Show liTTLE IthIE REDUCTION MADE New Government of England Is Following the Old in Army and Navy Estimates London March memorandum at attached attacked tacked to the army estimates was issued tonight It estimates the th expenditure for forthe forthe the current year of the army at which is a reduction of only on the previous year As in the case of the navy the new government has simply adopted the estimates prepared by their corso cors Thur Thu Including for the navy the nations defense bill Is nearly 3 which destro destroys s any possibility of a large budget surplus or a reduction of taxation The liberal papers are disappointed that the government has seen no way to effect a greater reduction reduction tion in national expenditure which the country naturally hoped from a liberal government pledged to retrenchment es cc especially as the cost of the army is now yearly more than it was a de decade decade cade ago At the same time it is consid considered considered ered by the liberal press that the army should have a rest for a year from the constant projects of reorganization which characterized its administration under Mr lIr Broderick and Mr There Therefore tore fore Mr H decisIon to consider the matter maturely before he proposed a scheme to reduce the expenditure Is gen generally approved by the tho liberal newspapers and It Is expected that in the course of time he will submit a plan enabling such through greater reliance upon the militia and volunteers |