DEFENCE IN THE PACIFIC.
NAVAL CRITIC'S OPINIONS. IMPERIAL EASTERN FLEET. NO DANGER IN THE ATLANTIC. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright. (Received 5.30 p.m.) A. and N.Z. LONDON. Feb. 8. The naval critic of the Daily Express, commenting on the forthcoming conference of admirals at Singapore on February 21, argues that as danger in the Atlantic is not at present conceivable, it would be strategically valuable either to station the Atlantic fleet in the waters between Hongkong, Sydney and Trincomalee, or alternatively to send them thither for long training cruises. Moreover, a Far Eastern cruise by the Atlantic fleet would be enormously valuable as a training propaganda. It would impress Oriental opinion, and show the Australian public the character of the ships for which docking facilities are required in Australia. Tho correspondent concludes that a British Imperial Eastern fleet is unquestionably a necessity of the future. "Us formation and success must depend on the factors with which the Home authorities and taxpayers are only partly concerned. It will ultimately bo the joint concern of the various units of the Empire."
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXII, Issue 18939, 10 February 1925, Page 9
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