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Show MEANS MUCH TO ENGLAND. Supremacy at See a Lift and Death Matter With intone. Nrw York. Admiral lrd Charlna Plnraaford. fnr fifty yeara a hKurn In Ihn llrlllah navy, was lha ejnnat nl honor nn Friday at a luncheon xien at tha lawyers rluli undrr lha nua plraa nf the I'Hxrlins of Ibe L'nlird Hialas. lln a brief aildreaa. Iird llama-ford llama-ford referred tn tho Kumpean alma tlon lln remarked that aa fnr an tireat llrliuln wua ronnemrd, Ihn alt uailnn looked aomewhut "red head-mi." head-mi." He ndded that, In view nf thla situation, tbcre waa nothing alaa lo do but for thn nation In mine for ward with a ureal aehrnia of Imperial diifenav. "What wa want," continued tha ad mlrul, "la that we shall bold wbul llfaXr "lenlb 'fi'ir'thn llrlllah empire. It Is quite different with lha (lulled Hiatna, which, by Ha own natural re-sourrrs, re-sourrrs, lakes rare of Ilia natlon'a nerda. Il la nnl an much Ihul wn hiuild retain a blx fleet for purilcl patlnx In war. but for pr 'venilnx war Il la nmat Impurtant, fnr KtiKllah aimiiklux nalloua arn tradn natlnne Whan thn limn romes when thr xrral Knxllari aiieakliix nalloua xel loxnhrr, there ahnll bn nn war.'' |