THE BRITISH NAVY
NEED FOR STRENGTHENING ! UP-TO-DATE EQUIPMENT WANTED, I __ CONTRIBUTION TO WORLD PEACE. United Press Assn. —Elec. Tel. Copyright. LONDON, August 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 Sir Bolton Eyres-Monsell, First Lord of the Admiralty, 'speaking at Blenheim. He added: “ It is monstrous to expect our soldiers, sailors and airmen to fight without ■ up-to-date weapons. We must remedy, the deficiency in order to participate in any request for collective security. “ History . has - showed that the people in peace-time nearly always let the Navy down; then, when It/ could not carry out its duties, somebody— wrong person—was hanged. That makes me nervous. “ An adequate British Navy would give security to one-quarter of the world, making Britain’s greatest contribution to world peace.”
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Waikato Times, Volume 118, Issue 19648, 7 August 1935, Page 7
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