Imperial defence occupied a great er part of today's "conference, Lord Lloyd, former High Commis sioner for Egypt and the Sudan, Submitting resolution asking the Conference to. record its grave anxiety regarding the inadequacy the provisions made for imperial a fence, declared that Britain's naval position was now worse actually and relatively than this time last year.
The speaker complained of. the lotions of the "London Naval Treaty and said: "We want no treaty. Wo cannot afford any treaty which fetes, our powers to defend our.
'Mr. Neville Chamberlain, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, reply said that the Government' fully alive to the dangers of the situation and was fully. determined to meet them. "He declared that the Government had done Its bes Ret other countries to follow Britain's example and reduce armaments, Dut had failed. Other countries had not disarmed because they wer some other nation might re th Mr. Chamberlain caused ainu ment by asking Lord Lloyd to add to this resolution the words of his close colleague, Mr. Winston Church. lil, that the Conferente preserve the safety and security of Great Britain above all other. benefits, Atter Lord Lloyd had reed, Conference approved the amended London, Oct. 6.
The Congress of the Conservative party held in Bristol, yesterday met for its second and last session, in the Jcourse of which a resolution of suD-port to the National Government The motion, unequivocally revealing. the character of the Party's support ito the Government, recognizes. the Inecessity of directing the Party's nav tonal propaganda toward the defence lof the present Government.
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