BRITISH FLEET
WEAKNESS DISCLOSED MEDITERRANEAN AFFAIR Received April <B. 11.35 p.m. LONDON, April 8. ‘‘The British fleet in the eastern Mediterranean more than anythin.' else prevented the war between Italy and Abyssinia from spreading to '<• general conflagration, yet that fleet was only brought up to necessary strength by drawing on the Heme China and American stations, and even on the Australian and New Zealand naval forces,” declared Captain Altham in an article in Brassey’c Naval Annual. “The effort required to restrain even a second-class naval pfwer necessitated denuding our home and overseas squadrons to an extent which would have made it most difficult to safeguard our ocean shipping if trouble had arisen elsownere In fact, th-e fleet's strength is so reduced that when it is put to the test it is found to have no margin over the second-class standard. ”
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 85, 9 April 1936, Page 7
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