ARMAMENT BURDENS.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1830, 16 August 1913, Page 5

ARMAMENT BURDENS.

ME. LLOYD-GEORGE'S APPEAL. By Tefleirapli—Frcsa Association—Oopyrigfct (Reo. August 15, 10.5 p.m.) London, August 15. The House of Commons has passed the third leading* of the Appropriation Bill. Speaking to tho motion for the adoption, Mr. Lloyd-George (Chancellor of tho Exchequer), declared that Great Britain was expending on tho Navy a sum exceding tho cost of all the navies in tho world in. 188 G. This, he said, was a striking indication of the alarming growth of aimaments. It was a matter for the whole of the civilised world to consider, and the Concert of Europe might very well use that spirit of harmony, good feeling, and common sense which had inspired tho settlement of tho Balkans question, in tho unravelling of tho tangle in connection with armaments. Instead of a spirit of rivalry in expenditure, the)' might substitute a spirit of co-operation and goodwill. Tho four hundred million sterling which tho great industrial countries of the world were spending on armaments could bo better spent in increasing their resources and developing itheir trade. The Appropriation Bill was subsequently passed by tho.HoTise of Lords. SWEDEN'S ACTIVITY. (Rec. August 15, 11.5 p.m.) Stockholm, August 15. Tlie result of the Swedish naval manoeuvres has led to a renewed agitation in favour lof increased naval armaments, including the equipment of a naval station near Gothenburg.