AMERICAN NAVY ALONE c
CAN SAVE SEA FREEDOM ^
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Britton, of Illinois, Gives Facts To j
Controvert President’s Pet c
Treaty Expression. t
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' Washington. June 22.—Reliance ]
upon the upbuilding of the American r
navy as the only means of maintain- {
ing “'freedom of the seas” is the Re- f
publican answer to the British league j
of nations pact. s
Repesentative Britton of Illinois r
thus expresses the Republican idea:
“It is argued by friends of Great j
Britain that she simply will not allow
us to supersede her on the high seas,
and to these I can only reply that Eng
land is ndw completing but one battle
cruisers of the Hood type of 41,200 *
tons displacement with a 31-knot s
speed, carrying eight 15-inch guns, ^
which is in no direction the equal of
our Indiana type of superdreadnought
of 43,000 tons and 23-knot speed, car
rying twelve 16-inch guns, and that a
during the past 12 months Great
Britain has destroyed the form works c
and keel of at least one sister ship of
the Hood type in the interest of econ
omy, and I maintain that until she can
pay interest on her bonded indebted- j
ness, at least to her foreign creditors,
she would not be justified in going
ahead with a costly competitive battle- ^
ship program, and particularly so not
with us, when she realizes fully that
we have no designs upon anything she
m^r have.
“While the pride of England may be
hurt by her slide into second place °
among the naval powers of the world, a
she certainly can not hope to success
fully compete against us if we are 1
really determined to take the place we *
are entitled to on the seas as the '
world’s foremost nation and where
protection it failed to get prior to our
entrance into the World War. n
“The phrase ‘the freedom of the di
seas’ will mean just exactly what it
says, and our supremacy thereon will si
never justify the control and regula- di
tion of the commerce of all nations
merely because we have the powef to
do so, as England has done in the past,
much to our disappointment and, at n
times, humiliation, a:
“If the naval establishments on the n
Paciiic Coas! prior to the last year
were but adequate for a few obsolute t£
cruisers and gunboats, they certainly
^ are now inadepuate to supply the i
wants of that portion of the American n
navy which must in the future base on
the Pacific Coast for the protection of
American commerce and diplomacy,
and it is quite hard to explain just why
a great naval base in San Francisco ^
Bay is not now in course of construct
. n
ion.
“Mr. Speaker some years ago the c
■» Helm Commission was appointed by
act of Congress to make a thorough
study of conditions <on the Pacific -
Coast and to report its findings t<r
Congress.
“Among other things, the commis- J
sion said that in order to be as effect- m
ively operated in the Pacific as in the
Atlantic the size of the fleet now ex
isting and authorized makes desirable
immediate provision for a marked ex
tension in berthing, docking, and He
pair facilities on the Pacific Coast.
“For strategic reasons it was found
necessary and desirable that there
should be at least two navy yards of
the first class on the Pacific coast of
the United States; that the strategic
location, physical characteristics, in
dustrial advantages, and defensibility *
of the navy yard at Puget Sound are
: \
and insulators in
side a battery cannot
be seen, the trademark *
on the outside is par
ticularly important.
The Thread Rubber
circle of the Still
Better Willard means
that the battery won’t
have to be torn down
for re-insulation.
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f such character as to make its de
elopment as one of these yards not
nly necessary and desirable but im
erative, in view of the requirements
f that region for national defense;
hat the extension of the present navy
ard at Mare Island adjacent to San
'rancisco Bay to meet the require
lents of one of two main navy yards
n the Pacific Coast is impracticable,
ue to physical limitations, but that
;s development within certain re
triction is desirable, practicable, and
ecommended.”
ITTLE BITS OF WIT ANI) WISDOM
Present Address.
A man faithfully followed “Tips to
nvestors” in several magazines for
everal years. His present‘address is
ark Bench No. 457.
Wouldn’t Do It.
Boston Transcript: Cassidy—Ye’re
liar! Oi did not.
Dugan—So ye called me a prevari
ltor ?
Couldn’t Match It.
Kansas City Star: Her Husband—
id you vote today?
Mrs. Newvoter—No. I went to the
ells, but they didn’t have a single
allot to match that pink sample ballot
eu gave me.
SAVING TIME.
Kansas City Star: “Peanuts, pop
>rn, crackerjack!’ called the train boy
> the iron horse whistled for Kansas
ity. “No need to wait till you get to
le station to buy your refreshments,
eanuts, popcorn, crackerjack, loaded
ce, marked cards, oil stock!”
Right On the Job.
Birmingham Age-Herald: “Is your
sw maid prompt in answering the
>orbell?" I
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imewhere who sends her a special
diver letter every day.”
HIS LIMIT.
American Legion Weekly: “Hbw
uch will this cloth cost a yard?”
iked the man who was being
oasured for a suit.
“Twenty-seven fifty,” replied the
ilor.
“Mm,’ mused the customer. “I guess
don’t need a suit. You’d better just
ake me up a watch fob.”
“Give Till It Hurts.”
Oregon Journal: Gro'wnups may
arn something from little Johnnie,
n the morning of his birthday this
jtice was found posted on the door
: his room:
“Remember my brthday; give till it
arts.”
FARMERS!
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crops against hail in the
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of New York. All losses
paid within ten days.
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Playing Up.
Boston Transcript: “Hiram,” said
the farmer’s wife, “what makes you
say ‘By gosh’ so much and go round
with a straw in your mouth?”
“I'm getting ready for the summer
boarders that’s cornin’ next week. If
some of us don’t talk an’ act that way,
1 l ey’ll think we ain’t country folks
ac all.”
Learned Something.
American Legion Weekly: They
were looking down into the depths of
the Grand Canyon. “Do you-know,”
asked the guide, “that it took millions
and millions of years for this great
abyss to be carved out?”
“Well, well,” ejaculated the traveler.
“I never knew this was a government
job.”
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They can’t believe that
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