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EARL BEATTY'S CALL FOR STRONGER NAVY

Britain Below Standard Of

Great Power

NELSON DAY WARNING: “NOT ENOUGH MEN TO MAN SHIPS"

Earl Beatty, who commanded the Grand Fleet fromed to 1919 and who was First Sea Lord from 1919 to 1927, declina, last night that:

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Our standard of naval strength to-day is aff cient, on the one hand, to make us an attractive ally and play our part as a world power;

It is not sufficient, on the other hand, to guarantee the free passage of the sea to our ships...

Lord Beatty was speaking at the Nelson Day dinner of the Navy League. His warning regarding the deficiencies of the Fleet follows that of Sir Ernle Chatfield, the present First Sea Lord, who declared only the previous night that our Battle Fleet was passing its prime.

H.K. MERCHANTS IN CANTON

New Duties Discussed

(From Our Special Correspondent)

Canton, Nov. 11.

Prominent Hong Kong Chinese merchants, who arrived bare yesterday as guests of Mr. Chow Lu, President of Sun Yat Sen Uni- versity, inspected the new campus at Shek Pel where. corner stones for new buildings were laid. The visitors were impressed by the extensive grounds and the general plan of the new structurés.

While in Canton, the Chinese merchants took advantage of the occasion and discussed the ques- tion of exemption from duty of Chinese manufactures from Hong Kong with Mr. Chow Lu, who is a standing member of the South- west Political · Council A short with a view to exempting their products from customs duty upon importation to Canton and other places in Kwangtung.

According to one of the

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NEEDS OF THE NAVY SUMMARISED chants: the discusion on this mat

Dealing in detail with the needs of the Navy, Lord Beatty made the following points: "Battleships. Replacement is overdue, but it is not on the hori- zon yet.

Cruisers. This country must never again bind itself to the un- safe limit of the London Treaty, but must build for the exceptional responsibilities we have

Personnel-For the last few years the Navy has been reduced by 12,000 men, I doubt, most em- phatically, it we have the men to- day fully to man our ships,

Oil Supplies. They were not adequate when I left the Admiral

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Summing up the position. Lord Beatty declared that our Anancial credit had been restored at the price of the weakening of our defences.

TO BECOME "AN ATTRACTIVE

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Earl Beatty" was replying on be-1 half of the Navy to the toast of the Imperial Forces, proposed at the Navy League dinner at Dor- chester House by Sir Archibald

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He began his speech of warning by pointing out that in the past Great Britain's traditional polley nad been to contract alliances to preserve a Balance of Power. We had never been without Allies. *

To be of value as an ally we must be strong somewhere, We must have something to bargain with. He went on:

"or the purpose of making solid contributions to the directing of European affairs from which we cannot divorce ourselves to-day, the "Navy is the handmai- den of our foreign policy. With- a strong Navy, we are no use to anybody, and we cannot play our part as a Great Power.

ty.

"As regards battleships, the over- due replacement of these ships is not on the horizen as yet, the time for it having been postponed by the London Treaty until 1936. But it is inevitable, as it is on the Bat- tle Fleet that our whole Imperial security must finally devolve.

ships to be inferior in fighting "Obviously we cannot afford our power to those of any other coun-- cry. If we can reduce the size of our battleships in reasonable men- armaments will be considerably re- sure, the expense of naval

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again, we are tied by convention the matter of cruisers,

or treaties. At Washington we kept a free hand in the matter of these vessels, and they were not Included in the Treaty.

ter was informal and most satis- factory, and Mr. Chow was in- clined to share the view of the Hong Kong visitors. However, the South-west Political Council for matter will be submitted to the final decision.

After taking part in the ninth anniversary celebration of the 'university and the accompanying events, the merchants will return to Hong Kong this afternoon.

DIARY OF LOCAL EVENTS

TO-DAY

- (November 14.)

(IX Moon. 27 Day). Auctions-Lammert's Sale of

Road (first floor), Kowloon, 10.30 Household Furniture, 66, Nathan

a.m.

Lectures. Professor "Walter Brown, MA, on "Venice," Room

8.30pm "K", Main University Building,

Entertainments. Concert at Hongkong Cricket Club, 9.15 p.m.

Miscellaneous-Rotary Club Ti- fin; claims against the Estate of James Simpson, due.

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"At the London Conference, in 1930, we departed from our hither- "The doctrine of sea power is to

to accepted principle and allowed secure for our ships the free pas- ourselves to be tied down to ac- de of the sea. This free passage cept a quantum of fifty cruisers of the sea is the beginning and and parity with the United States, end of our safety as an Empire, 1 instead of the seventy cruisers 5 p.m. and, indeed, of our national safe-which had always been accepted as our minimum number required It cannot be said too often that for the work to be done. our standard of naval strength to-

"It is not the parity with the day is insufficient,. on the one United States that I cayil at, if hand, to make us an attractive she wants as many as we do. Why ally, able to play our part as a not? But the acceptance of fifty Great Power and thereby help to to do the work required of seventy promote a restoration of interns was a grave and deplorable blun tional confidence, nor, on the other, der. is it rumclent to guarantee the free passage of the sea to our ships."

Bacrificed for Credit

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There is another chapter in this unhappy story.

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Sports, 5.15 p.m.; Central British Hockey. YMCA V Radio

v. University.

Bunrise 8.30 am. Sunset. —--—-5,41- p.m.

Low at 0.15 and 12.30.

Tides. High at 6.55 and 19,09;

"In 1925 the Admiralty put for ward a programine of construction Mr. Baldwin at Birmingham had of cruisers which would have in a more satisfactory position in said that we had kept our arma- spread over a period of ten years. other types of vessels, particularly ments down in order to concen- | At the end thereof in 1934 it would aircraft carriers and defensive ves- trate every ounce of effort on the have given us the seventy cruisers sels of the anti-submarine type. restoration of our credit,

we considered necessary. H

Dwindling Personnel "Our credit," declared Lord "After, a most searching inquiry "Now the next point to which I Beatty," restored, but at a by the strongest Cabinet Commit- wish to refer is the personnel of sacrifice our power of defence is tee that could have been formed, the Nave: In the last few years weak. Other countries have not the Admiralty plan and pro- the personnel of the Navy has restored their credit but have gramme was accepted and approv-been reduced by 12,000 men maintained their armaments. ed. All was well until the autumn "How have the Admiralty been Now that the economic dificul- of 1927, when for reasons-best able to save 12,000 men? Have we wties are getting less scute, the de-known to themselves the pro- the men to-day to fully man our

fence difficulties are getting more gramme was cancelled and reduc- thips? I doubt this most empha insistent. The time has surely ed to such an extent that we are tically What steps have been come when we must meet the just, in a position that even by building taken or are being taken to in- right, and proper demands of those three cruisers, a ̈ year, we cannot | crease the number of our person- who are responsible for supplying obtain more than the fifty cruisers hel and bring them up to the and maintaining the defences up allowed under the London Treaty higher standard adopted by the on which we actually exist.

by 1036.

USA and Japan? As a matter of "We have no right to continue That, posidon must be rectified interest, and I might add, gIETO to-run the terrible risks we have at the Conference which has been concern. K in the past years. Let me say that arranged between the Signatory The personnel of the US Navy to-day at the Admiralty we have Powers of the London Treaty in is 107,000; a. 60 per cent. Increase & Board of exceptional qualifica 1995, and this country must never on 1914 numbera, are man tions which can be trusted to ad- again bind Itself to any such un-"That of Japan, 88,000 in 1931 minister the Navy in the most safe limit, but, must, as before, with probably a greater number aconomical way on

build the cruisers needed for the to-day-in any case an increase of exceptional responsibilities we have 74 per cent, on 1814 numberi on the Beven case Our personnel has been‹ reduc

"Meanwhile we should make theed to 99 300, a decrel selidi utmost endeavour to put the Fleet

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