By a vote of 253 to 94 the House of Commons passed a bill providing for a £10,000,000 ($46,500,000) naval base at Singaporeextreme south of the Malay Peninsula. It was stated that Britain had no port in the Far East where a capital ship could be docked. It was felt, nevertheless, that while the projected naval base was not actually a breach of the Washington Conference Naval Treaty it certainly infringed the spirit of the agreement. Colonel Amery, First Lord of the Admiralty, in his speech said that the base was designed to...
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