WARSHIPS BUILDING

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 869, 15 July 1910, Page 5

WARSHIPS BUILDING

BRITAIN V. GERMANY. STATEMENT ■ BY THE FIRST LORD. By Telem-aph—Press Association—Copyrisht. (Rec. July 14, 10.10 p.m.) London, July 14. In the House of Commons, Mr.' Reginald MlConna, First Lord of the Admiralty, informed Mr. J. T. Middlemore, Unionist member for Birmingham North, that, excluding the armoured cruisers for the Dominions, 'ten British and fifteen armoured ships'were now under construction or ordered. NAVAL ECONOMY WANTED. ' LIBERALS PROTESTING. (Rec. July 14, 11.10 p.m.) London, Juiy 11. At a. meeting of upwards of forty Liberal members of the House of Commons, Mr. J; A. Murray. M'Donald (Falkirk Burghs). presiding, it Was decided to forward to Mr. Asquith an emphatic protest against the new shipbuilding vote. Some difference of opinion was expressed regarding the desirability of dividing • againpt the Government in view of the gravity of the constitutional issue. LATEST OFFICIAL FIGURES. The Admiralty in May last published the annual "Dilke Return," giving particulars, so far. ,as they can. ascertain, of every war vessel less than twenty years old in the service of Great Britain, France, Russia, '-Germany, Italy, the United States, and Japan. ; The return shows all battleships and armoured cruisers of each'' Navy which have been launched since March 31, 1890. The tables, summarised, show the following results:— BATTLESHIPS, Built. ,Building. Great Britain 56 " !) \ Germany 33 8 United States 30 4, France 17 6 Japan 14 3 Italy 10: 2 Russia 7. .8 Italy's two battleships building include one projected by the 1909-10 Estimates. ARMOURED, CRUISERS. ' , Built! Building. Great Britain £. 38 , 3 Germany 9 3. United States 15 0 France _.' 20 2 Japan ]2 1 Italy .8 2 .' Russia 4 2 . The figures for ' France include one armoured cruiser which is to be condemned. ,