WORLD PEACE
BEST CONTRIBUTION STRONGER BRITISH NAVY LUNDVN, Aug. 5. “Compared with the great naval Powers, Britain has only about half a Navy, a very small Army, and recently a small Air Force,” said the First Lord of the Admiralty (Sir Bolton Eyres-Monsell), speaking at Blenheim. “It is monstrous,” he added, “to expect our soldiers, sailors, arid. airmen to fight without up-to-date weapons. We must remedy the deficiency m order to be able to participate in any request for collective security.” History showed that the people in peace time nearly always let the Navy down. Then, when, it could not carry out its duties, somebody, usually the wrong person, wa ß hanged. He confessed that that made him nervous. An adequate British Navy would give security to one-fourth of the world, making Britain’s greatest contribution to world peace.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 183, 7 August 1935, Page 7
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