BRITAIN'S UNSWERVING DETERMINATION
NOT TO BE DRIVEN FROM HER PURPOSE TILL VICTORY IS OBTAINED. NO RELAXATION OF EFFORT IN ANTICIPATION OF AN EARLY PEACE. WE MIST NOT. ASSUME TI?AT GERMANY IS BEATEN. MIST CONTINUE TO HOLD THE COMMAND UF THE SKA. Australian and New Zealand Cable Association.) Received i ictoher 15, it p.m. CONDON. October 1 I. Sir Erie Ceddes. First Lord of the Admiralty, in a speech said: —"Despite the present political situation between the Allies and the Central Powers, Britain is unchanged in her absolute loyalty to those nations associated with her. Britain is determined to continue the war and not to be diverted from her purpose, until the Allies have secured the only pence which could justif> all our terrible sufferings caused by the iniouity of Germany. We must not relax the muscles of our lighting arm nor our war effort in any anticipation of an early peace. If Germany had had the command of the sea in I'.il'i <■•■■ would hive won the war in 1915. \\"e must not assume that Germany Is beaten, and we must not take for granted [be safety of our sea line of coinmunications. We have the command of the sen, and we must hold thai command."
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Waikato Times, Volume 89, Issue 13890, 16 October 1918, Page 5
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