CANADA AND THE NAVY
ADMIRAL FIELD’S ADVICE Press Association —By Telegraph—Copyright. VICTORIA (8.C.), Juno 24, (Received June 25, at 9 a.m.) Vice-admiral Field was the principal speaker at a public luncheon _ given in honor of the squadron. Admiral Field emphasised the increasing importance of the Canadian navy as a result of tho country’s growing sea commerce and the expansion of Asiatic countries. He disowned any intention of interfering in Canada's affairs, but personally he believed that Canada, shonldi equip and maintain four cruisers, two to be held on tho Pacific coast and two on the Atlantic side.
A representative of the Navy League assured Admiral Field of the rapidlydoveloping interest, even in the interior provinces of Canada, in naval questions. The idea of a Canadian navy was becoming more jxipula.r.—A. and N.Z. Cable.
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Evening Star, Issue 18669, 25 June 1924, Page 5
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