London, July 19.
No new ships have beea projected as a direct reply to the launching German cruisers, said Mr. Geoffrey Shakespeare, Parliamentary and Secretary of the Admiralty, In the House of Commons today.
He reminded his questioners that the "British Commonwealth already possessed fifteen eight-inch gun cruisers, and the Commonwealth material margin, therefore, was considerable.
Mr. Shakespeare also pointed out that in ships of the same. classes, even though of different "ages, superiority In bathe depended on the training efficiency of their personnel, well as more material factors—Reuter.
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