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Show i FUTURE BATTLES I OF II. SJI SEA jl ANNAPOLIS, Md., June " 2.-Ev glH pressing the belief that any futuie -SlW t -war in which the United States may JtQM ' engage will largely if not entirely be "yff, ! decided by a battle, or battles, on the vflrf sea, Ass.stant Secretary of the Navy JjEj.; ; Wlnthrop In an address today to the iUj graduates of the Naval academy, said gW he was strongly impressed with tho ' necessity of maintaining a navy suf- m , Iiclent in power to diminish to a mln- 5S imum any danger of losing control of 4CQJJ j tha Bea. jSmJ "Graduating at 22 you will have jllj about forty yean, of active service be- yCdjK fore ou' and nlthoush we arc all most afflfo desirous that war shall not check the mHu peaceful progiess of the nation, we wml& must recognlzo that this country since fj inception has never enjoyed forty 6wj 3 oars of peace uninterrupted" by war. ijj!xl "The average period between wars iS B ln's countr' has been only a few 2Jjj !? months over 29 years, so If anything jjgj w like this ratio is preserved in the fu- Hfl :j ture you will probably see active ser- 9 !j Ice Understanding me that I am most H j desirous of continued peace and sin- vEJ -1 cercly trust that the agitation for ar- ,ij"i j bitration treaties and an international I(& -I tribunal with adequate power to en- J? j force It ordained decrees, will bear ita " fruit, but ho who belleeb that inter- I national pence has nrrhed and that j no moro wars will occur will be shown i different" |