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SINGAPORE BASE.
HAVT LEAGUE'S APPEAL.
.' ?'- London. March 12.
T&e Navy League has issued a state
ment to the effect that the suspension of
the Singapore scheme ? wil ' involve a
(Crave daneer 'to Tiruwini interests. It
ridicules .the. idea that the' construction
pf the base 'would create an atmosphere
inimical to disarmament, and it points
out that there may be at any given mo
ment f 180,000,000 .worth of British
trade afloat east of Suez, and of that
£157,000,000 'worth would, be within ths
Singapore spttere. Attention is called to
the piracy of fiie German cruiser Era-.
den, and the question is -asked; Is the
sum of £11000,000 spent on the Singa
pore scheme (spread- over a number o?
years) too great. a premium for safety,-?
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