“BATTLE OF THE NAVY”
LONDON i TREATY CONDEMNED. SIR R. KEYES EMPHATIC. (Received 9 a.m.) LONDON, May 1. . Admiral of the Fleet Sir .Roger Keyes, in condemning the London Treaty of 1931, declared that Japan attended naval conferences with her tongue in her choeck. “I tell you as a naval man,” continued Sir Roger, “that Japan is untouchable. We must have a base at Singapore to protect Australia and Now Zealand, and I thank God wo shall have it in two years’ time. The battle of the Navy must be fought out on the Downing Street front against the Treasury and against the Government. Our Air Force, Army and Navy must be brought up to a proper defensive standard.
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Northern Advocate, 3 May 1934, Page 5
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