VALUE OF THE NAVY
■‘OUR HERITAGE, THE SEA’ ADDRESS TO ROTARY CLUB, “I am not a pacifist—l am a man of peace—as long as you leave me alone,” said Colonel D. Macaulej, in his address, “Our Heritage, the Sea,” to members of the Wanganui Rotary Club yesterday. Colonel Macauley outlined what the heritage of the sea meant to the people under the British flag, and exhorted his listeners to maintain that freedom. The speaker said that people of the British Empire were prepared to concede liberty of thought and reason to all men. The happenings of 1914 were recalled by Colonel Macauley. He said that a good deal of ink had been spilled regarding Lord Jellicoe, but he maintained that this man had never defended himself in the face of the adverse criticism which had been aimed at him. The fact that at the end of the war most of the English Fleet was intact could be attributed to Lord Jellicoe. The speaker stressed the value of | the freedom of the seas to New Zealand asking, what would happen if it were lost? He pointed out what this country owed to the English! Navy. Colonel Macauley concluded! by saying: “Regarding the man who won’t fight —if a country is worth living in, is it worth fighting for?” I A vote of thanks was passed to the! ipeaker by Rotarian A. H. Wall.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 80, Issue 302, 21 December 1937, Page 6
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232VALUE OF THE NAVY Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 80, Issue 302, 21 December 1937, Page 6
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