- of life and death to Germany. • He was not aware whether Count Reventlow was the mouthpiece of the Government, but he was the representative of a clique which usually exerted sway over the German, Government. ,Mi\ Holt's amendment was rejected by 159 votes to 28.
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Evening Post, Volume XCV, Issue 41, 16 February 1918, Page 7
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