THE IMPERIAL NAVY.
SPEECH BY THE FIRST LORD.
EMPHASISES THE NEED FOR A SPECIAL EFFORT.
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(Received June 20, 5 p.m.) LONDON, June 19
• Speaking at Middleton,' Lancashire, the Right Hon. R. McKenna, First Lord of the Admiralty, emphasised the need for a special effort. He pointed out that, whereas Britain has only eight large ships laid down, Germany has ten. For the present,, at any rate, hopes of limiting naval programmes hv arrangement had proved groundless. The speech shows that the Government calculates upon three German battleships in the 1909 programme having been already begun.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2533, 21 June 1909, Page 5
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98THE IMPERIAL NAVY. Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2533, 21 June 1909, Page 5
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