Naval matters are likely soon to loom prominently in the public eye.
Considerable importance is. being attached (o a bill which the Government is introducing in a few days, as the measure will embody. pre-the first of a series of srs which are intended outela the German The bill, light cruisers, several vessels category. submarines of "non-limitable"
'The displacement of the battle cruiser which, it is forecasted, will the 23,000 tons, is expected to' give rise to some debate, while questions fof naval disarmament and the con: clusions reached at London and Geneva may also be raised, The five "pocket battleships"
(ch Germany is building each has a displacement of 10,000 tons. They fare heavily armoured, develop 50,- 000 lip. and are armed with six ¢d Olympia for, the clothing and textile sect fact that this represents crease of 100 square feet compared ith 1929, is believed to be due to! the possibility realized by. traders! of doing extra business with visitors to the three exhibitions, Ad-classified index in nine languages—
Volume, These languages cre innovation in he Birmingh Ush, French, Spanish, Nalian, German, Dutch, "Swedish, and Danish. The "catalogues are Being despatched to 10,000 betinens men and potential buyers in Europe, Africa, parts. of Asia, North America, and the" Bast coast of South. America, all of whom wil receive their copies before their departure for the Fair. Rex arrangement and special. classifica. tion of the catalogues Is another step in the policy of making baying of British goods as oaty
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