Farther Attempt at Limitation Suggested at Washington Washington, Mar. 16.
The House of Representatives today without a debate, adopted an amendment to the new Naval construction programme, requesting President Coolidge to seek another international conference fcr the imitation of naval armaments—
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London, Mar. 20, At the report stage of the Army Estimates in the House of Commons to-day, Mr, W. T. Kelly (Labour), referred to what he described as very unsctiling rumours regarding the conditions under which a ployees of the War Department at Singapore lived, which, he were a disgrace to Great Britain Ought to a a standard as an example to the People in that part of the world, Mr. Mardy Jones (Labour) asked what proportion of the money being spent at Singapore this year wad being used on the causeway linking up the mainland and the island, Another question he put was, whether a number of Japai planters had bought up large tracts of land which were important in sry sense from the standpoint of the Singapore defences. He ex pressed strong doubts whether local opinion -in Singapore was very. strongly in support of the scheme, The Secretary of State for Wary Sir Laming " Worthington-Evans, said that discussion of the Singapore Base was outside his sphere, The total expenditure incurred was £686,000. This year £132,000 would be spent. The general instructions were that Labour should be employed in accordance with fair local rates. He had no doubt that thet Anstructions were being carried out, The report stage then concluded,
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