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Show HARDING WANTS GREATER NAVY Pleads for Merchant Marine and Navy Competent to Defend Mercantile Interests. Norfolk, Va. An America preeminent preemi-nent In maritime commerce, cultivating cultivat-ing friendly relations but jealously determined to defend its rights, was pictured by President-elect Harding on Saturday as he ended his vacation and turned to the task of formulating policies of his administration. In a half dozen short speeches he asked for a government aided merchant mer-chant marine that would make the United States "the greatest martime nation on earth," and for a navy fit to be the first line of defense for a people "everlastingly determined to defend its commerce and its rights." He also spoke for an international peace understanding that should not sacrifice American nationality, and |