THE BRITISH FLEET.
AS SEEN BY MR HUGHES.
LONDON, May 1.
Mr W. M. Hughes was deeply impressed by a visit which he paid to the fleet. Interviewed, he said: "I have seen the mightiest instrument of power ever fashioned by man, stretching away far beyond the horizon, their numbers seeming endless. I have seen that invulnerable navy, behind whose ample cover the Empire has rested since the outbreak of war, and still rests in perfect security. I have spoken to tlie men into whose hands the Empire has entrusted the care of this embodiment of its power, this bulwark of its safety, and I am content and satisfied that these are men who will not fail us. They realise that upon them rests the safety, not only of Britain and the Empire, but of civilisation. They are quietly confident, because the pulses of youth leap in their veins. In them is moral force, springing from most glorious traditions. In them lives the spirit which led Drake and Nelson to victory. We may bend every energy to the prosecution of the war with the certain assurance that Britain's command of the seas is safe in their lands."
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 16684, 3 May 1916, Page 5
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