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Show COMMITS AMERICA TO "BIG NAVY" : PROGRAM This I Point of View at Capital on Rejection of Borah Resolution "WASHINGTON. b. II. The bl navy Idea has been given a distinct push forward by the senate naval affairs af-fairs committee's rejection of the JBorah resolution rallinf for a el months' naval holiday. That action was more thun a com- ' mittee action. It was an accurate reflection re-flection of the majority sentiment In both the legislative and the executive branches of the government. In spite of the great expenditure involved, in-volved, the idea thai the I'nited states shall have a navy relatively aa pow- erful as any In the world seems des- tjQed to become the permanent policy of the rovernment. Thia. however, will not interfere with the discussion of the question of Trie limitation of the armaments with Great. Britain and Japan. 8IZES OF NAVIES. Based on tonnage figures, the British Brit-ish navy today Is almost exactly twice that of the United Ktates navy and the United States navy la a little more than twice the Japanese. ' "The authorised building program, for .;te United Htiites for the next four gears' will more than double America's naval power. It provides for S42.10 tona In a total of 100 ships and will give us in 12S a total tonnage of 1.C17.28X as compared wlth a prospective British total of 1.CS.332. This is accepting the unofficial British statement that they are not going to compete with ua, but will etick to their' building program, which calls for but Ta.SdO tona in the neat four years. VOLUNTARY LIMITATION. Practically speaking, Great Britain's naval policy at this time, is one of voluntary limitation. Irrespective of, the policy of the United .States, her only competitor for control of the seas. Our determinatio't to equal Britain's ee power by more than doubling our UmoaJ ia tb next tour years, while the British are -standing still, offers Japan the choice txvween building to her utmost limit or of being rated as a second class naval power. Japan's authorized building program pro-gram calls for 3i'3.4tA in new tonnage) by )2. Thla will give her a total of 1 H.fti6 tons. To this must be added ooe.-tO tons trttjectel for completion byl7. but not yet authorised, making mak-ing a grand total of 1.0i7..' tons. These are the figures that must be taken into account discussing liqjita-uoo liqjita-uoo at naval armaintni. 4 |