IMPERIAL DEFENCE.
REMARKABLE SPEECH BY" ADMIRAL BOWDEN SMITH.
t lnitkd Association —Loptjiiqht (Received November 14, 5.5 p.m.) LONDON, Nov. 13.
Admiral Bowden Smith, speaking at the National Service League, remarked that Prince Henry of Prussia recently conversing with a friend stated that the Kaiser was deeply affected, bjl Engilsh criticisms of himself. While repudiating any intention of teaching England, he considered that England should have a strong territorial army by compulsion. Admiral Bowden Smith urged the need of a strong navy and a-bona fide territorial force to give the navy more freedom of action. If we had a stronger navy it would he removing a great temptation from Germany, but at present it could hardly be said we had command of the sea beyond our own shores.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2659, 15 November 1909, Page 5
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127IMPERIAL DEFENCE. Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2659, 15 November 1909, Page 5
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