Show GLAND if SET PACE PUCE T BY Bf BUIlDING BIDING FIRST r e 1 1 N SAYS MANCHESTER J. In England land lande Feb e Sir Sir lift ard rd Gr Gro I secretary ir of state t te for for for- for in affairs In 10 n an ati address before the thet t plumber of commerce on the subject of policy and md armaments admitted iI Croat Greal real Britain was partly re responsible id open to criticism for or setting an ex- ex tr n h by building the first ht Ifs fc believed td however howe that at nt that time lime The the Idea Idoa 1 of or In to th air Jim And nd they would be got ot Into the sea rca ea In any JOY event went Mori Moreover or er over the Increase elue In the nUm number r of or h ho paid sald was now proceed Ug ng without reference to D expenditure expendi turc ture and the remarkable increases In one country pro provoked remarkable Increases In another slackening even r. when attributed to to exhaustion fa falling III 11 to prO slack alack mine In 1 others lie He therefore feared that a a reduction in Great Great Orrot Britain's naval al estimates would not Influence European MI n rip Announcing that h he had known beforehand hand and had Indorsed Mil the thc sug Iu c made fade to other countries coun coun- countries tries In favor of or a reduction In armament the secretary expressed cd the hope that the loud demands like likely to be made in parliament for a n reduction would be likely J to be bo misinterpreted abroad as an Indication of Inability to stand the finan- finan lit at t al ala n. n Great Britain Britain- had felt that strain train the Nut least but tut he lie Ii held l i u at foreboding that the in armaments would eventually oven oven- 1 lead J to disaster and sink the ship of European I prosperity and civilization The fon foreign policy of oC Great Britain ad Sir Edward Eduard Grey Is devoted to keeping pu pence peace e. e unit und order and the tho open door 1001 and aUd open markets This is 18 U especially dall difficult In dealing with countries countries coun coun- tries suffering from Crom Internal disturbances like Mexico fe Where a revolution Is 18 proceeding proceeding pro pro- on on a scale nc absolutely beyond control control con con- and nd we cannot Interfere to protect the British market which Is ruined be beyond be- be yond r repair patr |