THE GERMAN NAVY
A REASSURING STATEMENT. THE NAVY NOT FOR ATTACK. Press Association —By Telegraph—Copyright. BERLIN. February 21. In the course of a speech on the Navy Estimates in the Reichstag. Herr Schrader said that Great Britain was now convinced that the repotted acceleration of the German Navy programme was untrue. Germany was neither in a position to attack Groat Britain, nor did she. desire to do so. The whole naval hullabaloo was a weapon in (he hands of the English Opposition. The German fleet was intended solely for home defence. Trade was not made by warships, hut through a nation's own activity. Tho f|iiestion of the limitation of armaments would be raised when the Chancellor's Estimates were being considered. ‘The Minister of the Navy (Admiral Yon Tirpitz) corroborated Herr Schrader's definition of the. Navy's objects.
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Evening Star, Issue 14496, 22 February 1911, Page 6
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