CRUISER LIMITATION
THE AMERICAN OBJECTIONS '
BRITISH PRESS COMMENT
(British Official Wireless.)
Rec, 2 p.m. LONDON, July 10. Commenting on the cruiser problem, the Manchester Guardian regards the 10.000 tons type of cruiser as needlessly large, and expresses surprise at the United States refusal to accept the smaller class of vessel, and its growing conviction that this insistence on larger cruisers is endangering the conference.
The 'Guardian adds: "It can hardly bo doubted tlini n complete ngi'eempnt could yot lio reached if America would agree to abandon lingo, heavily-gunned ships, which are really only suited to aggressive warfare." Other newspapers point out that the American proposals to keep the total cruiser tonnage at si low figure.' while not accepting a reduction in the sizes and guns, would not permit the British Empire the number of ships for peace work and defence measures necessitated by the geographical situation of the Empire, and the dependence of Britain upon overseas supplies.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/PBH19270711.2.75
Bibliographic details
Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 16389, 11 July 1927, Page 8
Word Count
157CRUISER LIMITATION Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 16389, 11 July 1927, Page 8
Using This Item
The Gisborne Herald Company is the copyright owner for the Poverty Bay Herald. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of the Gisborne Herald Company. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in