NAVAL POLICY.
LORD FISHER ON AIRCRAFT development; (By Electric Telegraph»~Copywghs f Australian ft P .E. Cabl«h Asflocwtwii) LONDON, Nov.? 6. Lord Fisher writes.:—‘®y land' and sea we are approaching prodigious Alb* craft development, which wdl knock out the present fleet, and make; invasion practicable,* cancel vEnglaqrd ? s island security, and transform " the atmosphere into the battleground -of tlfe future. As locusts swarmed in • Egypty so will aircraft swarm in the heavens, carrying 1 an inconceivable cargo' ‘of men and bombs, some .actiiigtna‘batUe cruisers, and others as destroyers. No one’s imagination can' yet depict, it. We hav© a' star guiding us if we would only , follow- it. ■ I say to tfyb Premier that the only thing ,t6 do with ostriches who ar© spending nub lions on what will be.as useful in fh© next war as bows and • arrows is to sack th© lot.” . < * ' ; ■ .'••• ~ t *
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LIII, Issue LIII, 10 November 1919, Page 5
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143NAVAL POLICY. Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LIII, Issue LIII, 10 November 1919, Page 5
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