the House of Commons to:
My. Stanley Baldwin, the Prime Minister, said with' regard to Singapore that the Government had returned to the' principle supported by the Lloyd George and Bonar Law Governments, but had not yet decided on the length of time over which the works would be spread. No arrangements had been made with regard to contributions by Britain or the Dominions concerned.
Communications with the Dominions that connexion had already begun.
Dec. 10.
The diplomatic correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph," discussing various aspects of the Singapore naval base calls attention to the fact that the Dutch, especially the naval authotitfes both in Holland and the Dutch East Indies, are very inter-fest d in this question, The idea of big naval base at the junction of the Pacific and Indian Oceans, the correspondent prices, is apparently welcomed by the Dutch, whose great colonial deveniencies are protected by a very efficient fleet, fatbeit of small men-o'-war only.
The correspondent foresees a possibility of an informal Anglo-Dutch naval entente in the For
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.