FLEETS IN PACIFIC.
EMPIRE'S VITAL INTERESTS.
A. ami N.Z.
LONDON. Mar. 19.
Mr. Archibald Hurd, in an article in the Daily Telegraph, dissects the fleet comparisons accompanying the Naval Estimates. He points out that naval competition has taken on a new form, namely, that of building lighter vessels, which would be useful for attacking commerce Such vessels building (or projected) are as . follows:—Britain, 18; United States, 24; Japan, 75; France, 43; Italy, 18; Russia, 34.
Mr. Hurd agrees that the centre of naval gravity has shifted to the Pacific, where the great fleets of the United States and Japan are, concentrated. The Empire, he says, has vital interests there, even if the existence of Australia and New Zealand be ignored.
In the light of Britain's ever-increasing commerce in the Pacific, it is preposterous, concludes the writer, to suggest further British fleet economies.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18664, 21 March 1924, Page 9
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