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SECURITY OF NATION. JELLICOE ON DEFENCE. London, April 2G. Speaking at the annual conference of the British Legion (women's section) yesterday, at the Queen's Hall. Admiral of the Fleet Earl Jellicoe referred to the question of armaments. "Anybody who remembers the last war," he said, "must pray from the bottom of their hearts that there shall be no more war. At the same time, one cannot shut one's eyes to what is going on in the world. "I do not think there is any immediate danger of the peace being broken, but one must not forget that peace has been broken in the past time after time, and that the actual life of the nation and the Empire is dependent upon our security, and that not only ourselves, but other nations are equally we are very largely, though not entirely, dependent upon the security of our sea communications. France is dependent upon her army for security. Nobody wants to swell the Estimates either in this country or in France, but the people who are responsible for the future safety of this' country cannot shut their eyes to the fact' that there will always — until the League of Nations has achieved a better result—be a danger of attack. "Therefore, a nation which does not keep adequate forces for .".its own security has only itself to blame if a war occurs and it goes under."
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Waipa Post, Volume 48, Issue 3479, 14 June 1934, Page 7
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