WORLD'S NAVIES
BRITAIN FIRST, AMERICA SECOND - MB. ROOSEVELT'S OPINION ENGLAND MUST MAINTAIN- HER SUPREMACY. . ; . (UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION.—COPTRIOHT.) (AUSTRALIAN-NEW ZUALAND jCABLE ASSOCIATION.) (Receivifi October 5, 10.30 a.m.) NEW YORK, 4tn December. Mr. Roosevelt, in a 'statement, says that the "British Empire imperatively needs the greatest navy in the -world, and the United States should instantly concede this. The United States should have the second greatest navy in the world. France- needs greater military strength than the United States, but all oufVyoTing men should be given military training. There must not be-any interpretation of "freedom of the seas" that would prevent the British Navy from repeating, in any pqssiblo future conflict, the tremendous service it had rendered in this war. Britain must retain the German colonies she has conquered.
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Evening Post, Volume XCVI, Issue 136, 5 December 1918, Page 7
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127WORLD'S NAVIES Evening Post, Volume XCVI, Issue 136, 5 December 1918, Page 7
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