§ 76. Mr. KINGasked the First Lord of the Admiralty whether he has seen a statement issued by the German Admiralty showing that the cost of the recent German battleships "Kaiser" and "Friedrich der Grosse" compares unfavourably with similar British ships both in cost per ton and cost per pound of broadside fire; and whether our advantage in the cost of shipbuilding is being allowed for in comparisons of international naval power?
§ Mr. CHURCHILLThe cost of construction does not affect the relative strength of navies, but only the facility or otherwise by which they arrive at that strength.