THE NAVAL ESTIMATES.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 1967, 26 January 1914, Page 5

THE NAVAL ESTIMATES.

; . v ;, ,: ——-«* ' f|(ioi\IIXG :;; 'CARIXET MEETING. Uy-,Telegra-ph-Preßs Assaciolion-Oop.vritht £& ■' ■' / •■■ ■ London, January i! 3. "• Mr. Lloyd-George, postponed his speech on tho rural question at Glasgow until Wednesday, owing to the Cabinet meeting, which decides the Naval Estimates.:,. ,„. ... ~ '. PROPOSED FATHERING■ AT THIS ■,r? ; ;:,'":r GUILDHALL. !,-F.LOnD MAYOR TO PRESIDE. 3'V. :■":''■/'•,'■■. (.oncicn, January '23. ■ The' Lord Mayor will president tho proposed meeting at the Guildhall, which is being convened for tho purnose of strengthening the- Government's I hands to ensuro tho maintenance of : British naval supremacy. I MR. I/LOYD-GEORGE URGED TO ~ RECONSIDER. THE LOAN. .\.;.v (Rcc. January 25, 5.5 p.m.) * London, January .24. ■■"The "Sjpootator," in view *f tlVo coming deficit, recommontls Mr. : LloydGoorge to reconsider thfl naval Jonu, on tho ground of the cttnrmous political advantage to be gained from logukriein'g our expenditure on lines simitar to ■the German method under the naval taw, and also from frankly advertising our'intentions to the world, Tho Lord Mayor states that the proposed city meeting; is non-pnrty, innsmuch as ho Would favour a patriotic, non-political meeting, with the object of supporting the,. Government in its measures for the supremacy of the Navy for'tho protection of merchantmen.