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Show ISMALL WARSHIP 1 ; LIST EXPANDING! - Britain, Japan and America Apparently Resuming Building Race WASHINGTON, Dec. 1G. (By The Associated Press.) a tabulation ordered or-dered today In naval circles showing 'he relative positions of the British. American and Japanese navies in! cruisers and submarine strength np- parently she, is liht on th- situation! which led th house appropriations! I committee to propos.. that President Ilardlnp nojrotlrite nn International! agreement to check compr-titlvc building build-ing In these types. CRUISERS (OMi-Mti i The figures credit Great Britain with 45 light cruisers of thn first line. DUllt, bqildlnc or projected, jinrl nc-pregatlnp nc-pregatlnp COfi.-lsn tons, the United Statej with 10 ships buildlnp. 75.00n terns, and Japan with 11 ship built and 21 building and projected, ag-' gregatlng 191.160 tons. In addition, the Hat shows Great, Britain to hav 13 light cruisers of; the second lino. G9.230 tons, neither! the Unite,! States or Japan being cred-Ited cred-Ited with any shlp3 in thLs classification. classifi-cation. In fleet submarines. Great Britain Is credited with six of the first line, six of the second line, and two building build-ing or project, -d: the L'nlt -.1 St. "eg with three of the first line, built, none Of the second line, thre,- building, and' six additional authorized but not under un-der contract; Japan, with no flnet submarines sub-marines built, but thr,- under con-1 structlon. I S. LEADS DESTROY EES In first lino submarines other thnn fleet Bubmarinea Great Britain la eredlte.l with 42 built end six build-! Ing; the United States with 50 built., 14 building; Japan with 27 built and "n, program of 16 building, and a sec-, ond building program of 28 vessels, I "tonnage unknown' Whilo the tables showed decided American inferiority In light cruisers.' the United States has a distinct ad-! vantage in steam first line deetroy- "rs with 295 built against 178 for ir. at Britain and 54 for Japan Six new dstroyrs are given In the British Brit-ish building program, none on the American and 38 on the Japanese. |