First Lord of the Admiralty, speaking at an exhibition of Navy and Army films in London, pointed out that the portion of the Grand Fleet represented was actually engaged in the War. He said that without it the Allied Nations now banded against the tyranny of the Central Powers would be deprived of communication with each other or the outer world. The task hitherto thrown on the Fleet: has been trium-pliantly accomplished. The Grand Fleet was the foundation on which everything else rested; our economic stabi not less than our military operations depended on it. Though silent it was performing, not merely for our Allies, but for the whole world the most important part of the drama now being played for the world's freedom,
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