19, 1989.
KNESS IN FAR EAST
during the silence, showing the Ensign at half-
miralty, touched lightly on it when he said in the House of Commons that Britain must at some time în the near future build her Navy not to a two Power standard but to a two-hemisphere standard.
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In a measure that is being done under the rearmament programme. As the battleships of the King Geor- ge V class come into service it should be possible to detach the older Royal Sovereigns for Eastern service, based on Singapore. Already the new cruisers Manchester and her sisters are in the East Indies.
And it has Independent Springing, Before long the other two ships of
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sions by becoming units of the China Squadron. Destroyers of more recent date than the D class which at present serve in China can be sent out when the J and K classes are available for home and Mediter- ranean stations.
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SERVICE OVER THE "THETIS” AT SEA.-The be on June 7 took 200 relatives of the 98 men who submarine "Thetis" to the spot of the disaster in or a Memorial Sevice. Photo shows the Rev. G. H. plain of H.M.S. Dolphin, conducting the service on
of one battle- naval force could be kept small be-
threatens your Health!
Dust carries millions of dan- gerous germs, which are the real cause of Infectious diseases In mouth and throat.
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and four sloops. cause the Japanese Navy was readyFORMAMINT
the Royal Aus- (as it showed subsequently) to take battle cruiser, on the tasks of naval defence three destroyers, throughout the Far East. That alli- The strategi- ance was ended by us after 1919, and ow, provided for to-day the Japanese Fleet might at e squadrons un- any moment be at the service of the the event of Axis Powers. The strategical im- portance of that change in the situation is all too little appreciated by the general public in Britain, and there has been almost a "conspiracy han the strength of silence" on the part of public s in the East at speakers on the subject. Alone existence of the among the authorities Sir Samuel ance. Our own Hoare, when First Lord of the Ad-
OF SILENCE
By George McManus
WELL-DID YOU SEE HIM? WHAT. DID HE SAY?
OH-1 SAW HIM ALL RIGHT-BUT I DIDN'T TALK TO HIM-HIS WINDOW WAS
CLOSED-
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