London, Nov. 9.
Mr. Winston Churchill, First Lord of the Admiralty, replying to the toast "Our Navy," at the Lord Mayor's banquet at the Guildhall ssid that eighty miles away th: world's greatest battle was raging, and ther? they sat in that old hall as usual That was due to the Navy. (Loud cheers). The Navy was naturally impatient to strike a direct blow, but they must be patient; their time would come. The conditions at present were curious and novel. They were securing all the seas and transporting forces, thus offering a target incomparably greater than that offered by the enemy. Mr. Winston Churchill emphasized that the economic pressure of the blockade would ultimately Germany's doom. Despite our losses ths British Navy was stronger to-day than it was at the outbreak
important branches. of the war, panely s in the most
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