Special Move to Add 140 New Fighting Ships to Fleet London, Oct. 29.
To quarantec that 140 fighting ships will be added to the fleet during the years ending 1940, British naval building operations are being speeded up, it is disclosed in a survey of the Admiralty's armament plans, issued yesterday.
The Admiralty Is at the same time specially fortifying bases in the Mediterranean—at Cyprus, Malta, Haifa and other places—ae well as at Simonstown, South Africa, and The 140 ships which will be added to the British navy in the big armament programme will consist of five battleships, five aircraft carriers, 23 cruisers, 49 destroyers, seventeen submarines, 41° minesweepers and other small craft, offer hope of being durable and a basis for the development of China in which all parties could play their Lord Halifax said that it had been stated in Parliament that the country was entitled to know the policy on which the government would proceed to Brussels and endeavour to secure at the conference, but added, "I ean-this moment sey. more.—
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