DEFENCE OF EMPIRE

Taranaki Daily News, 3 November 1926, Page 11

DEFENCE OF EMPIRE

DELEGATES AT WAR OFFICE STANDISATION OF ARMAMENTS, DEMONSTRATION ARRANGED. By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright. Received Nov. 2, 5.5 p.m. London, Nov. 1. Most of the main items on the Imperial Conference agenda have now been remitted to sub-committees. Consequently something approaching a lull marks the opening of the third week. For instance, there is no plenary session till Thursday, when Imperial defence will be debated by the Dominion representatives. After the end of this week the conference is likely to begin the discussion on the resolutions of the various committees and the general opinion is that work will not be completed much before November 10. Having learned all the facts in regard to naval defence last week and seen a sample of its realities aboard the Revenge on Saturday, the. Prime Ministers spent a more or less informal morning at the War Office. The discussion, except for India, had not the same intimate appeal that attached to naval affairs, but nevertheless there was a useful exchange of views on the standardisation of arms equipment and a full disclosure of the latest methods of the mechanicalisation of army movements, which the Premiers will see for themselves on November 13. Aerial defence will be studied at the Air Ministry to-morrow, as the last instalment of practical enlightenment before the full debate begins.