BRITAIN’S ARMADA.
LESSONS FROM SPITHEAD STRENGTH OF THE MEDITERRANEAN FLEET. By Telegraph—Prcia Association—Copyright LONDON, July 11. “The Times,” in commenting on the naval review at Spithead, says: “If the insurance premium that the Navy represents is high, let us never forget that the insurable risks are almost incalculable. We believe the Government and. Mr Churchill are now alive to the need for the reinforcement of the fleet in the Mediterranean and elsewhere, without drawing upon the forces necessary for Home defence. ’ According to the newspapers the resuit of the deliberations of the Colhmittee on Imperial Defence is that the Government maintains the fleet in the Mediterranean qt a strength equal to that of any other Power there.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXVI, Issue 8171, 12 July 1912, Page 7
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