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The King Showed No Fear At Jutland

"HIS is the memory Ablo-

Taman Fred Start, now

a resident of Vancouver, had of King George VI., when as a midshipman he fought at the Battle of Jutland:

"I saw him, a young middy, dashing to his station in the furrot, filz taco stern and alight with courage.

"Ho played a man's part at Jutland, showing no foar.

"The ship's company were proud of the way he answered to the order of faction stations." "

HONGKONG DANGER

'Evacuate Or Defend' Says Opposition

London, Mar. 10.

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Mr. A. V. Alexander, former First Lord of the Admiralty In the Labbur Government; Indicated that Labour Party will not oppose naval estimates which he spoke in the House of Commons to-day, following Mr. Geoffrey Shakespeare's speech.

Ho sald that the Navy had "taken account of the possibility of attack from three quarters, probably simul- lanicomaly, by an xis of anti- Comintern Powers, comprising To land, Germany, Italy and Japan."

The Navy, he said, had always been strong in China, but to-day it has been practically ordered off by Japan,

Friday,

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

March 17, 1939.

ARMS MILLIONS: Record Naval Estimates:

ERPUNTRIES A

BRITAIN'S RECORD Navy Estimates were defence expenditure, such as Air Raid Precautions, etc., Etroduced into the House of Commons by Mr. Geoffrey estimated at another £17,000,000. Shakespeare last night.

More than half the total Service costs will be raised They provide for the expenditure of £149,000,000—from loan, only £217,883,000 coming from Revenue.

The Navy Estimates provide for the commissioning

an all-time record.

Of this totņi, £69,399,000 will be raised from Revenue of sixty new warships this year, making a total of 106

since January, 1988. and £80,000,000 from Loan,

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The three Services-Navy, Army and Air-will cost record total of £506,115,000, which is slightly in excess of half of the nation's total Budget for the year.

This is how the money will be spent:

The 'Navy

The Army

The Air Forco

£149,399.000

148.155.000 208,561,000

These amounts do not take into account other

The new programme includes two 40,000-ton battle- ships equipped with 16-in. guns, bringing the present strength of 15 capital ships to twenty-one by 1943.

During the current-year, British dockyards will be engaged in the construction of some 200" vessels, totalling 870,000 tons. They will include nine battleships, six aircraft carriers, 25-cruisers, 43 destroyers and 10 submarines,

Far-reaching methods have been adopted to avert the menace of the submarine and the acroplane.

£1,500,000 A DAY WILL BE

SPENT

Introducing the Navy Esti- mates for £149,000,000, an in- crease of £23,000,000 on last year's, which were themselves record peace time estimates, the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty said that Members would be gratified that no less than £61,000,000 of that great total were in respect of ship: building and engineering work on vessels of the new construc- tion programmes of 1989, and "In view of the crisis launched in previous years, und the repair Europe on two occasions in the last of the existing flect.

During the financial year now end- six months, and the possibility of an-!

"No British warship is allowed up The Yangtse.

"The naval base of Hongkong is surrounded by the invasion of South

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other crisis at any time, we should ing, 43 warships had been added to decide whether to defend or evacuate the unvy, and in course of 1939 an- uther 06 would have joined the fleet. Hongkong.

He thought the House would "We must also deckie what must" be the general basis of our Far impressed with th magnitude Eastern naval strategy under these balance of the 1939 buliding clroumstances."--United Press.

gramme, which included two Lattleships of 40,000 tons displace-

10-inch gun ment, and with

ment, four trade protection cruisers, a large aircraft-carrier, two flotillas of destroyers, and twenty escort vessels of a new type of high speed, and with armament designed to meet submarine and aircraft attack.

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BRITISH NAVY LEADS

Britain's 42,100-tons Batile cruiser Hood is still the largest afloat or projected, according to particulars of the principal fleets of the world

contained In the Navy Blue Book.

In the past the Soviet Navy has been Included, but as the Government of the USSR. no longer furnishes Information all reference is now omitted.

CAPITAL SHIPS

British Commonwealth (un- der ago)-12 batueships, 3

monitors, 0. battle cruisers, 3 alrcraft-carriers, 1 scaplane- carrier. Over age: 1 aircraft-

1 carrier, seaplane-carrier. Building: 7 battleships, & air- craft-carrlers.

United States (under age).—

battleships, 14

5 aircraft- carriers. Over age: 1 battle- ship. Dullding: 0 battleships. Japan (under nge), bat- tleships, 5 aircraft-carriers, 3 scaplane-carriers. Over

age:

1 coast defence shilp. Building:

Battleships not known, 1 air- craft-carrier, 2 scapluac-car- riers.

France funder agc).-5 battleships, 1 battle cruiser, 1 aircraft-carrier, 1 seaplane- battle- carrier. Buliding: 2 ships, 1 battle cruiser,

Italy (under age)-4 battle- ships. Over age; 1 armoured ship. Building: 4 battleships. Germany (under age) baille cruisers, 3 armoured slips. Over age: 2 battleships. Building: 2 battleships, 2 air- craft-carriers.

ORDERS PLACED

Orders have been placed for two of the seven British Com- monwealth battleships' under the building programme, and one of the six aircraft carriers is not yet ordered,

In submarines, the British Commonwealth hay 44. the United States 20, Japan 39, France 76, Italy 87, and Ger- many 43.

name launched recently by the King was £213,000.

OUTPUT UP TWENTYFOLD "In three years the output of heavy guns has increased twentyfold. As for ny the production of guns, torpedoes, depth charges and shells is concerned, I can assure you that the organised supply is estimated to be sufficient for the first your of war.

"If we lost command of the

RECORD PRODUCTION Liximen,

coastall The fact that dockyards and ship- town in eastern Chekling, suffered building yards would, in the course the years between 1912 and 1914. heavy propery losses na a result of of the year, be engaged in building while the ton for ton productive effort terrife bombardment by fourne 200 war vessels of total of involved-taking into account the In-

170.000 tons. Way

of crensing complexity of design, fuller Japanese warships on Wednesday.

Five clvillans are known to have national productive efort for naval protection, and heavier armament

slofence which vid never before been would be three times greater for been wounded and scores and residences wrecked.

approached in pence time.

battleships, and as much as six and The

vessels steamed This output would exceed by near-half times greater for destroyers. Japanese close to the Chinese boom when they ly thirty per cent, the annual tonnage

As an example of this, Mr. Shakes- Aring about completed in years just before the started their Lorrage,

last great war. They would be com-peare mentioned that the cost of fire streking.

com-control gear in the King George V.we would face starvation, Ute

they at www. They would be

and pleting 220,000 tons a year compared launched in 1912 was £11,000, while three Chinese Junks

of the sume steined away-Central News. with an average of 170,000 tons in that in the battleship

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and short range, that would drive air- craft to a height from which the ne- curney of their 'weapons would be seriously impaired.

"Our policy is to concentrate, in British ships the most modern ani!- bircraft guns possible, both in long- range and short-range types.

"In addition to this, the defensive armament of modern warships gives protection against shell-fre and bombs

alike.

"As regards torpedoes and mines, improved systems of underwater pro tection have been worked out to pre- vent a vital blow being inflicted bo- low the surface,

FLEET AIR ARM

Air

"Turning now to the Fleet Arm, and its development since its transfer from the Air Ministry: In the near future the Navy will have to take over all first iine aircraft with immediate quired forces and aircraft re-

specialised naval training. "The personnel of the Fleet Air Arm, including those under

training, will have to be increased from about 3,000 in 1937 to about

6,000 to-day. "Contracts have been let for the construction of aircraft for the six new aircraft carriers now under con- struction, und which will conte falo commission beginning next year.

"Developments in aircraft have re- sulted in the Navy obtaining a sub- stantial Increase in the scope of re- connalzance, speed of

munoeuvres and power of striking.

SHORTAGE OF CRAFTSMEN I only one branch does the Navy show a definile shortage, namely, of skilled craftsmen.

"Steps are being taken to ensure the supply of an adequate number of executive officers to command the seexpanding fleet."

"We believe tirat the British fleet construction, Mr. Shukespeare sald Turning to the question of warship is so strong to-day that it can con- that one of the Royal Sovereign-class fidently accept a direct challenge of battleships would be replaced by any probable combination of forces,"

a ship of the 1937 programme, SUBMARINE MENACE

NAVAL RESERVE submarines the Parliamentary

that the danger Lord said that Britain's naval re- Replying to questions, the First had been rated through the serves totalled at least 70,000 men, neglect to observe that

of some 16,500 besides 00,000 to 70,000 who hed vessels sunk by enemy Bubmarine served in the Navy and were now $5 action in lust war, only 102 were years of age. sunk while in convoy. As soon as

As regards the Immediate Reserves,

the convoy system was adopted in the Admiralty was fixing an estab 1917, the submarine menace demon-lishment of about 4,000. Although strably diminished.

the Reserves had just been opened, "Any future

menace there were already over 3,000 appli- will not be as effective as in the last cants.

["war,

submarine

war on any necessary routes.

"As a result of two years' close co-forming of training for the RN.V.R. Mr. Shakespeare described the new operation between the Admiralty and and disclosed that three new divisions the shipping Industry Britain would were starting in Hull, Southampton be ready to Institute a convoy or and Cardiff. Steps were also being ganisation soon after the outbreak of taken to organise a system of anti- aircraft training and it was hoped to "We

have in stock sufficient anti-organise gunnery units, within the submarine guns to meet ull expected R.N.V.R, which would be sent to Re- requirements.

serve Fleet ships or mobilisation. Over 2,000 can be made available "It is hoped experimentally to es- Immediately and further large num-tablish

ten naval brigades for burs can be added within a reason-volunteer training," he declared. "In able time.

these units the only obligation will

"By the end of this year it is anti- be a moral one to join the Navy In elpated that about a thousand mer- times of war, chant ships will have their decks stiffened to carry guns.

"Over 9,000 officers of the Merchant. Navy have already attended the courses in convoy; protection.

MERCHANT SHIPS FOR NAVY "On the outbreak of war a large number of ships of the Mercantile Marine will be directly taken

over for naval anti-submarine work.

"Appropriate arrangements have already been made and the equip mient largely in stock.

I believe our methods of detecting

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Mr. A. V. Alexander for the op- position expressed qualified catis- (Continued on Page 9.)

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ILLNESS

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weak, you often despair of ever After a severe illness you feel so getting your strength back. Especial-

and hu submarines are the best after operations or wosling and

In tho

The speaker described to members

other diseases, that, 'affect your tasteful. Yet you must rebuild your digestion, the thought of food is dis-

a hunt for submerged submarines body--you must have highly nourish- whose position was unknown Ining food..

which he had himself taken part, and

as result of which experience, he felt

Doctors everywhere recommend

able to accept, the claim of experts, Horlicks as the food that not only at in favourable circumstances, in con bo easily digested, but that ning cases out of ten, the exact posi-stimulates your faded: appetite and tion of 'submarine

could be

detteted pours quick new strength into your

exhausted body, then p without any doubt,

PIRACY IN MEDITERRANEAN Convalescence is shortened and in "I would like to recall in this con- an amazingly short time you feel full nection that, in January last year, of vigour and strength. Always wo announced, in order to end piracy keep Horlicks ready at hand. in the Mediterranean; thaf wo, would

aink aby submarine found submerged in certain arena."

In these difcit umes of anxiety and worry, the task of currying on "After that warning, no case of and doing work whilea must be done piracy occurred, and I leave It to is a doubly difficult one which must Membem of this House to drew their tend to exhaust, one's nervous energy. own.deiluctions.

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