ECONOMY WANTED.
Asquith Supports Defence
Reductions.
HALT IN CBUISERS
(Kc-crlred 12.30 n.m I
LONDON, March 22.
In the House of Lords, the Earl of Oxford and Asquitb, in supporting a motion demanding more drastic economr Raid no great reductions were possible Tor some years in pensions, education and other social services.
The economist for the present must confine his surgical efforts to the i.l«l.000.000 devoted to Imperial defence The National administrative service* welcomed the Government's participalT_a '." ,h . c di «*"n*roent conference called by the President of tbc United States.
They hoped that this, as well as Mscount Cecils efforts at the League Council in Geneva, would produce eood results. *
In the meantime Uiev annealed strongly to the Government to call a halt in cruiser construction- Tbis could be done with perfect safetr, as accordins to the present programme. Britain at the end of 1930 would have 75 cruisers compared with the United States' 25 and Japans 32. There was no justification for the increased personnel at the War Office and the Admiraltv in view of the reduction in the services.
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Auckland Star, Volume LVIII, Issue 69, 23 March 1927, Page 7
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180ECONOMY WANTED. Auckland Star, Volume LVIII, Issue 69, 23 March 1927, Page 7
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