IMPERIAL DEFENCE.
OPTIMISTIC SPEECH BY MR. ASQUITH.
(Jnitkd Puesb Association —Cofybiuiit (Received December 22, 10.35 p.m.) LONDON, Dec. 22.
Mr. Asquith, speaking at Liverpool, ridiculed Lord Cawdor’s nerve-shaking picture of German occupation of Belfast.' After careful inquiry, he said, he could say that the navy was able to maintain the supremacy of the seas, not only this year, but in years before us. Should necessity arise .the fleet would be able to guarantee the integrity of our shores, the protection of commerce, and the inviolability of the Empire. He did not believe that the army and navy ,liad been better organised and equipped since the close of the Napoleonic wars than at present. Lord Cawdor, speaking at Rochdale, said that Germany was buliding -warships rapidly, and working overtime, while England was sitting still, with her arms . folded, doing nothing.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2692, 23 December 1909, Page 5
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139IMPERIAL DEFENCE. Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2692, 23 December 1909, Page 5
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