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Show BRITAIN'S MVY IS WEAK IH WAR TIME. -' "- ''. W. jT-wx , ew'" Ay:s - .J. would be available for home defense. Every one knows that England's ."A lf the coast line 0f the empire tad to navy Is the biggest and most power- i f jiTS-iv be Pr0t6Cted at the same time- ly fnl In the world, but not every one ill 4& W, twenty-four warships could be spared realizes Intuitively why it has need to A&lZ? J0Jki to defend the -British isles, "be so. The larger of the two diagrams lftz5ttj Ma"fl There is another comparison, too, shows how the British -fleet could pro- JlrT x that makcs tne British navy look like tect Great Britain and Ireland, if iO jot ' 4 I,--"" 30 cents.. England's mercantile corn-British corn-British Isles were all there is to the 'jMx. ? "Mil merce is so vast that, numerous as are empire. But when it is realized that imiMjL& Hrrjfrlm, her warsniPs they would scarcely be-the be-the British colonies and dependencies T gin to s around if the British mer" girdle the globe that, as the old say- ''"imsg Mj Chant marine neeiled t0 be Protected, lng is "The sun never sets on the jimu., ,SF aJli Russia, France. Italy and Germany, British flag" a glance at the other j. j4r-f4 witn their smaIler navies, can protect diagram will convey to the mind .'Jftl. their .smaller merchant marine better how little of the vast British . fleet .- JJA- than England can -look out for hers. Every one knows that England's navy Is the biggest and most powerful power-ful In the world, but not every one realizes Intuitively why it has need to be so. The larger of the two diagrams shows how the British -fleet could protect pro-tect Great Britain and Ireland, if iO British Isles were all there is to the empire. But when it is realized that the British colonies and dependencies girdle the globe that, as the old saying say-ing is, "The sun never sets on the British flag" a glance at the other diagram will convey to the mind how little of the vast British . fleet would be available for home defense. If the coast line of the empire had to be protected at the same time. Only twenty-four warships could be spared to defend the "British isles. There is another comparison, too, that makes the British navy look like 30 cents.. England's mercantile commerce com-merce is so vast that, numerous as are her warships, they would scarcely begin be-gin to go around if the British merchant mer-chant marine needed to be protected. Russia, France, Italy and Germany, with their smaller navies, can protect their .smaller merchant marine better than England can -look out for hers. |