Show England Fears Loss of Supremacy on the S Seven Seas nr fly LYLE LE c. c WILSON United Press Pre Staff Correspondent LONDON Jan 13 By U U. P. P Por P.-Por first P time im arti in centuries fes England n i 1 Is I nus the trump cards In the game J j of ol retaining supremacy of the sea Two new capital ships planned as I the most powerful afloat and scheduled scheduled scheduled sched sched- to be begun this month may re remain remain re- re main mere e paper er sketches In the aa- aa office rl Unless the signatory ory nations make haste to consummate the Washington disarmament a t treaty England g n will find herself sr tied with Japan apan as a bad second see sec ond In sea power naval experts point out Despite national poverty It was understood understood understood un un- un- un weeks ag ago that plans of the two new ships would be carried r to completion p This followed fl tI the call f ft for forbids forbids bids bids- s on the part of the el l for t the c construction nest o of the peerless monsters It Is now rumored that the admiralty's admiralty's admiralty's altys alty's opening of bids was In direct disagreement with instructions of the Lloyd George government The government had ordered dei i that at the program program pro pro- gram i be deferred f r for an 1 indefinite I period On Its own Initiative the admiralty admiralty ad ad- called tor for bids It is up to do the new government now fo to countermand tho the order or to sanction laying the thel l keels eels JB TIle The A Lloyd George eor e government proceeded proceeded pro pro- I with the scrapping of all the thel l ships 8 specified 1 In the Washington agreement By so doing it Is pointed out the existing reserve of of the British I I navy avy against a possible repudiation I of the naval agreement e by other sig aig- t powers has been destroyed st p This act ac of ct ff good Bood faith has pushed England nea danger point the Morning Post declares Should hould a repudiation of the Washington Washing Washing- ton agreement occur at this time th the resultant strength of the three great naval powers would be be United States one forty o capital fl a ships IP Japan twentythree twentythree twenty twenty- three capital PI ships I England n y three capital ships I The United States has not accordIng accordIng accord accord- Ing log to the Post taken steps to scrap designated vessels pending the final endorsement of or the tho naval agreement b by yr th the tho governments concerned Lord Lee of Fareham Is quoted a as assaying saying that the only reason c the a ad adm admiralty r tre e. e m ralty agreed t to the scrapping g of nineteen capital ships by the fate late goVernment government gov goY was that the other powers should fulfill their obligations a and d de that two new ships allowed under the ho agreement e should be e made d I immediately i t l av available Either nt Of of th s ro S to tC to the ad admiralty's admiralty's admiralty's ad- ad conclusion to sanction the I scrapping program may prove un- un 1 sound But even though though- the treaty Is Is poorly carried out England will be befar befar befar far behind unless some somo means eans of carrying carrying car car- o out t tl the construction of ot the two new shipS Is found After ratification tion all around the United fates ates would possess twenty capital ships built and bUlt Five ot of these would be p POSt t Japan would haVe ten capital ships two of post them would have In ad Imposing total o two twenty ships But the POEt points Ming out only one vi of these i.- i. the Hood would fould embody the improvements derived from the ex of t the war The foregoing t if Jn status puts England g in a distinctly Inferior position to the United States in u modern ultra ships I If II the treaty is ratified all around and If It the money for the construction I of the two new ships s Is forthcoming England and the United States will win b be beon beon on a a. parity with twenty cap al ships each Under the agreement England must scrap four foul capital vessels upon commissioning the pair of new ones japans japan's quota will wiil be ten ships If Ie there Is ton a hitch n anywhere ATA f the w a K balanc In Is destroyed and for the first time will find herself second In naval pO Meantime ri I alarming rumors co come e from l France rance that the naval agreement may may- not not- be okayed S |