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S Join Japan and ad Great Britain To Curtail Navy Building Secretary Daniels Brands Proposal as Blunder Almost Eq Equal to a Crime and Certain to Arouse Suspicion n. n J ASHINGTON Dec 14 A A resolution requesting U the president to open W WASHINGTON negotiations with Great Britain and Japan for for an agreement to reduce naval b building iI programs 50 per cent for the next five years was introduced Jn to the senate today by Se Senator ator Borah Dorah Rep Idaho The resolution would d declare clare it to be the opinion of congress that the Unites United States would make malee such a reduction r if it an agreement ement could could be e brought about and asserted th that the na navies s of Great Britain and c Japan were the only ones empower t r require g Am American attention i. i L When en Senator Borah offered his bis resol resolution Secretary taly D It Niels was wa was before t the h e house nav nova 1 V c committee tte str strongly gly op opposing posing os 1 ng iu such h t 3 a a- a proposal 1 t the h e house nav nova 1 V c committee tte str strongly gly op It Would be a blunder r almost equa equal I to a crime said the naval na secretary for the United States St tes to enter Into to toan an alliance with any any ny two or three nations either to suspend or curtail naval building or f for r any other purpose purpose pur pur- pose It would ld certainly make for suspicion ion among th the other nations nation of I. 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I I WORLD AGREEMENT I profoundly believe the United II States States cannot afford fo 0 o take a a. five five- year naval holiday as it has been rumored rumored England and Japan will suggest suggest sugI sug sug- I gest to to this country I wish we could have have a a world agreement that would settle disputes without rec recourse u se to arms but until that comes and comes I surely we ought to carry out but our naval naval naval na na- val building program Senator Borah's resolution was re referred referred referred re- re to to th the foreign relations committee committee committee com com- with without ut debate PRETENTIOUS PROGRAM The Tho United States can agree to such sucha a suspension of new construction only when all the nations of the world agree to do likewise Daniels asserted He strongly recommended the prompt completion of the huge year three-year building program of 1916 and asked for the authorization of another program program program pro pro- gram calling for the building of ot eighty eighty- eight vessels I In support of the belief bellet that the United States could not agree with I Great Britain and Japan to stop the I building of armament the tho secretary allowed Admiral Koontz chief of naval naval naval na na- val operations to quote figures showIng showIng showing show- show Ing the relative first line Une strength of the tho three nations r RELATIVE STRENGTH If It t tie the e three nations could stop all construction now now the United States would h have ve a first line strength of tons Great Britain tons and Japan tons said Koontz Daniels referred to the fact that an alliance exists between Gre Great Great- t Britain Britain alliance exists between Gre Great Great- t Britain Britain and Japan j j MAKE U. 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S SUPREME C Completion of the tho present building program with the addition of a few vessels to round out the fleet will make the United States supreme Daniels Daniels Dan Dan- I lets said unless a vast amount of ot construction construction construction con con- Is undertaken by other nations na na- myself said I I proclaim a p pacifist Daniels and I make these recommendations recommendations recommendations regretfully But until a world agreement on disarmament comes and has been In operation long enough to assure its establishment we must continue our our building Unless we Into enter enter Into an agreement with all aU the nations of the world we must be prepared to protect our great coast line Une and all ail our island possessions possessions possessions posses posses- by a a. preponderance of naval strength continued the secretary QUOTES HARDING Daniels said President elect HardIng lard Hard larding Ing in a speech at Norfolk shared this view I think it is rather rathel fortunate that his mind runs along with mine the secretary said Daniels said that he does not propose propose pro pro- propose pose any immediate appropriations forthe for forthe the tho new building program because of tho the state of ot the present program and the fact that the condition condition condition condi condi- tion of the treasury prohibits any appropriations appropriations appropriations ap ap- for a a. new program To round out tho the present building program Daniels recommended construction construction construction con con- of two huge submarine cruisers cruis cruls- ers ets five mine laying submarines one I Continued on Cn Page Pace 9 9 I. I BORAH URGES Continued from page 1 1 airplane carrier five cruisers and two gunboats BORAH'S RESOLUTION The text of ot the resolution offered in the senate by Borah follows Whereas A representative and of- of official of of- of the Japanese government has advised the tho world that the Japanese government cannot consent even to consider a program of disarmament on account of the naval building program program program pro pro- gram of the United States and Whereas By this statement the world is informed and is expected t to td 1 believe that Japan sincerely desires to support a program of disarmament but cannot do so in safety to herself on account of the attitude and buildIng building building build build- ing program of this government and Whereas The only navies whose size and ef efficiency require the consideration consideration consideration con con- of this government in de deI determining determining de- de the question of the size of I its navy are those of ot Great Britain I and ana ana Japan lapan two iwo wo governments ion long loner lOng g asI asana as as- as i I I and ana ana Japan lapan two iwo wo governments ion long loner lOng g asI asana as as- as asI associated associated by an alliance and I The United States is now t and has ever been in favor of ot a practical program of disarmament Now therefore Be Bo it resolved by bythe bythe bythe I the senate and house of representatives tives of the United States in congress assembled that the president of the United States is requested if not incompatible the public interests I to advise the governments of Great Britain and Japan respectively that this government go will at once take up directly with these governments and I without waiting the action of ot any other nation the question of disarmament disarmament dis dis- dis armament with a n. view of quickly I coming to an understanding by which I Ithe the building programs building programs o of each of ot these government to wit of Great Britain Japan and the United States shall be reduced annually during the next five years to 50 per cent of the present rate CONGRESS TO AGREE That Second Second That it is the sense of the congress that In case such an understanding can be reached readied it will conform in its appropriations and building program to such an agree agree- ment Resolved further That this plan is suggested by the he congress of the United States In order to bring about a substantial reduction in the naval armament of the world Senator Borah Dorah said privately that In introducing his resolution he acted only upon his own initiative but sevi sev- sev i I cral etal senators had expressed their hearty approval of his plan The Idaho senator also said sald he would urge early action on the tho resolution by the foreign relations committee probably next week j It calls for tor direct action with the tho only powers concerned said Senator t. t Co 4 J 0 Borah Dorah It would d develop whether Great Britain and Japan are sincere in the talk about reducing armaments If they are not we can quit talking about it it |