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HONGKONG, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1926.
EMPIRE DEFENCE.
The Role of the Air Force.
GREAT STEP TO BE TAKEN.
Close Co-Operation With Dominions.
Rugby, Dec. 8.
HUGE SUMS.
America's National Budget.
AN INCREASE OF $16,000,000.
President Coolidge And Further Disarmament.
Washington, Dec. 8. An important pronouncement was The Government's Budges for made to-day by Sir Samuel Hoare. the fiscal year beginning June 1 Secretary for Alr, on the immediate next provides all appropriations development of Imperial alr routes for $4,014,000.000, an increase with a view to ensure such mobility of $16,000,000 compared with as will enable the British and Over the current year; chiefly owing. HORS Air Perves to meet any attack to increases in pensions for on any part of the Empire,,... veterans of the Civil War and 3r Samuel Hoare was presiding the Spanish War, and increased at a lecture given by Wing-Com- appropriations for the Veterans mander Puford who commanded Bureau and the postal service the "fight" of the Royal Air Force all over the country. machines from Cairo to Capetown.
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There is a prospect of reduc- tion of $30,000,000 interest on! the public debt.
As a result of the recent Imperial Conference, said Samuel Hoare. we shall see a greater step made in the near future both in developing the Imperial Air Forts and in obtain-"priations ing the necessary, co-operation be- ¡tweën bugselves and the Dominions 19han has ever been taken before.
Prohibition enforcement cest $30,000,000. The Navy appro- are $9,000,000 less than for the present years
President Coolidge has asked Congress to postpone the con- struction of the remaining three Imperial Air Routes.
out of eight light, cruisers, which Boring these discussions we cof-were to have been started before sidered particularly the two great July, in view of the fact that the Imperial air routes of the fature-United States is negotiating for from here to Capetown, and from widening the Washington naval here, to Australia.
armaments treaties.
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Now Stronger Than Ever.
LORD BALFOUR'S VIEWS.
Common Interests And Ideali.
Rugby, Dec. 8. The mattar of the decisions of the Imperial Conference regarding inter Imperial relations was raleed by Lord Parmoor Labour in the House of Lords.
Lord Balfour, replying, said that his own personal view was that the relations of the Dominions and this country must necessarily be those of equality.
Free states gould not be con- ceived as one above another. One
might have more responsibility than
another, and one be in more danger were on than another, but all equality.
That was the very essence of the, Brittah Empire. Broad principles stood that no control was exercised by a single one of the governing. parts for Empire over, any other part.
Broad Loyalties.
From this equality some foreig- ers were disposed to think that we were bound to separate in a short time. His own view was precisely the contrary,
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We have arranged that next year
He held strongly that the British Larumber of flights shall be made
The President has also omitted Empire was now a more united or- by our machines from here to North
provision for the construction.ganism than ever before. That or- Africu.
We had establish an air route of two rigid airships which Con-ganism was held together far more from here to Kenya, and the South@gress authorised to be built at a effectively by broad loyalties com- African Government Waa" under-cost of $8:000,000 prior to Julymon feelings of interest and devo- taken to co-operate with us and next, and has asked that time be tion, and ideals of peace and free- extend that route over the most given to experiment with anom.. strategical parts of South Africa, all-metal airship now being built
That means the British Air Force at a cost of $300,000. will-link up with the South African-
in South Africa.
Flights To Singapore. Secondly, we have decided to in stitute a long distance air
Those were the bords of Empire,
and if they were not enough, noth-
A sum of $20,000,000" is ag-ing else would be enough.
There could not of course be Air Force, and we shall have a com-propriated for aeroplanes, $313,- plete route from London to Cape-000,000 for the Navy, and $366,-equality of functions within Em-
That must depend on cir town, and also from east to west 000,000 for the War Depart-pire." meul.
cumstances of moment. and for President Coolidge emphasises many years to come. the main bur- that the present peacefulness den of defence must fall upon this does not warrant neglect of decountry. fence. He has emphatically de- from London to Singapore. This clared against any permanent re- through the co-operation of the Aus-duction in tax rates at present. tralina Government will link "PReuter's American Service. Coolidge Speech Criticised.
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For perhaps an indefinite period o come the loading part in the con- dust of foreign affaire must, also fall upon this country. The course followed by the representatives of the Dominions at the Imperial Con-- ference was the course of states. menship.-British Wireless Ser
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New York, Dec. 9. When once we have these regular" The newspapers' comments flights between London and Africa on the President's address to and London and Australia properly Congress are strongly tinged ac- established with aerodromes and cording to their political predis. fother accessories, we shall find not position.
Perhaps the best criticism only that we have a great asset for civil and commercial purposes, but comes from the "Journal of Com- 2,324,000 TONS COAL. that we have great asset also for merce," which draws attention
FIGURES FOR FIRST NORMAL to the fact that the world court military purposes.
WEEK. We shall then begin to feel that is not even mentioned, but Pre- the air forces of the Empire, aresident Coolidge expresses will
London, Dec. 8 really mobile and can move acrossingness to follow the lines laid
The first official returns since the the face of the Empire with ease out in the Washington Confer-) and concentrate in an incredibly ence of 1921. "Our general for- general resumption of work on the short time on any threatened point. eign policy is well-known accord ccal-fields show that the output of ing to the President, and its na- coal during the week ended Novem- -British Wireless Service.
ture is described in such vague ber 27 was 2,324,000 tons, by terms that it remains well- 455,000 men, compared with 6,097,- known for its obscurity.-Reu-000 tons before the stoppage in the ter's American Bervice.
week ended May 1-Reuter..
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