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Show HOUSE DISCUSSES NAVAL QUESTIONS WASHINGTON. Feb. 1.-The question of what the policy of the Government should be with respect to the upbuilding of the navy was again threshed out In the House during the consideration of the naval appropriation bill, the debate developing much opposition to the proposed pro-posed addition of two battleMJje to the naval establishment. As on Tuesday, the defense of the Philippines played an Important Im-portant part In the discussion, while the events of the war In the far East from a naval point of view were given pi eminence em-inence by the advocates of en Increased navy. The House met an hour earlier than usual, and, with the exception of a brief period, the entire time was consumed con-sumed with the naval bill. For the first time In many years the proceedings were opened without i-rayers. Before taking up the naval Mil, a resolution resolu-tion was adopted requesting the Secretary of the Department of Commerce f.nd Labor La-bor to investigate the cause of the low price of crude oil or petroleum in the United States, especially in the Kansas fields, and also the unusually large margin mar-gin between the price of refined tll and Um by-products. The naval bill was laid aside r.nd followed fol-lowed by the presentation of the confVr-nce confVr-nce report on the omnibus claims bill, the House adjourned. 1 |