ENGLAND AND AMERICA.

Sun (Christchurch), Volume VI, Issue 1628, 3 May 1919, Page 9 (Supplement)

ENGLAND AND AMERICA.

NAVAL ARMAMENTS.

By Cable — Pt;t» Attoeialion — l'ciyri-jht. (A. & N.Z.) LONDON, Way 1. Mr J. Daniels, Secretary of the United States Navy, was the guest at !a luncheon at which the Duke of Connaught presided. Mr Daniels said that it would be a calamity, and worse than a crime if the United States and Great Britain entered into competition in naval affairs. It would not be for the world's good if any nation possessed a navy capable of dominating the world. England, with her great Empire, needed a great navy, as did America with her huge coastline. Neither country need entertain suspicions regarding the other. There must never be competition between England and America. On the contrary, he felt assured that Ihere would be a combination of the navies of the two Powers, as had been the case during the war.