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Show WRITES ON NAVALFEVER Naval Author Gives His Views on Situation in United States London, May C Fred T. Jane, the naval author, noting what ho calls tho "littlo navy fever from which America Am-erica is Just now suffering," writes today to-day In the Evening Standard: ."Tho seriousness of this Is enhanced en-hanced by tho fact that Germany has recently secured a mild foothold Un. Iomblar.rfroeMTcTief hapaaII rile too prone to imagine that tho Gorman navy can have anything- but ourselves in view and to forget what tho upsetting upset-ting of the Monroe doctrlno might mean to many." Mr. Line evidently refors to the report re-port that was current at tho beginning begin-ning of March that negotiations between be-tween tho German government and Colombia had resulted in an agreement agree-ment which contemplated the transfer trans-fer to Germany of certain harbors on the Atlantic coast of Colombia within striking distanco of the Panama canal ca-nal Tho report was aftcrwardB formally for-mally denied by Senor Roberto Mac-Douall, Mac-Douall, Colombian charge d'affaires at Washington nn |