IMPERIAL DEFENCE.
(Bl EmOTBIO TIiLkoBAPD—'CpFYBIOni.):: V ■■';'■■'; (PlB: PBEM AflhoniATiONtl Lord,' announced that- the. navalreview at ' on; July; 9th will be the greatest fleet' ever assembled in tlie;world's history. -■ ■ ;,-, Lord Roberts; .'. addressing the National '•• Service ■ League,; said he ■ hoped the' country would speedily realise that the withdrawal of the fleet from the Mediterranean woiild endanger, the Empire and'lower our prestige; in Egyptian and Indian eyes. " - ''.'•■'. The Prime Minister, Mr Aequith, in -reply to a question in .the House of '.'.' : . Commons, said\ the question of the naval ; =force ju .the Mediterranean was still under,, consideration, /and the Imperial Defence Committee would be con- . - suited before any change was made. , Admiral' Lord ; Charley Beresford, in r. letter to the newspapers, says the Fleet is.sliort:.oMietween 4000 and 5000 men on active service, and 20,000 for future . requirements./' The country has/more ships at this rttpmenfc than it can use.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLI, Issue 9227, 28 June 1912, Page 5
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144IMPERIAL DEFENCE. Manawatu Standard, Volume XLI, Issue 9227, 28 June 1912, Page 5
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