London vii Bombay, March 10.
Replying to Mr. W. P. Byles, Liberal Member for North Salford. who asked. whether Dr. von Beth-mann-Hollweg's speech on March 6 bad bad apy influence upon the coming Naval Estimates, Mr. Regivald McKenna, Firat Lord of the Admiralty, said: " The friendly tone of the speech is cordially reciprocated, but our estimates are not based upon the assumption that other nations mean to be unfriendly tous or we to them. They are framed to preserve our standard of naval power."—Reuter.
COMMANDER PEARY, London, March 10, A telegram from Washington states that a sub-committee of the Naval Committee of the House of Representatives has refused to con-for any honour upon Commander Peary, until he has proved the discovery of the North Pole.—Exclusive Service.
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