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Show ROOSEVELT NOT SAFE, DECLARES FITZGERALD Congressman From New York Discusses thc Bill for a Greater Great-er Navy and Has Something to Say About the President. ' WASHINGTON, Feb. 19. The House today-began consideration of tho naval appropriation blfl. ten hours being allowed al-lowed for general debate. During the general discussion Mr. Fitzgerald (Demi) of New York declared that our naval programme was to procure pro-cure a naval force greater than. that of Germany. He further said: "There h a growing feeling of unrest In this country.' There is an almost universal uni-versal belief even among its friends that tho present administration is dominated by an unsafe man. In all sections of the country the conviction, rightly or wrongly, the conviction is firm that the present occupant of the White llouso ls apt to Involve us In war with some other nation. The same belief has been had with re$-pect to thc head of another great nation, which mny account for thc fact that at a dinner on Lincoln's birthday birth-day at Grand Rapids, Mich., the highest high-est compliment that Baron Sternberg, the German Embassador, thought he could pay to President Roosevelt was to declare that he very greatly resembled re-sembled tho Emperor of Germany. If the prevailing belief Is Justified and. if the President Is to be given four years of power In his own right, now that the great representative of the conservative force in the Republican party, the late Senator from Ohio (Mr. Hanna). ls gone to his reward, it may bA wise for us to outdo even Great Britain In our naval programme. Is It the part of wisdom to encourage an unsafe and Impetuous and adventure-loving executive by loose talk and with big appropriations; should he not be made to feel that thc sentiment of this country ls for peace, not strife? It nlways nas been so, and It always should bo. "Since the Spanish-American war It Is true the people Mem to ljave been carried away with the glamour of military mili-tary achievements. So stupendous have the expenditures for the naval and military mili-tary become that Important internal improvements have been Indefinitely deferred." Mr. Foss. speaking, for the bill, said tho aggregate appropriated would afford af-ford comfort to the economist and an Inspiration to those who believe In the policy of building up the American navy. He then explained the reasons for the Increase of 511.000.000 in this bill over the last, saying among other things that the Increase of 3000 men provided by the bill mude an Increased appropriation necessary. More men should have been provided, lie said, but there wus a lack of facilities for training train-ing them. In emphasising the necessity of building build-ing up the navy In times of peace, and the Impossibility of building ships In times of war. Mr. Foss exclaimed: "What would Russia give today if she could call back somo of her sunken ships?" I After routine business thc House went ' into committee of thc whole with Mr. j Hepburn of Jowa in the chair, and cn-) cn-) tered upon consideration of the naval . appropriation bill. Taking up the new warships provided for, Mr. Foss Mid the naval Increase j programme to be modest and reasona-I reasona-I ble, when what other countries arc doing do-ing is taken Into consideration. Figures Fig-ures were quoted comparing the navies of the powers, showing the United States to rank fifth. Mr. Fitzgerald (Dem.;) of New York, snld that whoever can read the signs of tho times the programme of this Government Gov-ernment Is plain. |