NAVAL POLICY
CAUSING GOVERNMENT ANXIETY SOME KNOTTY PROBLEMS (United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright) ■ (Australian x'roai Auooiatlna) LONDON, 18th July. Nothing is causing the Government greater anxiety than the naval policy. It is now understood Mr MacDonald is going to America in the autumn to confer with President Hoover. The date and place are now being discussed through diplomatic channels. The "Daily Chronicle" says that the fate of the Singapore base is unlikely to be decided before the naval negotiations. . I '-.'..'■. - The question of dropping submarines is presenting a difficulty, of. another kind arising mainly , from strategy. Lesser naval powers refuse ,to'sacrifice what they consider an economical defence. As regards the building programme generally, the Government is on the horns of a dilemma. It is anxious to cut down, yet it realises that to reduce the programme means less work at a time when it is most anxious to increase employment.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXIII, 19 July 1929, Page 5
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