Lord Rothermere, writing on the same subject in the Sunday
Pictorial, estimated that Great Britain is spending £89,000,000 a year more on defence than before the War. " Think what might be done with that £89,000,000 I " Lord Rothermere suggested that at another conference experts should be rigorously excluded. There is much more sense in this than some people might think. The late Lord Salisbury used to say that if you listened to .the experts you would have to fortify the moon against a possible attack from Mars. .The truth is that nowadays great armaments do not ensure safety but only ensure ruin to those who use them. Meanwhile we note that the American -Naval Supply Bill to .be .submitted to Congress . will ask • for an expenditure of £8,000,000 more than last year. The Times correspondent says that • this increase is apart from the proposed con- struction of 10,000-ton cruisers.
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