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question by Mr. Attlee (Soc., Lime-openhagen ......................... house), Deputy Leader of the Op- Geneva ....... position. Mr. Baldwin said:
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"Ever since the War, successive Hongkong Governments in this country have! Lisbon actively pursued a policy of inter- Madrid national disarmament. In our ef- Milan "forts to further this policy by ex- ample as well as precept, we have reduced our own armaments to a dangerously low level in the Hope Oslo
Paria that others would follow our lead.
"But the disarmament negotia- | Prague tions have been drawn out longer Rio de Janeiro than anyone' anticipated. The Preparatory
Commission lasted Shanghaj from 1926 to December, 1930, in- Stockholm clusive.
Vienus.
The Disarmament Conference. Yokohama opened on Feb. 2, 1932, and has | Silver (apot) pursued its labour ever since. Silver (forward) During these eight and a half years War Loan misgivings have arisen from time to time in many quarters at the increasing accumulation of de- delencies in our Defence Ser- vices, particularly In view of the Increased expenditure ON armaments in many other coun- tries. ||
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"Most of the leaders of all three parties are familiar with the posi- tion in its general outline, not only from knowledge acquired while in office, but also from & Three Party Conference on Disarmament in 1931, in the privacy of which all the facts of the situation were con- Adentially disclosed.
Still Hope of Dis-rmament "The Government's policy re- mains on of international disarma- ment, and we have by no means abandoned hope of reaching some limitation. As mentioned in the de- bate on July 13, we are even now making fresh efforts to break, the virtual deadlock that exists at Geneva.
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"Unfortunately, however parti- larly in view of past experience; we cannot count on an early, result, and in view of our commitments under the Covenant of the League and the Locarno Treaty, the many symptoms of unrest in Europe and elsewhere, and the failure of other Governments to follow our ex- ample by comparable, reductions. We have for some time felt that Corp., China Leather Co. Ltd., the time has come when the possi-Santiago Chu, H. L. Const. bility of keeping our armaments at their present low level must be reconsidered, in the absence of comparable deductions by other Powers. (Hear, bear.).
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The Prince of Walea yesterday Inspected the cadets of the Royal Naval College at Dartmouth," re- ceived his rod of office as Lord Hiph Steward of Plymouth, and was welcomed by more than 2,000 Freemasons at a meeting of the Provincial Grand Lodge of-Devon
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"It is not necessary to-day to give any complete account of our inquiries or of the detailed con- clusions at which we have arrived. The deficiencies which it will be necessary to make good are largely deficiencies in equipment and stores, which, as I mentioned in my speech on March 21, have grown up owing to financial strin- gency and the discussions on dis- armament. In these respecte the results of our inquiries. will be re- flected in the Estimates for future years and can be more convenient- ly discussed when those Estimates are debated.
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"Subject to this cavent we have
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any longer measures which will in bring out Air Forces to a level more closely approaching that of our nearest neighbours.
the present and the four ensuing Force will be increased by forty one new squadrons including those. already announced in the 1934 Programme. programme.
(Cheers.)
"Of these forty-one squadrons, thirty-three will be allotted to Home Defence, raising the existing forty-two squadrons at home to a total of seventy-five squadrons. The remaining squadrons are for service with the Fleet Air Arm or abroad. **
Moreover, in the case of the Royal Air Force, specing undertak ings have been given that an an- nouncement will be made before, the end of the present season. Be fore coming to the programme we have decided to adopt, I would emphasise that many factors which have induenced our decision are still Ductuating and liable to change This appiles equally to "The rate at which this pro- the future of disarmament and the gramme can be carried out within whole" international situation.co the five years must depend upon
"Consequently, our defensive, various conside position will have to be kept con- finance, which I cannot specify
howeve stantly under review, and we re now We hope serve the right to modify or adjust space out the work a
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