TWO CAPITAL SHIPS
HINTS THAT THEY MAY NOT BE BUILT. A suggestion that the two new capital ships sanctioned for thd British Navy may not be built was made in the House of Lords recently. In answer to a question hy Lord Sydenham on the Naval Disarmament Treaty, the Marquess of Linlithgow (Civil Lord of the Admiralty) said he was not in a position to make a statement as to the laying down of the two capital ships, as the Government was considering the matter. He hoped, however, ’that a definite statement would be made before the end of the session. Viscount Lee of Fareham (late First Lord of the Admiralty) said the attitude of the Government which Lord Linlithgow indicated filled him with alarm, and he hoped the definite statement would be given in time to enable a debate to take place. When he and others appended their signatures to the Disarmament Treaty they all did so in good faith that their signatures would he honoured hy the Government. They would not have signed had they supposed for a moment that one of the most vital considerations which led them 'ho accept tie drastic scrapping proposals would be held as a matter of doubt by the British Government.
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New Zealand Times, Volume L, Issue 11435, 3 February 1923, Page 12
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209TWO CAPITAL SHIPS New Zealand Times, Volume L, Issue 11435, 3 February 1923, Page 12
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