DISARMAMENT.

Press, Volume LXVII, Issue 20225, 1 May 1931, Page 11

DISARMAMENT.

POLICY OF BELGIUM. RELIANCE ON BRITISH AID. fUNITKD PItEBS ASSOCIATION —BT ELEtTfiIC 'i'ELEGUAPn —COI'V fttGST.) BRUSSELS, April 29. "Belgium will rely implicitly on tho prompt aid of tho British Army if her territory is again \'iolated," declared the Minister for Defence, Count Ch. de Broqiieville) when discussing in the Chamber of Deputies the remodelling of fortifications. He added that Belgium must create fortified areas under cover of which the army would lie able to await British help t6 repulse an invasion. It was not for Belgium to disarm while fear rounded by powerful neighbours. Peace-lovillg Belgium had been the see no of evety invasion. Let the big nations disarm fii'St. They had nothing to fear from Belgium.

NAVAL DEFENCE. LORD JELLICOE PERTURBED. LONDON, Aptil 29. Lord Jellicoe, speaking at London University, expressed strong misgivings regarding the present strength of the Navy in cruisers, destroyers, and submarines. "That a desperate position did not arise in the submarine warfare of 1917 Was entirely duo to the Navy having a sufficiency of vessels to support all convoys/' he said; "If aircraft were going to bomb cities in any future war, it can be expected that submarines will carry on unrestricted warfare despite treaties. It must be difficult for the Navy, seeing itself slowly wiped out of existence, to retain its efficiency."