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Show I WAR CLOUDS I IN EUROPE B Great Britain Startled by I Germany's New Na- U- - val Program. H London, July 22. Winston Spencer B Churchill, first lord of the admiralty, Bfl in introducing the supplementary na- BH val appropriation of ?5,000,000 in the BJB house of commons today, said that the HH direct cause of the increase was to bo Hv found In the new German navy law, MB the main feature of which was the In- HJ crease In the striking force of ships n of all classes. The effect of this new flj law, he said, would be that nearly JBJffl four-fifths of tho entire German navy iH would be maintained -in full perma- HH nont commission -and instantly ready H for war. The first lord continued-gj continued-gj "Such preparation is remarkable H and, as far as I am aware, finds no m example in the previous practice cf modern naval powers." m Mr. Churchlil then announced the British shipbuilding program for the. H next five years, saying that five bi.V M tleships were to he constructed next - year and four In each of the following BJ years. H .,Unde,r the now German law, tho m admiralty lord Baid, the ultimate scale HI ' ?f vi Gerraan- ncet owuld be 41 bat-MM bat-MM tleships, 20 large armored cruisers, 40 mm small cruisers and smaller craft In proportion. "That will be an extremelv formidable formid-able fleet." Mr. Churchill said, "and the only way to meet it is by cool steady and methodical preparation -prolonged over successive years. There Is no. use flinging monev I about on the impulse of tho moment. 1; The strain which Great Britain will , have to bear will bo long and slow 'Jill and no relief can be gained bv im pulsive or erratic action. We s'hould learn from our Germa nneighbors the I -way the policy which inarches un-i un-i swervingly to its goal." J Mr. Churchill went on to point out I that the fighting power of the Ger- man fleet involved the luc'rease of Ifjh EnSllsh forces so that a safe margin Uf might bo obtained. He proposed to II increase the number of battloship8 in it full commission from 28 to 33 by 1914. |