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Show A NATIONAL SEA POLICY Thoro has never been anything more Intellectually pltlablo than tho Btato of mind of certain people who havo opposed tho consistent policy of two now battleships a year, whllo willing to compromlso on ono Bhlp their motlvo being that they did not like tho navy nnd did not really want nny ships! Th navy 1b an Intolerable burden and oxpenso, unless It Is a useful and valuablo kind of Insurance of our national pcaco and dignity, and unless It Is a positive- help to us In tho maintenance of what wo bollovo to be a beneficent International policy. poli-cy. If wo aro to havo submarines, It Is ridiculous for a nation of our great population and vast resourcos not to Invent nnd build tho best pos-slblo pos-slblo submarines. In numbers ado-quato ado-quato to servo tho ends wo havo In view In building any submarines ut nil. And tho snmo principles applies to battleships and other membors nnd adjuncts of u suitably balanced modern navy. Ilovlow of Itcvlows. |