FREEDOM OF THE SEAS
AN IMPORTANT DECLARATION.
(Received December 10, 10 ajn.)
NEW YOBK, Bth December. The Now York Times Washington correspondent states that Mr. J. Daniels in a speech referred to an incident in 1911, when Admiral Sims declared at the Lord Mayor's dinner'that the British Empire could count on the United States' aid if it wan threatened by an enemy. Mr. Daniels said that Admiral Sims had proved "a true prophet, and added that the outstanding blessing of the Result of the war was the perfect co-operation, sympathy, and comradeship of the American and Britjsh navies, which must continue to work together in order to preserve the freedom of the seas. [Mr. Josephns Daniels has been Secretary of the Navy in the Cabinet of President Wilson since March, 19137]
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Evening Post, Volume XCVI, Issue 140, 10 December 1918, Page 7
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131FREEDOM OF THE SEAS Evening Post, Volume XCVI, Issue 140, 10 December 1918, Page 7
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