THE SUEZ CANAL
NO LONGER VITAL ROUTE
BRITISH GENERAL'S OPINION.
(AOSTRAMAN-NIW ZEALAND CABLI ASSOCIATION.)
(Received 3rd August, 1 p.m.)
NEW YORK, 2nd August.
Addressing the Institute of Politics at Williamstown, Pennsylvania, General Sir P. Maurice said that, since the French Revolution, Britain had never entered a war with the object of acquiring territory.
During the discussion the speaker 6aid the Suez Canal was "important but not vital" to the Empire. " The war taught us that the Mediterranean could become very dangerous, because, of the islands, which sheltered submarines. As a consequence we were forced on occasions to use the Cape route, and that ehowed that Suez has ceased to be vital."
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Evening Post, Volume CX, Issue 29, 3 August 1925, Page 6
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111THE SUEZ CANAL Evening Post, Volume CX, Issue 29, 3 August 1925, Page 6
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