Salt Lake Tribune | 1900-03-12 | Page 4 | Local News

l London Engineering says that Germany I r many has about reached the decision Ito f t I-to double Its navy within the net sixteen I six-teen years which will Increase her I I naval expenditure from 17000000 to 18000000 annually She will then have forty battleships and twenty firstclass cruisers France proposes in the next seven years to expend HO000000 on new ships Tier annual expenditure for her I navy will be 05000000 England expends 13j000000 on her I navy She Jets her ships much cheaper than any continental I power She builds I battleships for 300 per ton dlsplace I I I ment France pays SiO and Uunsla 50 per ton The question IH how long those powers can I < ep up the strain I Is n most strange fact thai since the I peace congress at The Hague all the powers are ordering new ships a never rf I before and It Ir I an Impeachment of European civilization Hint such should 1 be the fact Perfect enlightenment I would devise a new plan to settle differences I dif-ferences among civilized peoples