Lord of the Admiralty, replied that all three had decreased their fleets, both as regards ships and tonnage, ince 1921. As regards naval bases, Britain had dored down eight bases in the British Isles. On the other hand, development upon the Singapore base hag been perun.
As far as was known, he sai France and Italy had ' remained practically stationary. He believed that France had closed down a base at Port de France, Martiniqu that Ialy had established two The naval air forces of the three countries, said Mr. Alexander, had deen substantially increased, but comparable figures were not avail-
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