ARMAMENTS RACE

Hokitika Guardian, 24 September 1937, Page 6

ARMAMENTS RACE

NAVAL OUTPUT OF "BRiTAIN.

(United Press Association—By Electric’ Telegraph—Copyright).

LONDON, Sept. 23

At Chatham dockyard, to-day, the launching of the submarine Sterlet, will complete the class of twelve quickdiving submarines known as the Swordfish class. All are named after fishes beginning with the letter “S.” There are seventeen other submarines now under construction. Of these, t e Cac halot and the-Seal are the last of the mine-laying'Porpoise class. Twelve are of the Triton class of patrol submarines, and three of a new type of small submarine, to be known as the ; Utility Class. The Triton and the Unity, the first of this class, will be launched on October 5.

To-morrow, on the Clyde, H.M.S. Zulu, will he launched. H.M.S, Zulu is one of sixteen Tribal Class destroyers now building for the Royal Navy, some of which are named after African native races.

In addition to the three Argentine destroyers launched yesterday, four more similar destroyers for the Argentine are being built on the Clyde, and two more 011 the Mersey.

The three torpedo-boat destroyers, ordered by the Argentine Government, were launched at Barrow-111-L< unless to-day wtliin 19 minutes.

,“The Telegraph” says: From the tone of the speeches of Mr Eden and Mr Hull it appears that an arrangement mutually advantageous is expected at no distant date. “The Guardian” says: Even if free and equal access to raw material should be guaranteed to all nations in time of peace, there would still remain the Colonial problem, which can only be solved by other and more radical methods.

“The Herald” (Labour) eharactising Mr Eden’s speech as a powerful appeal to the world for sanity, commonsense and a return to order and methods of peace, regards as inadequate the contribution offered in the economic sphere.

The “Morning Post” says: The League’s Raw Materials ‘ Committee set the international controversy about colonies in its proper perspective, when it reported that colonial territories account tor no more than three per cent, of tlie commercially important raw materials. The German claim for colonies being a political, rather than an economic question, no useful purpose is served by attempts to promote a solution along economic lines. The “News-Chronicle” regards the offer to negotiate for the lowering of tariffs in British colonies as a constructive proposal for world peace, and adds; “Not for a long time has Ameri, can official opinion been so favourable to the conclusion of a trade pact "'ith Britain.