On Monday , the House, in what time was. left to
it by questions, about, the Irish- deportations; settled down to consider the- Navy Estimates. Mr. Amery, the-First Lbrdl. of, 'the Admiralty, made an interesting, point in' introducing them, when he said that the true comparison. was; between. the present Estimates and those for. 1921,- before the Washington, Conference, and note with last- year's. The 1921 Estimates marked the first step in replacing, pre-Jtitiand- with- post-Jutland- ships,- and showed-' the basis which Naval Estimates- would have been on‘ but for the Washington Treaty. On. these Ektimates the present- showed a. reduction of over £25,000;000. Mr. Snowden, moved- an-- amendment to tile- effect that the reductions were not- large enough, as- the Estimates: were based on a: comparison with the United, States. Mr, Newbold remarked that when the Communists- came into Tower they would create a Red Army and .a _Red Navy,. which was an interesting if perhaps academic consideration, and Mr. Snowden's amendment, was _rejected by 87 votes.
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