STILL SUPREME
BATTLESHIPS IN WAR. VIEWS OF SIR JOHN DE ROBECK. f SY CABLE—PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT Received Aug 19, 12.30 p.m. LONDON, Aug. 18. That battleships arc stifl supreme is the opinion of Sir John d 6 Robeck, who, interviewed by the Evening Standard, states that nothing had happened in the war to modifv his faith to- the slightest extent that in the next war battleships would justify themselves. If in 1914 the appliances now used had been available battleships would have been from 75 to 80 per cent, stronger, and there would new have been no question of their indisnensibilitv in the next war. It would be found that the submarine menace would be non-existent, because the dangers to submarines would be too great to permit their extensive operation.— Aus.-N.Z. Cabel Assn.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 19 August 1924, Page 9
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132STILL SUPREME Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 19 August 1924, Page 9
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