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Accordingly, If We Were To Maintain Our Superiority In Those

classes, the Admiralty must be able to give orders for armour, grans, and gun-mountings in advance so that we might make certain of having twenty Dreadnoughts ' and '......

Mr. Asquith's Speech Made A Profound Impression On The...

It will be seen that the Government were entirely misinformed as to the intentions of Germany. They talked of security when they did not know what was really happening. We have......

Mr. Asquith Confessed That If The Government Ignored The...

of the question before Parliament, they would deserve the condemnation which was always pronounced on those faithless to "a great public trust." After emphasising the fact that......

Government, Who Knew What The Actual State Of Affairs Was

last November, did not at once communicate the fact to Parliament, which was then sitting. The Government clearly realise that it is most important to get the country to face......

Mr. Balfour, Who Followed Mr. Mckenna, Spoke With A Sense

of grave responsibility, reminding the House that the decision taken during the next few days would affect the national destiny for three or four years. So far as the years......

The Navy Debate Was Continued On Wednesday, When The Most

important of the speeches was made by Mr. Arthur Lee. The Opposition believed that four additional ' Dread- noughts ' (including under that title ' Invincibles ') were " down"......

On Tuesday In The House Of Commons Mr. Mckenna Explained

the Navy Estimates, and the debate was one of the most memorable that have taken place for years. After com- paring in detail the progress being made in ships of the '......

We Feel That We Cannot Leave The Question Of Naval

defence without observing that, though it is absolutely necessary that we should, if possible, possess two capital ships for every capital battleship possessed by Germany, we......