Anglo – U.S. Naval Co-Operation

Northern Advocate, 21 October 1938, Page 7

Anglo - U.S. Naval Co-Operation

(Received 2.30 p.m.) RUGBY, October 20,

Much interest was displayed in. a 1 speech delivered at the Navy League

dinner in which Mr J. P. Kennedy, American Ambassador, declared that in building up her navy the Unitetd States had been able to ignore the possibility of her vessels ever having to engage British ships. “We can allow ourselves to say that we shall never again be enemies. As far as Britain and America are concerned the navy is an incentive not to disturb, but to peace,” he said. Mercantile Shipping.

Mr Kennedy admitted that there was room for more harmonious relations in merchant shipping. “We have come to agreements on naval limitation. We are developing Atlantic aviation on a co-operative basis. There is no reason why we should not come to terms on the mercantile marine. Shipping, instead of a business, has I become an adjunct to national defence.” Close Contact. The “Daily Telegraph,” commenting on the speech, says: “It is wellknown that there has been recently close contact between the British Admiralty land the United States Navy Department, leading to agreement, for example, on maximum tonnage and gun calibre of future battleships.

“An official declaration of the absoluta independence of the United States policy seems, however, in full force. We are convinced that the stronger the United States Navy becomes, the better it is for the peace of the world. America has proof enough that British fleets must be strong if peace and order are to be defended.”