Show THE LARGEST EVER REPORTED Naval ApproprIation Bill CarrIes with it 1 lN NAVY N ry 1 o lilt 1111 ship ICher April i The newel ap appropriation hilt Watt aay repot reported d to 0 the house by br fU Chairman F u or orthe Ute the nv The amount m cars car tied by br the but bill Is II the lugs UI UIt at t ever the hose tram the from the N port which the bill la I re rem rev m bl for tor It Ita m ot of nets regard regarding ing jet power the world over oer foreign naval PI programs lf a and cl the comparative of the or of the great pow powen OW OWera era en accompanied by colored charts showing the he ot of various gnat I Tet the head hd of et naval program tb the sets forth u AI follow a as to new Put pis tb the of further In lag Ui naval Ivl ot of tb the U US US S the recommends that the President Ile be an 11 to III have havi built by two ng a OBIt coast line bat t o tl the heaviest armor and mat ordnance for vessels 1 ot of their class uton IllOn a trial displacement of bout about tons toU and 0 1 to ba have the highest practicable speed and great ra it dine diu ot of action and to rot cost exclusive lv of armor And armament not exceeding sa 3 each three armored cruisers ot of about toils trial displacement car the Che heaviest armor and most pow powerful erful ordnance for vessels el ot of their class and to 10 have lh the highest practicable speed d and great erNt of f ath alIon n and to 10 I colt t ot of r 1111 ant sot a h thre hI pa r tIMi s I trial the Ihl 1111 a rr fr ur of their I class and to hn hate th the highest speed compared with roue cruising luaU and aud great radius of action allIon and to 10 cost of armament not each ech The Tb maxImum Cost of the ships herein authorised exclusive ot of armor and nd armament will pill bl be This nil nilIa Ia b ho largest larel naval program ever sub mined b by the be committee on naval at af faire of the tho house Houle and not I is In accord oft IUa the wishes and recommendation ot of the secretary ot of the nn navy and Ad mini Dewey DeI sad ard will we mt meet the Jut Just demands or of public sentiment The ut ulet year ar In naval construction 11 has been mark marked by the most liberal naval pr program lII on the part of III all for tor elo elan nations At t the present time there I la pouting In the of Germany German a naval bill which It if paused will In Increase crease the tonnage of the present Ou Oer man nay navy tone ton a larger tonn tonnage than that of her bet present nav navA navy I A As to armor plate lb the N report Ort tella I ot of the futile tUUla efforts to secure armor at 1100 OO and and says ay battleships Maine Ohio end nd now In prOf process ot of construe lion uon r require U tons tn of armor or for each eul It I is believed b by the committee that tha t these thelM batt battle battleships I ships or of nearly tons ton displacement the lerl lar eat tn In design which have hae ever been placed b by the navy department should have th the beet obtaInable armor and nd accordingly your committee recommend mend that the secretary ot of the thet nay navy be authorised to contract for tor such ar armor armor mor at a cost ot not to exceed aMI 1646 per ton tOti The Th bet best obtainable armor At the present time le II according to tn all 11 navel authorities the Krupp armor which I is at t least and Ind hll has been so 10 proved hr br ballistic teats tet of 26 21 per cent greater than thu that chat of the liard liar armor Ever Every nation la In the world I ii using th the Krupp 1 rupp armor toda today Your Tour committee believes It Is II little short hort ot of disloyalty to recommend tiny aDY other than tb the beat armor for tor these bat bitt to be placed between wn th the bod bodies ot of our and men and the bullets bullet of the am amU U OI April Leyds matla ant agent or of the Transvaal h has lake graphed to the prince or of Wales eon cons hIm on bl his escape from u The members of at the lera lega Lion here called at the British legation and nd lub rl their names In tile the visit ro ra Seta ath of the attempt on n the prince I life lite Hamburg April ut of Wal and b his party passed hr her at al this morning The train did not stop but proceeded to KII BELGIUM SORRY BaRRY brussels April the chamber of If representatives toda today the president Baron said leS h he felt sire ure hit he was 11 but voicing the feell feeling of the whole Belgian lan nation in I 1 In behalf of the chamber the in Ignation created In all minds mad b by the alt made on the lite Ilfe of the prince of Wales The youthful criminal Ire leads me to hope It a It the act ot of a person unconscious of t e enormity of his fila but we 1 feel 11 to ex express x press to and the ot of Wales our most t sincere regrets |