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Show CHURCHILL'S NAVAL CONSTRUCTION CONSTRUC-TION HOLIDAY Winston charchill has found but little support, either In the press of his own country or that of Germany, for his renewed proposal that all naval construction should be allowed allow-ed to rest for a year. In fact. th majority of the paper on both eldes of the North sea are distinctly against his plan. As a matter of fact, tho criticisms to which it has been subjected seem in many cases to be of an unfair nature. Whatever What-ever mav be said concerning the impracticability im-practicability of the suggestion, there is no reason to doubt that it has been nride lii all honesty and roud i.ilth There was no word In Mr. Church-Ill's Church-Ill's speech which could In any way-have way-have a prejudicial effect on the frlendlv relations at present existing between the two countries. But whilo recognizing that such is the case, we are obliged, reluctantly to ccme to the conclusion that the method meth-od by which Mr. Churchill seeks to trlvo both countries a temporary relief re-lief from the existing financial burden bur-den imposed upon them by their armament- is not a practical one." Kolonlsche Zeltung. Berlin. lohn A. Hill, the publisher, is building build-ing a skyscraper in New York It will be all glass except the skeleton of steel and will not have a single window. |