§ Mr. JAMES HOPEasked the First Lord of the Admiralty whether he can now say what, in the opinion of the Admiralty, are the relative values, for the 593 purpose of computing the two-Power standard, of battleships of identical fighting power at Kiel, Toulon, Pola, Nagasaki, San Francisco and New York?
§ Mr. McKENNAI have nothing to add to the reply given to this question on the 16th June.
§ Mr. JAMES HOPEMay I take it that in the opinion of the Admiralty the effective strength of a battleship of identical fighting power at San Francisco is equal to that of a battleship at Kiel?
§ Mr. McKENNAI do not wish to commit myself to a statement so broad as that.
§ Mr. ARTHUR LEEIs the right hon. Gentleman aware that this standard of comparison was instituted by the Government a few weeks ago?
§ Mr. McKENNAI think that was made perfectly clear in the course of the Debate.
§ Mr. JAMES HOPEIs the answer which the right hon. Gentleman gave on 16th June capable of any other interpretation than that which I have given?