Show NEED OF BIG NAVY Senator lodge Urges Construction Con-struction of Warships DELIVERS NOTABLE SPEECH Declares that a Great Fleet of Fighting Fight-ing Machines is the Greatest Insurance In-surance of Peace Hay Have to Fight to Carry Out the Monroe Doctrine and Now is the Time to Prepare Can Never Allow the Danish West Indies to Pass Into Hands of Any Great Power Washington May 11No disposition has been made as yet of the naval appropriation ap-propriation bill by the Senate but after an allday discussion an agreement was reached to vote on the armcr plate section at 3 oclock tomorrow afternoon During todays discussion a notable speech was delivered by Mr Lodge of Massachusetts upon the necessity of I building up the United States navy without delay The speech was delivered deliv-ered ivlth the vigor and earnestness characteristic of Mr Lodges discussion discus-sion of public questions and attracted much attention Mr Daniel of Virginia presented an extended argument In support of the immediate construction by the Government Gov-ernment of an armor factory while Mr Allison of Iowa opposed the pro joel of a Government armor factory on the score of economy ROOSEVELT A VISITOR I Goy Roosevelt of New York was on i i the floor of the Senate for a short time today lie entered with Senator Lodge and wan warmly greeted by friends on I both sides of the main aisle NAVAL BILL UP At the conclusion of routine business the Sonata proceeded to the consideration considera-tion of the naval appropriation bill the pending question being the amendment of Mr Tlllnmn providing for a straight price of 5300 per ton for armor and for an armor plate factory to be built by the Government at a cost not to exceed 1000000LODGE LODGE IN OPPOSITION Mr Lodge speaking In opposition to the amendment said that for the past three years the Senators from South Carolina and New Hampshire Mr Tlllman and Mr Chandler had been endeavoring to get armor at a low price The net result of their woik had been to put a stop to the construction I of a navy The amendment of Mr Tlll man he said would absolutely stop the building ships He had no prejudles against a Government armor plant Indeed In-deed he was not at all assured that it would not have been better In the beginning be-ginning of the construction of our I navy to erect an armorplate plant I 1 To stop the building of all ships until tho armor plant could he erected would he thought be a fatal mistake WHY HE WANTED SHIPS f My reasons for wanting warships I said he and desiring them quickly ii i I my belief that the safety of the United States depends upon the nrength of our navy Our Atlantic const Is studded with cities from the 0 uhf to northern Maine For the defense of this great coast line and those cities we i have nt adequate fleet We are about lo eiiLe upon the construction of an isthmian canal Whether it will be better to fortify the canal or not Is yet an open question But to control that canal to defend It to hold It open tom our commerce com-merce and for the commerce of the world eon though It be against an enemys fleet wo must be the naval masters of the Caribbean sea i NEED OF POWERFUL FLEET j We must have a far more powerful fleet than we have today The safety of the canal depends upon our licet All admit that the canal ought to be built and the time Is near when th6 work will be begun If we are to protect pro-tect the canal as well as our own coast we must have a navy proportionately strong INSURANCE OF PEACE I hope and believe he continued that we shall have no war but a great fleet Is the greatest Insurance of peace However we would be foolish Indeed If we should close our eyes to the possibilities of the situation We could never allow the Danish islands to pass into any other hands than ours CANNOT HAVE ISLES The European nation which should undertake to take possession of those Islands right on the road to the canal and make them great naval stations would by that very act become an enemy of ours We could submit to no such thing as that The Monroe doctrine doc-trine Is a great protection to the United States Men of all parties Democrats Republicans and Populists without distinction adhere to that MAY TEST MONROE DOCTRINE V I am by no means sure that some European nation perhaps one whose navy Is now receiving such rapid increase In-crease may not test the Monroe doctrine doc-trine We may bo called upon lo protect pro-tect that doctrine In Brazil or In some other South American country I am not conjuring up fancies but I believe the way to presetve peace Is to have such a navy as no power in the world would care lo encounter WHAT LODGE URGED Mr Lodge did not think there was anybody who did not believe In the construction of a navy powerful enough to defend our coast line and time Monrou doctrine He urged that no further obstacle should be placed In the way of the navys construction OUR NAVY THE BEST j In a colloquy with Mr Lodge Mr Tlllman said It was well known that the navy of the United Slates was superior su-perior to that of Germany Mr Lodge agreeing In part with Mr Tlllmans statement pointed to the great Increase that was now being made In tho German Ger-man navy UNDERRATES THE DANGER If the Senator thinks said Mr Lodge there Is no danger to be apprehended ap-prehended 1 fear he underrates the Importance of the subject a subject to which I have given much thought and consideration Messrs Bacon and Daniel favored a Government armor plant and Elkins and Allison opposed It OPPOSES GOVERNMENT PLANT Mr Penroe offered an amendment authorizing theSecretary of the Navy to procure the host quality of armor for the battleships Maine Ohio and Missouri at 515 a long ton Including In-cluding royalties He argued against a Government plant saying It would lit Idle much of the time and would be Immensely expensive It was agreed that debate on the armorplate matter should cease at 3 I j oclock tomorrow and that all amend I i meats to the committees proposition should then be voted upon The Senate Sen-ate at 510 p mni adjourned t |