AN ENGLISH-SPEAKING PEACE ALLIANCE.

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

AN ENGLISH-SPEAKING PEACE ALLIANCE.

SUGGESTED BY LORD BERESFORD.

STATEMENT BY MR McKENNA

AN ANSWER TO GERMANY

(Received March 14, 11.15 p.m.) Loncton, March 14. In the House of Commons, in deprecating comparisons with Germany Mr Poi sonby urged tlie abandonment -f {he, policy founded on the misclnevous ■^ftrd ChSes Bedford contended that our fleet margin was too small. H.suggested, amidst cheers, the poss biuty %i inducing the groat Luelishspciak ii" nations to unite tor peace. 1 that were possible we could reduce a-nu meats. Vanwhile the expenditure must continue. He argued that t c p "sont estimates were inadequate to secure an unassailable position at S°Mr McKenna assured the supporters of the motion that the solo object ot the huge and costly shins was to sec o that in all contingencies we should have freedom of tlio highway on the wean This would be impossible unkss the Navy was supreme, as against the drastic amendments ot the neet nauv'i estimates in the wisuiiig year dates" was wrong that concerning tlu. Ct^McSna continued that he was iu ;willingi.. l»09, wIK,U,e was hnalb „.,.„,, that Germany though not ac rpW^tin ' W programme, was buildh!l LreaU'r and stronger ships, to say SJ calculated to causa a scare. !S their answer to the.n. Co**.mientlv the time for a scare had gon . '%« answer took the shape ol "«P".»----w rein of security inasmuch as in til In in of 1914 U-itain would have 30 " "d Germany 21 Dreadnoughts, it as o had every reason to »»L* J™lJ 1, lieve, the ftwt law was not filthm amended, our estimates m IJl^ would show a'reduction. Hut, auutu SEnaa m id S tOppo r t.onehcß.,: "We cannot pledge* ourselves to ai > reduction until we know what developnl^ SB^ou;IsS'h^did Ino1not Sthinkthe Go«pS.i»t overrated the possible rimers of the situation. He tea ca fi"U» "rti,» f te erred m H™l>™ heml to the poilcy of two keels to one ?