The Archive · 1924

The Naval Base at Singapore

Another Unsuccessful. Attempt to Reverse the Decision of the Government London, July 30.

The Conservatives have made other attempt to reverse the Singapore decision, Mr. L. S. Amery (Conservative) in the House of Commons terday, moving a redue~ tion of the naval vote as a protest against the naval programme of the Government, urged a compre~ hensive scheme of replacement reversal of the decision ax regards Singapore. He said that the portance of Singapore did not, lie im the Pacific, but in the Indi Ocean, which it would effectually cover from outside invasion,

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