Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1904-04-26 | Page 1 | Advisable to Wait

I ADVISABLE TO WAIT I Big Battleships MAY N So Much of a Necessity I II Washington a April the president shall order the he construction I o of the battleship provided rr for in th the r nil naval a bill or wait a it until the war In the far east I U the comparative utility of the big sea e lighter and the torpedo boat or 01 sub maxiCe craft wasa question ra raised ed to today today I day III the senate b by Mr dr Hale Haic or of ora Maine a eon on t the of the confer eie report It was wa de toped that the I language or of the tbt biD was pt permissive and the president and the secretary ot of otI I the navy Could delay action If they deem It advisable fr r Hale declared that It If ht he were e ot of the navy lie he should not dare to go o on now and commit the to tile the building Q of an imme Immense battleship for it would not surprise him If ev events of the Ruts Rus war demonstrated that the paid for or big w were re a bad imre investment for ment Several eral other senators coun counselled soiled selled delay The military a academy bill biB the last Jast of the general appropriation MeaSures was taken up