THE NAVY.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10043, 18 July 1910, Page 5

THE NAVY.

| SHIPBUILDING TOTES. United Press Association—By f;lect-ic Telegraph Copyright LONDON, July 15. In the House cf Commons, Mr John Dillon, Nationalist member for Mayo East, moved for a reduction of the

shipbuilding votes by £2,000,000, and contended t lat the postponement J of a portion of the monstrojs and unjustifiable expenditure proposed would in nowise endanger the cour.I try. He warned his hsarers against tyranny cf the expsrts. I The motion was lost, the voting be'ng—For, 7U; against, 298. "TAKEN THE LEAD." Received July 18, 12.5 a.". LONDON, July 16.

Mr Lloyd George, speaking at the Lord Major's dinner to the hankers and merchants, said the increased ; expenditure was due to what Lord Beresford called the mad and insane competition for armaments'. Tley lind taker, the lead, having to defend the greatest Empire. If the nations continued expending in the direction which gives the paopb no assistance towards the highest civilisation then they mu;t inevitably suffer. All nations were responsible for this great an:! growing misfirtune, and we m ist only wait until there comes an ' i;derstanding amongf the people. j

PROTEST BY AUSTRIA. Received July 18, 12 5 a in. VIENNA, July 16. The New Free Press protested aga'nst Mr Asquith's describing Austrian shipbuilding as a mystery. Other papers'state that the Tecnico yard is constructing two Dreadnoughts. ,