UP TO THE MARK.

Auckland Star, Volume XLI, Issue 4, 5 January 1910, Page 5

UP TO THE MARK.

SBEY ON THE NAVY.

jjjCBEASED EXPENDITURE.

LONDON, January 4. c-r Edward Grey ( Foreign Secretary) 11 reference to the naval position in a ***. at Craster, Northumberland, last kept the navy up to the u» lie said, '"building many ships, ??Z. abroad, especially in Germany, !f^ newshipsar ! bei ?, gbuilt - an* q mte true lS com " fitioH in n aval shipbuilding, but it - antra* that we have fallen behind. fi-, sot like this increase in the naval Ldjdirure. It must be a burden on of any country, but the tr is essential to our safety, and ■« ' c annot afford to let other countries have been keeping ahead of them, and, much as I may regret the increase of expenditure on armaments which is glxeadv so enormous here and in other countries, it is essential to us that we ihonld be on the safe side in regard to tie navy."

LARGE SACRIFICES,

FBULTFUL EXPENDITURE

LONDON, January 4. •Speaking at Haddington last evening, JhePrime Minister (Mr. Asquith) affirmtd rcarding the defences that no Government had given more time and sustained thought thereto than the Liberals. Die Government had recognised to the faH the increasing risks to which Britain's naval supremacy was exposed, and did net hesitate to call for large Sacrifice fora substantial addition to the iaral expenditure, which was one of tie principal causes of the Budget. This jdditional sum was being better and more fruitfully expended than if it had been spent earlier. The position as regarded the navy, now and for the future years, for which they as an Administration ''fere responsible, was one of unassailable superiority.