NAVAL MATTERS.
LORD FISHER'S 'PAMPHLET. - ■■ ' ___ ■ •■ :;-. HOSPITAL SHIP PROVIDED. ,v By Telegraph.—Press Association.—Copyrleat, ■■ • - .. , , ■ • (Received June 10, 12.40 a.'m.) , ; r T London, June 9. In the House of Commons to-day, in Committee of Supply, .Mr. Reginald McKenna (First Lord of tne.Admir- . alty) announced that the' Estimates . would provide for a hospital-ship, and he hoped a second would shortly
follow. - • "-' : \'.::,.f '} Lord Charles Beresford (Unionist member for Portsmouth) denounced the circulation in the libraries of the :■::■_ .warships of the pamphlet .■: entitled, "The Truth About the Navy." . It was calculated to inflame animosity against another Power. Earl Winterton (Conservative member for the North-West'division of Sussex) said it was an open secret in the. navy that Lord Fisher (late First' Sea Lord of the 1 Admiralty) was the author. Mr. McKenna replied that he had not seen the pamphlet, and was not aware who was the author. ' He promised to inquire whether it was still in the libraries. ,
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 14392, 10 June 1910, Page 5
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