THE BRITISH NAVY.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 59, 27 July 1912, Page 5

THE BRITISH NAVY.

CANADA'S CONTRIBUTION. By fl»M*— Ptwb A*ooiation—Copyrigk*. London, July 28. The Daily Mail states that Mr. Borden and hig colleagues are prepared to recommend a contribution of six million sterling for the construction of Dreadnoughts.

THE LIMITATION OF ARMAMENTS. Received 28, 10.25 p.m. London, July 28. Speaking in the House of Commons Mr. Bonar Law said that he mistrusted the Admiralty, owing to its vacillation on the 'Mediterranean question. The margin of superiority was too narrow. He feared that there had been some kind of Cabinet compromise. Sir E. Grey said that none of the Defence Committee's decisions were overruled by the fiovernment. He informed Liberal malcontents who blamed the foreign policy for armaments that if they reverted to splendid isolation they would increase diplomatic friction. It might be necessary to enormously increase the naval strength. He invited the advocates of the limitation of armaments to say whether the basis of agreement should be the British fleet's superiority or inferiority.

The Times says that the compromise Mr. Bonar Law mentioned takes the form of refusing more than a million surplus to th" navy as a set-off for the refusal to "Hot one or two millions for Insurance Bill purposes.