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BRITAIN’S NEEDS AMPLE MARGIN TO MAINTAIN SUPREMANCY. Imnerial News Service. (Received Mardh 18, midnight.) LONDON, Marcn 17. In the House of Commons, Mr Walter Long (First Lord of the Admiralty) in. introducing the Navy Estimates, emphasised their smallness, which was due to the absence of enemies likely to challenge our supremacy of the sea. The only navy approximating ours was that of the United States, but the idea of competition in armaments was repugnant to us all. (Cheers.) He hoped any emulation would be directed towards reduction to an ample margin over other navies, which Britain and America alike possessed. That was the foundation .of the Government’s f naval policy. He dwelt on the Admiralty's belief in the big ship as a prominent factor in naval warfare.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XLVI, Issue 10542, 19 March 1920, Page 6
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