FEARS FOR NAVY
[United Press Association.—By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright. ] LONDON, January 2. The “Daily Telegraph’s” naval contributor points out that, while the other countries realising information should be imparted concerning the coming conference, the British Admiralty still preserve its traditional silence. Nevertheless, it says, in fi.lines to the Admiralty, the truth of the (position should he known. Ihe Admiralty in 1923-4 surveyed the situation most carefully, and it came to the conclusion that eighty cruisers vas the minimum. Mr Badlwin’s Cabinet struck out a further eight cruisers, leaving 72, which number Lord Beatty and others considered to be made-
quate. The “Telegraph” continues: Since it has been discovered that Britain requires only fifty cruisers, it is difficult, to believe that the present Admiralty Board have consented to the reduction to that number without pressuie fiotn the Cabinet. The editorial fears that the Government is about to enter the conference in a mood for reckless s< trifice, and that Parliament will be faced with an agreement that ought never to be made.
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Hokitika Guardian, 4 January 1930, Page 5
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