BRITISH DEFENCES
BIG EXPENDITURE PLAN. . LONDON, Feb. 10. The Daily Alail says that a White Paper at present being •drafted will define British policy regarding the League and the need for rapid expansion ol the defence forces. When it has been approved by Cabinet it will be explained to the Dominion representatives to enable the working out of co-operation in Empire defence.
The political correspondent of the Times anticipates that the report will he presented to Cabinet on February 12 and will involve expenditure exceeding £280,000,000 in the next three years, probably by loan, the whole of which need not be used if world conditions change, but popular opinion clearly favours an unmistakeable demonstration that the British Empire means to pull its weight. The Morning Post’s naval correspondent affirms that Germany is secretly manufacturing stocks and parts for far larger submarines than hitherto, and will be able, when she chooses, to put the craft into service in a far shorter time than similar craft could be built by other nations. The plans greatly exceejl parity with submarine tonnage of the British Empire.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LVI, Issue 62, 11 February 1936, Page 7
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