Labour and Conservative Divisions Complicate Situation Lod London, Feb. 22. are becoming curously com ted with divisions developing in all the parties. iv now lies in the support they can ive either to the Government or to the Opposition in a critical division.
The Conservative it bythe "imperial including Mr, Oliver Baldwin, the son of the Conservative ex-Premice and also by Mr. A. J, Cook, the Secretary of the Miners" Federation, but they were velected by the Party, asa whole, 5 'Several of the Cabinet Ministers iculed the manifesto but parently a good deal, more is now tg bet heard of it. The "Mosley' Group" fare expected to publish another pamphlet one day this, week outline Ing' their policy as distinct from the oficial Labour policy and this. will be the prelude for an extensive plats First place, in, the direction of a reduction of tonnage, particularly Fegarding " submarines. France, however,. is claiming. a. contingen¢ increase' in destroyers as compensa tion.
"In the second place, Mr. Crai it Is said, was able to persuade France t0 agree' to, margin fuperionty over Tealy of 160,000 1986. an important advance tofeemer:._as France claimed margin of 240,000 tons in come parison with Italy 1g the Gourse of the London Conference.
Mr. Craigie is submitting the plan to the British authorities—Reuter.
Paris, Feb. 18, 'The Chamber to-day began the debate. on' the naval estimates Bregating $000 million. Franes as Bgainst 2800 millions last year. OF this total the' amount. of 1.700" mil-Tiong, a8 against. 1,600 millions for 1930, is' tobe devoted to new con struction and to the development of
appropriated for the levier purpose the const foytifentions. The sam 370 milieu Francs: whick farms of 1 comprehensive programme Stretching over a period, of five years and costing altogether 1,000 millions.
The estimates furthermore provide for the laying down. of vessels {Lotalling 40,000 "tons ° including, jo from smaller craft, the first new type of 28,000 tots cruisers Which will outspeed and outrange, al! existing vessels of similar Phcement and will probably lead to ening of. the London naval pact discussions.
Provision is further made for the} Tu first appropriation for the struction within the next deeac ard at a total expenditure of 600 million Franes of huge subterranean oil-tanks destined to hold oil. reserves. of 2,000,000 tons and to safe-gard them against attacks in case of war.
According to the official figures ape gate eemeateg The proposal embraced articles Lords miralty, explained that the ford and. while Lord Beaverbrook of principal interest to. British ferret heh rte cal {rage and said they must here seller aolerr ners garded "as confidential atthe pre-sth ole nar and the Straits Settlements, font stage, But, "he said, the est Sens Saat 'Replying to a suggestion' that it would be more effective to. concen-general line followed was a request trate on one main fleet with cash for a consolidation "of "existing sieges of ap ate Eat Jduties where they were already low, contributions from the Colonies infeatinteeae a Mhatnta fand in most eases where the duties stead of encouraging the creation ear estat A reduction of 25 small units, Mr.
'Amman replied that it was the view of the Ad-normal Conservative vote. miralty that the Colonies, if they desired, should be able to. raise Mr, Winston Churchill, one of the funds to man their own ships. most' prominent members of the
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