Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Royal Navy. – in the House of Commons am ar 15 Gorffennaf 1925.
No, Sir. That would be a very erroneous view to take. This is an Order which has been in existence since 1919. It has been slightly revised since to meet the conditions in foreign ports, so to enable His Majesty's Government to carry out their duty of protecting British life as far as possible, and supplying the necessary food to the people.