Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-10
BRITISH NAVY ASKS
FOR MILLION MORE
Additional Estimates Pub
IiShed by Admiralty Lord
for Current Year.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON, July 10.-The admiralty yes
terday published additional estimates for
naval construction for the current finan-
cial year. in which E20S.200 (about
81 000,000) is asked. The amount will
be used for construction allowed Great
Britain under the London treaty.
OF the supplementary estimate,
El83, 500 is required to meet the costs
to be incurred this fiscal year on three
submarines of the 1929 program, con-
struction of which had been deferred
pending conclusion of the naval treaty.
The balance of f24 900 will be de-
for 1880
The expenditure called for today is
for previously announced construction,
including the 1880 program made pub
lie on May IS.
Alexander Outlines Program.
In the course of lengthy statement
by A. V. Alexander, first lord of the
admiralty, an outline Of the use to
which the money will be put was made.
He gave an explanation of the 1890
naval construction program announced
IN the House OF Commons May IS, con-
sisting of three 6-inch-gun cruisers,
one f1otilla of destroyers, comprising
three submarines, four sloops ard one
net layer.
Under existing international condi-
tions and for the strictly limited period
covered by the naval treaty" he said.
nifty cruisers have been accepted as
meeting the requirement Of all the mem
bers of the British commonwealth. pro-
vided that in this number there Is
proper proportion of new construction
and that the other powers reduce cor
respondingly their projected programs.
This number, it should be emphasized,
represents the peace requirements and
was plainly stated to be So"
% Cruisers Left Free.
Mr.. Alexander pointed out that after
provision for the minimum number of
ships necessary for duties with the feet
and training establishments, there will
be left % cruisers for service abroad
throughout the world. During the next
10 years SO of the existing cruisers will
disappear. from the navy list, and in
1910 of the existing cruisers built and
building, including those of the 1929
program, only % will remain under 20
years of age.
IF, therefore, looking ahead over a
period Of 10. years, provision is to be
made for this number of so by lheans
of a steady replacement program, with
all the advantages from the labor end
production aspects which this gives
over spaSmodic building, it will be
necessary to spread ~ cruisers over
the 1930-1936 program years, that is,
between three and four cruisers a year.
1t is for this reason that his r1ajesty's
government proposes three cruisers in
the present program years and pro-
vision for such construction is made
under the terms of the London naval
treaty"
Mr.. Alexander said that the DESTROYER
position at the end of 1886 would be
that only 20 destroyers under age would
be in effective existence, with a total
tonnage of 39161, and that maximum
total tonnage figure of 10000 for
Naval Conference. If the DESTROYER
tonnage at the end of 1896 was to con-
sist OF under-age vessels it would be
necessary to lay down 110,839 tons of
new construction in four programs of
l930-1933, or more than Two hotillas
yearly.
Favors Submarines Annually.
The government considered it desir-
able, however. to adopt a steady re-
placement program and therefore only
one f1otllla was proposed in the 1880
program. An average of three sub
marines yearly, concluded the first lord,
was necessary to maintain submarine
strength at the treaty figure of 52,700
tons, and that number WIS provided for
this year.