BRITAIN’S ONLY SAFEGUARD.
A COMMANDING FLEET. “WE MUST HAVE PEACE WITH HONOR.” [UNITED FEESS ASSOCIATION—COPYBIGHT.] LONDON, Sept. The Right Hon. Reginald McKenna (First Lord of the Admiralty), speaking at Aberhychan, said that he still hoped for a reduction in naval estimates for 1912, but now, and always, the scale of expenditure would be dependent on that of foreign countries. The extent of our world-wide interests inevitably brings us, time after time, into contact with the aims, hopes, and ambitions of others, and nothing hut the existence of a commanding fleet can safeguard to us, at all times and under all circumstances, the freedom of the great high road of the sea whereon the security of our very existence depends. (Cheers.)
“Peace,” he added, “is our greatestinterest, but we cannot beg for peace as a suppliant; we cannot buy peace; and we can guarantee it only by our own exertions. There can be no enduring peace for the Empire unless it he peace with honor. (Prolonged cheers.)
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 3334, 28 September 1911, Page 5
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166BRITAIN’S ONLY SAFEGUARD. Gisborne Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 3334, 28 September 1911, Page 5
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