London, Sept. 24.
The Official Press Bureau issued to-night an interview with Mr. Winston Churchill, First Lord of the Admiralty, in which he emphasizes the satisfactory position of the operations.
German trade had ceased, while British trade was proceeding interruptedly.
We were moving scores of thousands of men across all the oceans of the world.
We started with a naval preponderance nearer two to one than sixteen to ten and our position next year, with equal losses, would be far stronger. Our most powerful and expensive men-of-war were not yet commissioned.
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