THE BRITISH NAVY.
SUPPLEMENTARY ESTIMATES.
[By Electric Telegraph—Copyrightj
[United Prebw AssonifrioN 1 London, March 2
I Mr Churchill, First Lord of the Admiralty, in introducing the Naval Supplementary Vote of £2,500,000, said it was a serious increase, but one which was unavoidable. The increase in oil reserve was now* 5 enough for three years of peace or a year's war. The acceleration in the building of battleships would cover the delay occasioned by Canada not building the proposed ships. This accounted for £450,000.
THE ADMIRALTY'S LIMIT.
(lteceived 8.40 a.m.) London, March 3
Mr Churchill, in reply to Mr J. Allen Baker (Liberal M.P. for Finsbury), concerning the British and German shipbuilding programmes, said the displacements of all British battleships were considerably below those of almost all of the latest being constructed abroad. The Admiralty was
willing to join in an agreement limit ing the size of the capital ships.
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 53, 4 March 1914, Page 5
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