FEATURES OF THE DEBATE.
UNITY AND DETERMINATION. SPEECH BY DR. MACNAMARA. [Press Association — Copyright.] •Received April 7, 10.25 p.m. . London, April' 7. ; :- Dr.-'Macnamara, M.P., speaking at the Cify ;LiDeral7Club, declared -that, two satisfactory features bad emerged' from,, the naval ..debate. Gnho- first was' .'the ideterininatfon' . . met :7-with ' ambrigst- all classes to' maintain" the • Navy unchallenged ' and ' anchalleng-7 able; and the second, .the colonies' spontaneous recognitioa ; of their vital state. r : He; added -that- the Goveriinvent' 3 programme :was ; sufficient to secure national safety, and denied that Div April, 1912, Germany could get ahead of Britain. He admitted ;-: that cur superiority in Dreadnoughts might at times- be narrow; but he em-' phasis'ed our preppriderance > qf v iprei ■"■■ Dreadnought ships. ' '■: '■'■•■■ ' '■ . 7 -„- \
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Colonist, Volume LI, Issue 12508, 8 April 1909, Page 3
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119FEATURES OF THE DEBATE. Colonist, Volume LI, Issue 12508, 8 April 1909, Page 3
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