DON’T WANT TO FIGHT, AND A REASON WHY
First lord Compares Building Programmes BRITAIN ELEVEN HULLS AGAINST OTHERS 300 [By Electric Cable —Copyright.] [Aust. and N.Z. Cable Association.] (Received Tuesday 10 p.m.) LONDON January 18. In a speech at Ludlow, in reviewing the Government’s record, Mr Bridgman (First Lord of the Admiralty) said It was not generally known that other great maritime powers, namely; the United States, Japam France and Italy had laid down since the war over three hundred warships from cruisers downwards, while Britain’s contribution was only eleven. “So do not let anybody say we lad competition in the now construction oi warships,” he said.
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Manawatu Times, Volume XLIX, Issue 3249, 20 January 1926, Page 7
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