THE NAVAL ESTIMATES.

Colonist, Volume LIII, Issue 13055, 15 March 1911, Page 3

THE NAVAL ESTIMATES.

BRITISH AND GERMAN EXPENU1 DITUUE.

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London, March 13. In the House of Commons a debate was initiated by the supporters ot a reduced navy on a motion by Mr d. Murray Macdonald, Liber.nl member for Falkirk Burghs, urging that the army and navy expenditure ought to be diminished; and an amendment bj Mr Joseph Kuig, Liberal member for North Somerset, advocating simultaneous international restriction ot warlike preparations. . Mr McKenna, First Lord of the Admiralty, replying to a question in the House, said that the expenditure on the new naval construction for the last three years, was: United lungdom, £31,531,000; Germany £29,365,000, showing Britain's increase to be only 16 per cent as compared with tho jear 1904, compared with Germany s 166 per cent on the same period. . P It is reported that the Admiralty is experimenting with a 15 inch gun.