TO MAKE BLOCKADE MORE EFFECTIVE.
MEETING CALLS F.OR. STRONGER NAVAL POLICY. LONDON, December 1. We are in a position of unparalleled gravity," said Baron Beresford. in an address^ to-day at ameetinfe to support a sponger naval policy. ''The crisis of ' .the. war is now. ' . "Since enemy submarine have transferred their activitAesV"!™^ and shallow waters to the blue sea, the : . menace requires hew .strategy, and cow tactics to deal with it, but, so far, no definite and systematic methods have <«™ tal^ n forsu PEF«asihg the menace: ''' 'The Germans aw© now going to send submarines to the Pacificpand to wherever British trade routes are. " Baron. Beresford advocated continual . aerial attacks orii VEKe,' Cerman base at Zecbrugge, and the arming" of merchantnuen and continued:-- • • •-''-■ A,-. " "It is a most unsatisfactory state of affairs. Thousands of tons of food which were- waiting ** to come' to- England have been diverted to .Gei'many." ■'•.'. The meeting adopted' » vr^soluiion calling f0r...-^mbre';'Vlj'ifecti*^T.rae(aaures to deal with the submarine question.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 14195, 12 January 1917, Page 3
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159TO MAKE BLOCKADE MORE EFFECTIVE. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 14195, 12 January 1917, Page 3
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