NAVAL PROTECTION QUESTIONED.
AN ADMIRAL'S OPINION.
Lord Inverclyde, addressing the Shipowners' Association at Glasgow, asked whether the Government's desire to ratify the Declaration of London was not equivalent to an admission that the navy was unable to protect the trade routes. Admiral Wilson was too sanguine regarding the impossibility of invasion. Britain was entitled to command the sea commercially, and the navy must be equal to any necessity.
Admiral Freinantle condemns the Declaration, believing that none of the signatories would observe it in war time. An International Court could have no power to inforce its decision. He is also of opinion that the new blockade rules would much hamper British naval commanders.
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Northern Advocate, 26 January 1911, Page 5
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112NAVAL PROTECTION QUESTIONED. Northern Advocate, 26 January 1911, Page 5
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