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Show y. S. I0L0 TO proceed with SlA power plan Airplane and Submarine Do Not Supplant Major Ships Report Declares NAVAL GENERAL BOARD SOUNDS WARNING NOTE Uncle Sam Must Reply Upon His Own State of Preparedness, Prepared-ness, is Reminder WASHIXGTOX. Feb. 8 The major ship remains tho basis of seapower . and those who argue that the air- H i plana and the submarine have sup- H planted It are asking the country to H I "accept hopes for aconrrbllshmcnts." H ' the naval general board says In a re-potf re-potf to Secretary Daniels, made pub I "The general board, having kept i J touch with naval progress along all H ( lines," says the report, "reiterates It H : belief m the battleships as forming H I the principal units of the fleet. With- B out them the Fnited States cannot H hope to copo with existing navies. 'H Urging that "equality in power b t H 1 the continuing naval policy ' of the 'H United States." the board says there 'H is no thought of instituting Inter- H 'national competitive building" and H I that "no other nation can in reason IH Stake exception to such a oositlon." ikkS NOT A CD L1 I N'GE. "It cannot justly be construed as a 1 H challenge,'' the report continues "A ! H policy of equal or substantially equal ' jH armaments may well tend lo din, In LLLk ish. their growth" and to lessen the iiLH danger of sudden war." 'H The report, signed by Rear Ad- mlral Charles J. Badger, president 'J was approved by Secretary Daul. Is IH and WOS transmitted by him to th H senate naval committee for its InfOr- motion in considering pending dls- 'LLLh armament and "naval holiday" reso- j IB l RGES GOING Mil M. Asserting that the guiding policy that had shaped the general board's construction recommendations since 1903 was that of eventually creating lf a navy equal to ihe strongest In the t jH world, the board urges "no rest "pe- :H rlod or limitation of armaments" bn Agreed to fy the Fnited Stat. thai H would modify the great naval build Ing program of 101 6. now under con- H structlon. "In numbers, general types H or dates of completion." ,H NOTE OF W MINING. "In the future, as at all times pie- .LBLa vious to the world war. we shall in all probability, have to rely sole!) iH upon our own tato of preparedness." iH was a note of warning the document tH sounded. Cessation of naval building bv if Great Britain is attributed by the gen-eral gen-eral board to the great preponderance in lo r navy of all types of ships and J to the present economic situation hi that empre. The, ships authorized in the 1?1' program are thoroughly modern, the report says, adding that there is no reason to believe thnt developments H In submarine or aerial irf- will H seriously detract from their value for iH many years to come. The work of completing the program, the report continued, should - "ver. deter IH the navy from developing to the uL H most new or partially developed w ap dH ons such as submarines, aircraft und ! ' ill aircraft carriers. l iMiLLa S I iPJENSION INADVIS Mil : A suspension of work on tho naval i IsLI building program for six months lo H allow- experts to determine. In th. light of the lessons of the world war. tH what types of ships are most usefu.. as provided In the pending Borah res- 'il olutlon. "Is neither necessary nor ad- JH vlsablc," the board asserts. ill Every new weapon of defense that I 'H has threatened the supremacy of the capital ship, has been met by a sue- H i .-port - I declares. LH "It would bo the height of unvvls- vLI Join for any nation possessing sea- r,,,v. er pin Its faith md change I its practice upon mere theories as to ' Ll the future developments of new and H untried weapons," tho report says. . MUST DEVELOP NAVY. "It Is easy to lay a bomb on the ;j iH deck of a ship, explode it from a safe 'Ll place and then exclaim over tho dam- age it has wrought." the report con- H tinuea "but it is a very different mat- H tor to place that same bomb from the air when under gunfire and attack H bv enemy planes.' i tH Pointing 10 tho great growth of 1 the American merchant marine, the lH report in conclusion emphasizes tint JSBBJBJJ no nation had ever been able to es- i 'H tab I Ish and maintain a iaige nu i - j tH chant fleet without developing a navy to assist and protect It |