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BRITAIN'S NAVY.
BIG REDUCTIONS MADE.
2.
SETTING A GOOD EXAMPLL
LONDON, March 12. In the House of Commons, moving the adoption of the naval estimates, Mr. L. C. Amery first Lord of the Admiralty pointed out that as a result of the Washington agreement the estimates had been re duced from £92,500,000 to £61,500,000 in a twelve- month by reducing the personnel of the fleet by 30,000, and the personnel of the dockyards by 10,000, scrapping fourteen splendid capital ships, reducing reserves of munitions, fuel and stores to the very minimum of safety, postponing necessary expendi- ture and accepting risks which could only be con- templated with serious misgivings,
RUHR KEPRISALS,
MORE GERMANS KILLED,
DUESSELDORF, March 13. Two Germans arrested at Buer in connection with the murder of the two Frenchmen on March 10
attempted to escape. Gendarmes fired, killing both and owing to the crowd's threatening attitude French troops fired, killing five Germans.
'A GERMAN REPORT.
BERLIN, March 12.
A German source at Buer asserts that it has been officially established that French soldiers murdered the two French officers aforementioned and declares that a German detective and two civilians were shot dead at Buer last night by the French. because they were found outdoors after seven in the evening in violation of the French
LONDON, March 12,
The Admiralty had not assumed a grave rés- curfew. ponsibility without anxious deliberation but con- ANGLO-FRENCH RAILWAY AGREEMENT, siderations of national world welfare outweighed technical arguments for a larger measure of. insurance. The reductions far exceeded the strict terms of the Washington agreement. He believed our example would prove the determining factor in securing early ratification of the effective carrying out of the Treaty by all the powers concerned.
NAVAL STRENGTHS COMPARED. Mr. Amery pointed out that both America, and Japan had reduced their personnel though not on as large a scale as ourselves. Comparing strengths he pointed out the superiority of the United States and Japan as regards post-Jutland ships and vessels of over 30,000 tons. The British had superiority over the United States in cruisers and light cruisers but showed a marked inferiority in destroyers and submarines while the personnel was 99.500 compared with 116,400 in the United States.
He emphasised that the latitude with which we had interpreted the one-power standard was only justifiable by the desire to avoid promoting competition in armaments and by the goodwill between ourselves and the United States. We had dealt with the problem of the balance of naval power compared with Japan in Far Eastern Pacific waters with the same latitude by spreading over long periods of years the work respecting fuel bases and improvement of dockyard facilities.
Reuter learns that so far as the Ruhr railway situation arising from the negotiations between General, Godley and M. Payot are concerned, the matter is now, considered as settled between the Anglo-French Governments. The arrangement has got been ratified and probably will not be as it is in the nature of a working agreement coming into force as soon as local details have been settled.
POINCARE PROMISES “PITILESS PUNISHMENT"
PARIS, March 12, In a speech at a banquet last night, M. Poincare said the murder of the French officers at Buer would be pitilessly punished and the victims avenged. He will meet General Degoutte at Brüs- sels to-day to discuss measures for the sanctions which ought to the taken.
REICHSTAG MEMBER ARRESTED.
LONDON, March 12. According to a Gorman report from Berlin, Fraulein Leaders, who is a member of the Reichstag, was arrested by French soldiers near Hagen and taken to the guard room.
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FRANCO-BELGIAN PREMIERS CONFER.
BRUSSELS, March 12.
SINGAPORE BASE SCHEME.
M. Poincare journeyed, hither from Paris to participate in a conference with M.-Theunis at. Dealing with the proposal to create a naval which they decided on measures for accelerating base at Singapore capable of dealing with the deliveries of coal and coke from the Germans and requirements of a feet of modern battleships, he other arrangements for co-operative measures in emphasised the advantages of the situation of connection with the Ruhr. It was resolved not to Singapore on the route to the Far East and on the evacuate the recently occupied territories merely on flank of our strategic and commercial lines of the strength of German promises or without communication to Australia Only £200,000 was obtaining
guarantees for the Germans who required on the present estimates for preparatory
NEAR EAST OPTIMISM.
work there but the total cost of equipment, graving collaborated with the Allies. docks, locks, workshops and stores would be about £11,000,000 spread over a great number of years. Mr. Amery emphasised, that Britain had reached "the limit possible in reductions of personnel and
general naval strength.
HONGKONG EXTENSION PRECLUDED.
WARSHIPS COMING BACK.
MALTA, March 13:
Mr. Amery, pointing out the obstacles to the mobility of the fleet like lack of supplies of oil and The optimism of the authorities in regard to the 'docking and repairing facilities abroad, said that at Near East is evidenced by the fact that the battle- present we were unable to send a battleship to the ship "Malaya" and the light cauisers “Curacoa," Far East or maintain her there. It was in order to and "Cambrian "are being withdrawn from Eastern remedy this state of affairs that we were gradually waters. They are expected to reach here on building up oil reserves at various strategic centres Thursday and proceed to Gibraltar on Saturday to along the ocean routes, making a very small begin-rejoin the Atlantic fleet. The battleship "Iron' ning with the necessary preparations for the scheme Duke" has arrived from the Dardanelles.
at Singapore. There was at present no dock in British territory anywhere in the East capable of taking a battleship. The Washington Treaty pře- cluded our extending at Hongkong.
NEW ARMY ESTIMATES.
£10,000,000. LESS THIS YEAR.
LONDON, March 12.
OUR GATEWAY TO THE PACIFIC, Emphasising the importance of Singapore's strategic position he said it was for us almost what the Panama Canal was to the Americans-our gate- way to the Pacific. Only comparatively small sums
The amly estimates for 1923-1924 total Would be required for the works there in the near £52,000,000, compared with £62,000,000, last year. future. There was in this scheme no suggestion of They provide for an establishment of 170,000 men any difficultles in our relations with Japan. On the compared with 215,000! contrary if there were even an apprehension of such difficulties we should not be dealing leisurely fashion, with such an essential work. We were simply carrying on in our own time a measure essential for the fleet's performance of its proper function in Imperial defence.
HOME POLITICAL CHANGES.
NEW MINISTERIAL APPOINTMENTS.
LONDON, March 12, New ministerial appointments occasioned. by the results of the Edgehill; East Willesden and Mitcham by-elections have been announced.
RUSSIA'S PROGRESS.
NEW ECONOMIC POLICY,
CHRISTIANIA, March 12.
Dr. Nansen when lecturing, said that the Russian leaders were carrying out a new economic policy sincerely and cautiously and he believed. they would succeed. The time was not distant when Russia would be once again in Important factor in the economic life of Europe..
·STRIKE LEADERS ON TRIAL
ST. JOSEPH, (Michigan) March 12.":
Major Boyd Carpenter, becomes Financial Secretary to the Treasury, Lieut-Colonel A. Buckley
A case isattracting interest throughout America D.S.O. and Mr. H. B. Betterton C.B.E, become strike, s
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