BRITISH NAVY
REDUCTION OF ARMAMENTS. AMERICA'S POSITION. (By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.) (Australian-N.Z. Cable Association.) Received Last Night, 11.30 o'clock. LONDON, March 17. In the House of Commons, the Right Hon. Walter Long, when introducing the Navy Estimates, emphasised their smallness, which was due to the absence of any enemies likely to challenge our supremacy on the sea. The only navy approximating ours was that of the United States, but the idea of competition in armaments was repugnant to us'all. (Cheers.) Mr. Long stated that he hoped any emulation would be directed towards the reduction of the ample margin over the other navies which Britain and America alike possessed. That was the foundation of the Government's naval policy. Mr. Long dwelt on the Admiralty's j belief in the big ship as a prominent factor in naval warfare.
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Wairarapa Age, 19 March 1920, Page 5
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