THE SAFETY OF THE REALM.
It will be seen that, while there is no ground for panic or hysteria, there are very good grounds indeed why every aspect of what is undoubtedly a grave situation should be calmly and fairly faced. There must be, of course, an immediate increase in the shipbuilding programme, and there should be, says the "New Zealand Tablet," a careful and exhaustive investigation into the present management and administration of naval affairs. Judging by the evidence available, all is not well with that force "upon which, under God (to use the words of the preamble to the Naval Discipline Act), the safety and welfare of the Realm doth depend." And when the present situation becomes a little less tense the Imperial Parliament will be discharging a plain duty if it appoints a representative commission for the purpose of taking stock of the Navy and the Admiralty, of seeing whether things are or are not satisfactory, and of considering whether the administrative policy of the future ia being shaped on sound lines.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 3150, 30 March 1909, Page 4
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175THE SAFETY OF THE REALM. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 3150, 30 March 1909, Page 4
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