Fear of Dominion Trade Slipping Away to Other Market Empire Defence Needs London, May 2.
Outlining the Conservative policy at the Primrose League celebration at the Albert Hall, Mr. Stanley Baldwin referred to the preference proposals adopted by the Imperial Economic Conference. He satd that if the Dominions thought that we were reluctant to make a very small sacrifice for the greater good of the future, they would inevitably be attracted into economic orbits other than Alluding to the Singapore base, the former Prime "Minister said that the Conservatives did not ob-Ject to gestures, but preferred to make them to their own people.
They were ready to ent ference to consider limi armaments, but would not allow any weakening at present of the defensive forces of the Empire. They accepted the one-power Navy, equipped with cruisers to protect trade routes, and were for an Air Force competent to meet attack from whatever quarter.
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