THE NAVAL SITUATION

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLIII, Issue XLIII, 16 April 1909, Page 3

THE NAVAL SITUATION

-A^ LETTER! snoitl MR iWINSTON ,'- •-,■■- /v : .-"'; : ; CHURCHILL, -,-;■■; .-: ; -. : ■ ' '•'■' "■■■■'■■ -"A" ' STUPiP S^ANDWyi<3?P?S •. - 1 :^>o v -:-V-- v -'-y- "^ Thirsdayr . ;>":■■;%?: WinstonV Churchill,: Pre«dent of '■-" the Board bf-:Tradf,vin a- letter to. his " 'i cbnstitudntß;:6ays : that whether in Ehips, ■^Sv TOiKor guns,Sißrrtain'a; superiority to '■: vA : 'Gerinany :is' :byerwßeiinihg: Any colonial '1H :- : I)readripngh^will'ji)e additional to the '..' '-fr "BritisiVprOgrwnine. j The" Admiralty, . he ; ■ "> "'sayl,li6.^r.epared vr to"proy8 r that^ Britain '£■-■ : ; jns' : i9i2 ■^ill/Ye : effectively euperior W :-s?^;>thjiN<two'* : W^7'Enr6"^aii''Powerß.-., ; :Tlie "; /i lftwPoweip/standard is now" dejoid' o? '■"■ ■-. .!>' nieuiing^.;'; .' '-It \woiild : ' be ' absSrd to! . b'tuldJ^agiainE^^^ thei'TJnited, : States?. :,T,he-. : : panic was- da^-.^^s'ieerV:oowar()ic9, v.t)a6:- /- --% ■-) ed;"n|ion\ : ; stanid ; f;^toTHeTe>wai>Bpi"antag<)nism .betweeii-'jJri-' iS-'>sJtommd;G&rhany, but only' commercial V^V^mlryS;;; theref ere; it was^ the. 'duty of ''^:/-'^«wgh^'ei>mw:t67;'dcny^tHw"'coudteni :0f vahcertVc'a Spirit. ofV-distrust :'■-:; -. ; ■;" - : - - commenting f upon i '":'; the J'ctter; >says_:' "Poor Mr Asquith has. .;•'-!"■ '-■'-. liomo regutfit"en : for ciear thiakDig and ■ ' -j, lucici >. pxpression, • : yet -his y piing/ coU ?J: -^ league , characterises his workable for : : - * liiiiTa; as ; a vicious and stupid, error." ■'