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COLOSSAL ARMS PLAN STIR

"Daily Mail" Still Says It Is Not Enough SOLE TOPIC OF BUZZING LOBBY CONVERSATIONS

London, To-day.

Great Britain's gigantic defence expenditure, placed at not less than £1,500,000,000, was the main topic of conversation in buzzing Parliamen- tary lobbies last night while provoking astonished comment abroad.

IS EXPECTED TO DRAW GOVERNMENT CIRCLES EXPECT THE OPPOSITION POLICY TO EVOKE THE WIDESPREAD SUP-GLOOMY FICTURES OF HEAVILY, RISING PORT OF THEIR ADHERENTS, WHILE THE TAXATION BELIEVED INEVITABLE.

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The two-day debate on the sub- look forward to a future in which MINUTTUGTÖNZTÁRNE ject will open to-day (Wednesday) no one will think it remunerative to when the Chancellor of the Eiche quer, Mr. Neville Chamberlain, moves the money resolution in con- nexion with the defence loan.

One of the chief criticisms which Labour is likely to make is that the White Paper contains no evidence of any co-ordinating plan as re- gards defence.

ON OTHER PAGES

“ABSURDLY LOW” The "Daily Mail" finds that the provisions contemplated by the White Paper are still, for the Em-

Portugal Adamant pire's urgent needs for defence, ab-King Carol Offended surdly low, compared with Ger- Almeria Horrors many's armaments expenditure.

Mine Disaster Mystery "The Times" says that the White Fire On Plane In Mid-Ocean

Taipo Murder Paper contains but rough estimates Japanese Political Crisis of expenditure. They do not seem British Plane Missing to be excessive. Nevertheless, the Local Relay Joy-riders programme is patently gigantic Ribbentrop Outburst

Huge Scale of British Re-Arma-

ment Programme Italy Alarmed Child Beggar Problem War On Japan Demanded Balkan Conference Blomberg Preaches Peace Local Internationals

PARLIAMENT'S TASK

TAXATION OUTLOOK The "Daily Telegraph," estimat ing the annual amount to be pro- vided from taxation as £220,000,000,

The journal adds that a convinc- says that that may mean a sensible addition to taxation, but the facting case has been made out both that a Chancellor of the Exchequer for the financial and economic prin- so cautious as Mr. Chamberlainciples of the Government's proposals should deem the effort within the and it remains for the House of capacity of the country without an- Commons to see that full value is cbtained for the expenditure and due strain, is a strong indication

that priority is given to the most of his belief in continued pro-

urgent defence matters, particular- sperity.

ly the lag in the fulfilment of the Royal Air Force programme and, concurrently, that no opportunity

PERFORMANCE AND PROMISE The "Morning Post states that if the performance is commensurate will be lost of securing such a re- with the promise, and 4, in the laxation of international tension as meantime, we can avert the catas-will make the programme elastic in trophe of war, we may reasonably the right direction-Reuter

EXPLOSIVE ELEMENTS

FEARED IN U.S.

If non-alarmist Britain is re- arming to such an enormous extent, the European situa- tion must indeed be explosive. This, says Beuter from Washing-

ton, is the reaction to the aver- age Member of Congress to the British armaments programme. The immediate effect on Congress of the vast British expenditure is likely to be the speeding up of the Neutrality Bill, designed to keep the United States out of a European war, which many quar ters now think is coming before long

resumed in unofficial quarters that the United States Navy will continue to keep parity with Bri- tain but a decision in this con

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nexion will probably not be nounced pending the issue of a the report on the dispute with steel manufacturers, which is blocking the current naval build- ing programme

"This freedom of the seas shall not be a vain word." is France's re- action to the British rearmament, which is received with gratifica- tion by Britain's Great War allies. Britain's tremendous defence efforts, it is argued, are bound to have a salutary effect While the mili tary programme seems to indicate that Britain would only be able to put a very small force into the field, the plans for an immense reserve of munitions is hailed as

wise precaution.—Reuter.

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BRITISH CREDITS TO CANTON?

MR. KIRKPATRICK COMING DOWN

Shanghai, To-day.

Hong Kong is to receive a visit next month from Mr. W. M. Kirkpatrick, representative of the British Government in China in connexion with the question of export credits to China

This was revealed this morning, when Mr. Kirkpatrick said he had decided to proceed to Canton early in March instead of in February, as was previously intended.

This will ensure his meeting in Canton with the South-West off- cials at present attending the Kuo- mintang Central Executive Com- mittee conference in Nanking.

Mr. Kirkpatrick says he will be spending a few days in Hong Kong but has not yet decided what steamer he will travel by--Beater.

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