At the annual meeting of the Union Jack Club on
Monday Prince Louis of Battenberg, the First Sea Lord, said that there could be no more foolish or mischievous statement than that the Fleet alone was good enough to keep an enemy from coming near the British coasts. The presence of a sufficiently trained professional Army in Britain at all times was quite as necessary as the Navy. This deliberate opinion from the professional representative of the Navy, the man whose business it is to know exactly what the Navy is capable of, should be widely and carefully pondered. It will be seen that the First Sea Lord does not guess at the numbers of any imaginary raid, but simply demands in effect that we should have all the security which we are capable of providing. That is the only policy for sensible men.
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