BRITAIN'S MONROE DOCTRINE.
N(EW YORK, January 22. "Bernard Shaw, in an article published in the New Tork papers, says England's fleetf must command the seas, nnd no rival or combination of rivals. tnusit-.be capable of overcoming it. If "tho United States builds a new~Kaib'-leships, England will build two tl.ousand five hundred. England cannot permit any Continental Power.to acquire such military predominance in Europe a»s to deprive England of ilhe power of defeating her by throwing Britisli forces in the scale against her. No Great Power must be allowed to control the shores-of the North Sea, thereby cu-tting off EnglantTs military access to the Convi«ent-. . This is the English equivalent of the Monroe Doctrine^ -■; v i
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXVI, Issue 17478, 24 January 1919, Page 3
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115BRITAIN'S MONROE DOCTRINE. Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXVI, Issue 17478, 24 January 1919, Page 3
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