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The British Fleet is steadily declining in strength. That is the revelation which is made in the official return that has just been issued. It gives particulars bl all the various types of men-of-war of the maritime nations of the world, indicating those which are built, are actually build ing, or have been authorised It is got a cheerful document to those who realise the complete dependence of the British peoples on sea power. It shows that the Battle Fleet of the British Empire is being sealed down in order that a con- dition of absolute equality with the United States may be reached. In this respect the figures are not surprising: they merely show that effect is being given to the terms of the Washington Treaty.
Whereas we possessed sixty feight capital ships ten years ago. now
we have only twenty-two.
When the Nelson wind Biehney, now under construc tion, are completed in the course of next year the number will fall to twenty and ten years later the minimum of fifteen will be reached, corresponding to the number of waits under the Americautaries, two destroyers, and ole des States 13 and 12. We are building four
Bax.
Sik and Valuable Cargo for Italy, France and London (under arrangement) wil be con- veyed by this Steamer preceeling to Bombay the on-carrying arul there transhippeal to Steamer for Marseilles and London,
Parcels will be received at the Office until 5 PM. on the Day previous to Sailing. The contents and value of all packages must be declared.
For further Partice, Apply to
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Agoata Edhgkong, 14th April, 1925, (2099
This reduction in strength represents aftroyer leader only, though we are far great sacrifice of British tradition, and weaker already in both classes than the the sacrifice is" much greater than most United States. So we are certainly not people appreciate. While it many es einners in this respect! nedts the Dominions have claimed to exer- In our own Parliament, the Admiraity cise the full rights of nationhood-has been made the special target of at- Canada even going so far as to appointtack owing to its programme of Bew her own representative at Washington-cruisers. In spite of the denials of Mr. the restrictions of the Washington Treaty Ramsay MacDonald and his colleagues apply to the whole Empire. The ratios last year that any sugggration has been of hattleship tonnage and aircraft tound that we should van build up our nage include every Dominion as well as gruiser strength to the figure at which the Mother Country. 1f, for instahes, it stood on the ve of the war, the Ad rach of the four great Dominions decidedmiralty is said to be fuicing the pace." to build a vessel of more than 10,000 tour. The number of cruisers of the British Em- the number of battleships or aircraft pire has deelined from 126 to 37, which arriers which the Mother Country in includes three vessels laid down during tains would have to be reduced eventually the war and the five which have just been to eleven. What it comes to is that the begun, in accordance with the decision of British Empire, in other respects regard the Socialist Government. It cannot ed as a league of nations with a large honestly be contended that the Admiralty measure of independence, is for naval programme, which forshadows a cruiser purposes treated as a single unit with strength of 52 effective vessels for duty only one baithe fives, and that Imttle fleet on the 80,000 miles of our trade routes, of restricted size, although its respon and for service with the Battle Flint, is sibilities extend to all the sens and an angeasonable one. Whether it would, oceans. When it is contended, as it has indeed, prov adequate to the varied wer in certain quarters in the United needs of the British proples is a matter States that the American prople were of riona doht. But, at any rate, if tricked into an agreement unfavourable cruisers as they grow old are not to be to them, the Uroader considerations replaced, what is the alternative of the ought not to be ignored.
pacifists? That is a question to which Parliament, sooner or later, wil have to turn its attention.
unit.
THE NEXT CONFERENCE.
of
There is now a suggestion that a fur It is an axiom that if defenes by sen her agreement should be negotiated is not provided on an adequate "scale. applying to auxiliary craft-cruisers and it would be bester policy to have no des torpedo boats of all descriptions, includ fence at all. A wenk fleet is a sanre end ing submarines. When the lass Confer a delusion-weak, that is, in relation to nee assembled the Earl of Balfour, with the strength of other Aerts and the res- the full support of the Alliata Lord ponsibility which will devolve upou it in Lee of Fareham being then First Lord.thae of war. We have to think in terms declared that the British people could of the Home Seas, the Mediterranean, never consent to apply to anxiliary craft | the Atlantic, the Pacific, the Indian the ratios which, at so great a sacrifice. Ocean, and Ching waters. These sens they had accepted in respect:picspital | bear not merely our wealth, but the food shine and aircraft carriers If the upon which we live and the raw mate British Empire is to be treated as a rials which we convert into manufactur naval anit, it is incontestable thased good in order to pay for our food, it needs more auxiliary ships for the prof this ocran-borne trade is to be de tection of its territories and the defence fended at all the defence must be such of its ocean-borne trade than any other as to give a reasonable measure
It consists of a league of peoples security, otherwise it were far better to who more or less live by the sea. Prae accept the full risk and abandon all tically all the inhabitants of the British idea of spending millions every year on Empire are, to all intents and purposts, thert, so weak that it cannot hope to islanders, with the exception possibly of
fulfil its mission. the Canadians, whose frontier of 3,000 It may be expedient to postpone laying ailes marches with the frontier, of the down additional cruisers this year on United States. In approaching this pro-economic grounds, hat any such decision. blem we have to think not of today, but does not affect the problem, which is whe of to-morrow, when Canada, Australia,ther Gfty-two cruisers the Admiralty's New Zealand, and South Africa, if not suggestion-constitute an exaggerated Newfoundland, will be far more densely claim in view of the needs of the Battle populated than they are to-day and far Fleet, on the one hand, and, on the more dependent upon ocean communica-other, of the trade routes. When obsoles tions for external trade. The time will cent cruisers should be replaced is a dis- come when they will realise, as we have tinet and separate question, which raises long since realised, that they cannot live matters of finance, and therefore of in security and comfort unless they can national well-being Daily, Triegraph. ensure the freedom of the seas at all times
in war as well as in peace. It may be that by the time the population of the Dominions has doubled, or trebled some scheme will have been adopted rendering|es naval defence unnecessary, but that day cannot come until a policy of limitation of the strength of armies, if not of air forces, universal in its application, has been adopted, for the Navy is the de- fence against invasion.
The official return shows that there is no foundation for the suggestion that any of the maritime Powers are engaged in the mad race" of which there has
been so much talk, though Japai is very
active, as the following figures show:
British Empire
United States
France
1914
B'It. B''d'g. Total.
108 -19
180:
30
36
Japan än
30
Italy
3
町
Bt. Bldg. Total
British Empire:
49.
$
57
United States
31
32
Japan
28
30
France
16
3
25
Italy
13
15
--Eight others authorised, but no money Fet provided for their con- struction
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