Show PROMISES protection SECRETARY DANIELS SAYS THE DAY OF SMALL FLEET IN PACIFIC WILL END IN MARCH announces announce that atlantic fleet now could be dispatched to other ocean within eighteen days daya II if emergency arose aroe washington glon while admitting that the pacific coast now was without adequate protection in case ot of war secretary daniels told the house naval committee on friday that it an emergency arose the atlantic neet fleet could be dispatched to the pacific within eighteen days to deal with any hostile craft that might succeed in running the gantlet of american submarines from manila and liono honolulu lulu moreover the secretary announced that the day of a small leet fleet in tile tho pa ciale would end next march when the panama canal la Is to ie be formally opened with an international naval parade again friday the nations military and naval situation was the tha center ol of attention at the capitol mr daniels was waa before the house day and in the senate senator weeks of massachusetts delivered a prepared speech deprecating too much publicity in the matter of military strength and pointing to the secret methods or of the european powers now at war as an object lesson led by questioning participated in by nearly every member secretary daniels discussed the navys inability to get satisfactory airships and th the 0 problem of the submarine torpedo boat which has offered more difficult ties than all other craft combined pp ap posed extravagant appropriation IC s for either the submarines marines or aircraft and an incidentally suggested that the public need nut not bo be surprised at any time front from now on to read of a battle roya royal I 1 between the tha fleets of the opposing nations nation of europe I 1 |