British Parliament member Kenworthy interested in the naval policy of the cabinet according to the Dutch newspaper De Telegraaf dated Friday 18 April 1930

An item dated London, England 17th reported that the British Parliament member Ken worthy (1) in the House of Commons asked if the cabinet intended to continue with the building of a new naval base at Singapore especially the docks and repair workshops needed for battleships regarded the 3 powers treaty. Minister Alexander answered that this had to be carefully examined and that the overseas governments were consulted in this manner. Furthermore wanted Kenworthy to know what the necessity of such base included dock was while the British policy was to abolish battleships. However Alexander (2) refused to discuss about this issue. A third question was if during the discussions the so-called safety clause played a role, especially regarded the combined strength of the French-Italian navies. Minister of finances Snowden (3) answered that this clause had nothing to do with one particular navy or combined navies.

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1. Joseph Kenworthy 10th Baron Strabolgi (7 March 1886 Leamington, Warwickshire, England-8 October 1953), Liberal/Labour party politician, navy officer between 1902-1920 and author of several books and articles especially dealing with the navy.
2. Albert Victor Alexander 1st Earl Alexander of Hillsborough (1 May 1885 Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, England-11 January 1965 London, England) Labour politician, 2 times First Lord of the Admiralty(including 7 June 1929-24 August 1931) and later Minister of Defence 1946-1950.
3. Philip Snowden 1st Viscount Snowden (18 July 1864 Cowling, Yorkshire, England-15 May 1937 Tilford, Surrey, England), Labour politician, chancellor of the Exchequer 7 June 1929-5 November 1931.