held yesterday resulted in e victory The ion by-election in East Norfolk, "Mr. F. M. Endicott (Liberal Na who polled 18257 v e com Wr. R. Tillett.
10,785 votes.
Liberal National candidate was by considerably less voters polled 23108 votes when the Viscount Elmley, Comparisons with other navies are always difficult and uncertain, except in the case of battleships, which is an excellent test" Earl Stanhope declared.
"Today, Britain -has fifteen battleships, Japan has nine, France seven, Germany five, Italy four. Of seven new battleships either being built or projected, four will be launched this year," he added.
"Neither Japan nor France, Germany nor Italy have programmes of equal scope, and so it is safe to say that our present superiority will be materially increased within the next two or three years.
"Operating in conjunction with our battleships, we have 400 vessels of various types, and these would be augmented in case of an emergency by many merchant ships and trawlers converted for war work.
"The most important of these ships," Earl Stanhope concluded, "are sixty cruisers, 169 destroyers and 54 submarines,"—Havas.
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