THE GERMAN NAVY.
A cablegram a few days ago informed us that the German Navy League was demanding the completion of programme of construction under the Navy Law before 1920. This would appear to be a reply to the efforts of another section of German opinion to concentrate attention on the Army to the detriment of the Navy. The centre of European unrest to-day does not lie in the North Sea, and, consequently, the need for strengthening the German Navy is less pressing than it was, say, five years ago.! The Navy Law of Germany, which was adopted originally in 1900, provides that by 1920 the German fleet shall consist of 41 large armoured ships, 40 cruisers and corresponding forces of submarines and torpedo craft. In order that this plan may be carried out it will be necessary for Germany to lay down ten or twelve armoured vessels during the next four years. We fail to see what advantage the request of the Navy League would gain for Germany over Britain , / for recently Mr Winston Churchill announced that an increase in the German programme in any one year. would be met by Britain on a basis of two-keels-to-one. Germany is just now spending a huge sum on her army, and, no doubt, she will be willing to let the Navy Law stand as it is at present.' .
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume LXVI, Issue 11991, 30 May 1914, Page 4
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227THE GERMAN NAVY. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume LXVI, Issue 11991, 30 May 1914, Page 4
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