SUBMARINE CONDEMNED.
STATEMENT BY ADMIRAL. Admiral A. D. Pound gave the British Admiralty’s view on naval disarmament before the Naval Commission of the Disarmament Conference, says the Geneva correspondent of the News Chronicle. He said ,the only naval weapon that could fairly be condemned on the ground of general offensiveness, effectiveness against defence, and _ threat to civilians was the submarine.
The capital ship was only offensive in the case of “distinct naval superiority.” With regard to aircraft carriers, Admiral Pound declared that aircraft were needed for reconnaissance, or the navy would be blindfold. *
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LII, Issue 142, 18 May 1932, Page 12
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