NEW WARSHIPS.
COMPETITION BY NATIONS. BRITAIN DOES NOT PARTICIPATE. LONDON, Jan. 18. In a speech at Ludlow, reviewing the Government’s record, Mr Bridgeman, the First Lord of tile Admiralty, said it was not generally known that other great maritime powers, namely, the United States, Japan, France and Italy, had laid down since the war over 300 warships, from cruisers downwards, while Britain’s contribution was only eleven. “So do not let anybody say,” he added, “that we havo led the competition in the new construction of warships.”—Router.
COMING CONFERENCE. PARTICIPATION BY AMERICA. WASHINGTON, Jan. 18. The United States’ participation in the preliminary Geneva Disarmament Conference was approved on Monday by the House of Representatives, which authorised an appropriation of 50,000 dollars to defray the expenses. The resolution will go to the Senate. —Router.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLVI, Issue 44, 21 January 1926, Page 4
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