MORE CRUISERS
ADVOCATED FOR. AMERICAN FLEET.
WILL KNIT NAVAiL SYSTEM,
.'United Press Association —By Electric Telegrapb Copyright.) (Australian Press Association.)
NEW YORK, Dec. 3
Admiral Destiiguer, Commandant of the Third Naval District, in an address here said: “Wo must operate our own ocean transports if we are to continue to prosper and must 'have a well knit naval system like England, which we can well copy, to support it. “Our people to-day must make up their minds whether or not to take a secondary; position in the world. Our fleet and our wealth give us our position in world affairs to-day, and our wealth without our fleet would be a mere invitation for aggression.
“We arc weak in cruisers and this is a burning question. An increase in their number is opposed by groups that are undermining our national character. Our fleet is necessary to preserve our economic position because we arc a great creditor nation and people do not love their creditors.”
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 5 December 1928, Page 9
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