...Prime Minister whether the Government accepts the two -Power standard of Naval strength as .meaning a preponderance of 10 per cent, over the combined...in capital ships, of the two next strongest Powers ; and, if not, could he state the definition of the two-Power standard which is accepted by the Government....

...Mr. AH Lee asked " whether the Government accepted the twoPower standard of naval strength as meaning a preponderance of 10 per cent, over the combined...in capital ships of the two next strongest Powers j and, if not, could he state the definition of the two-Power standard which was accepted by the Government?"...

...the Government ' accepted the two-Power standard of naval strength, as meaning a preponderance of ten per cent, over the combined strengths in capital ships of the two next strongest Powers.' Mr. Asquith then confirmed the adherence of the present Government to a formula which has been adopted...

...resolution was moved by Captain Craig (U., Down, E.) deprecating any modification of that standard as denned by the Prime Minister on November 12 and 23, 1908...session. The Premier's statements, he declared (ANNUAL EEGISTEK, 1908, pp. 54, 219), had been modified by the letter of the President of the Board of Trade....

...modification of the two-Power standard as defined by the Prime Minister on November 12th and 23rd, 1908, viz., a preponderance of 10 per cent, over the...capital ships of the two next strongest Powers, whatever those Powers may be, and wherever they may be situated." To this Sir William Collins moved as an amendment...

...more employment'. 224 define the two-power standard in terms of two keels to one, as 'a predominance of 10 per cent over the combined strengths, in capital ships, of the two next strongest powers'.1 Still, the Government — which had yet to reach a decision — refused to reveal its construction...