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Show 2 OillETIHG DOWN Take Calmer View of America's Naval Building Build-ing Purposes. BY ARTHUR E. MANN. -Chicago Tribune Cable, Copyright.) LONDON', May 3. The utterances of Secretary Daniels since he has been in Ungland, regarding American naval policy poli-cy feem to have done much toward ouit-tin? the di.sturbe-i British press over the possibility of competitive building between be-tween Great Britain and the Linted fctates. Two pnpers most critical m the past of recent American building plans, the Morning Fost and the Clobe. today have (ditonalb headed "Daniels Has Come to Judgment," welcoming his statement tnat it would be a "calamity worse than, i crime if the British people and the ' Anu rk-an pec pie i-vvr enter into tompe- t:tion in- n:i v building." "H coupled tat observation, r'r,t Olobe comments, how ever, "witn a hint that unlo:s the Umcu; oi" nation is rcallv eiiabhhL'd Mr. Wilson may nnd it i tiC'-cfcrsj. ry to on with ins JoijO.OOO.O'"-' f.-liL-iiife fur construction of American j n arslilps. H muv be as well to point I out to Mr. Daniels in the fnost courteous ! manner possible that this is not exactly , the way in which ;o win ihe syiupathy and support of the British empue tor a ! Bhauowy league, and that ho womd have i lone better to leave that part of his j rtrKument out. If the L'nited . States wishes in become a great' naval power 1 (i somew liat curious coinmentaj-y on Mr, "Wilson's idealism we can have no possible possi-ble objection." ' The I""o t says regarding Secretary taniels's d'.scriplion of the future American Amer-ican navy a.-, a moi'iio rolfce force of the r-eas: "Tlie Britri i iy tor a good many ears has fulfilled this task, and if America Amer-ica will take her share, so much the better." bet-ter." The Daily Telegraph, after repeating the general comment of other papers, suggests, that the time has come to discuss dis-cuss the question of a naval building holiday. It says: "There need :e no d.s-eusslon d.s-eusslon of standards of strength or martins mar-tins of safety. iut the British government govern-ment may w ell proclaim itself prepared to enter upon a naval holiday for a period of possibly five years. In that way the advances which Mr. Daniels is making can be met with a sincere desire to promote pro-mote the common cause of humanity and to cement in lirmer bonds a union of the two English-speaking peoples." The Daily Chronicle says of the secretary's secre-tary's .speeches: "He disposes at once of any idea that the Americans are building up a navy in competition with ours. Mr. I "aniels distinctly recognizes our special position." |