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S S NAVY IS NOT PREPARED FOR WAR VIAR SA SAYS YS CAPTAIN HOOD Desirable ng Policy Outlined by Member of I Navy General Board j 4 T Berlin A April 11 11 10 Tho Tho government Intends after the con con- elusion of tho the Balkan war to approach ap- ap ap i Germany German with a S definite proposal to stop tho naval shipbuilding ship ship- building programs of at tho two 1 countries during tho fiscal year car 15 1 according to tho the Taeg- Taeg lIche Winston I Spencer Spencer Spen Spen- 4 Churchill first lord of at the British admiralty may pay a personal personal per per- f visit to Berlin with this ob ob- ob t jest In view 1 1 M Mr r L J WASHINGTON ASHINGTON April 10 ot Not one of or the 31 battleships and nd 21 I de- de that constituted the fighting force orco of ot t vessels e els which assembled for tor review re In New York harbor lest last October was re ready reads d for tor war Capt John Hood then captain of the Delaware the pennant ship of or the fleet told the Navy league ue toJ at Its s session here t Captain Hood now note nowa nowa a member of or the naY navy general board cavo his views view on a desirable naval a pone poll C Not Tot counting tho the British fleet leet with v.-Uh I which no conflict need ever be feared feare lio ho said In 1920 Germany German can cnn put tosea to toa sea r a 41 H battleships of ot which 25 will wUl be bo and also l 15 lu battle cruis- cruis ets France Franc will have 38 capital ships hip lO o a which t 2 23 will be Ja- Ja pan will have SG 36 G of ot which 1 17 j will be or 01 cruisers s. a Nothing short of ot the general boards board's policy of or 48 battleships for the Unito 1 l States can even en approach adequacy and anda a I fleet I inadequate Is 18 a n bur burden en without protection At our present rate rito of ot growth we e in 1920 could put out I. I against those armaments 3 33 ships all told of or which only 16 would 11 be dread dread- nau au 4 f At no time has our fleet been 1 e- e along lines linc of ot consistent I iho thought to me meet t a 3 definite end nd which should be bo the tho guarantee of or the tho nations nation's peace Toda Today we wc have hn a n. fl fleet et too small and heterogeneous to m nest ft the ends which jutI Justify its maintenance and too largo Jarge to be e carried as I. I a bUld burden n for fora forn a n plaything Tako Take as ns a basis of or your our naval Pol- Pol Policy policy pol pol- Ic icy a building program that will give gl us by 1923 1925 a fleet of 48 line first battleships battleships bat bat- with tho the les lesser cr units and aud auxiliaries that go with them Cut off oCt ruthlessly and sell and scrap all vessels on the naval list of ot minimum minimum minimum mini mini- mum fighting value and all sup superfluous yards ard an and stations not needed for tor the maintenance of the fleet Jeet which uselessly uselessly use uso- lessl lessly arc absorbing large sums of ot public money In their caro and upkeep Provide and train enough officers and m men n on the active list and In the re re re- servo S IO fUll fully to man this fleet for war wal Provide noe necessary 5 an b bases nn and ar arsenals and educate educato the people that no fleet Is adequate for the preservation of peace which hn has not the rea readiness and strength to meet the enemy sa say Thou not Show them Its 1 trifling cost as compared with oven even n th the tha smallest t an and most successful war our war our war with Spain to Be e Defended We have Inherited from rom our fathers no entangling alliances but we d have hae havethe havethe the Monroe doctrine As the nations of ot Europe and A Asia IS become overcrowded overcrowd overcrowd- ed d with their Increasing ever populations Ipuh- Ipuh i this doctrine promises to be a I fruitful source of ot contention and amt chal chat i lenge lengo and this doctrine Is no stronger than the American fleet There Ther Is the principle of ot Asiatic exclusion the principle known as the open door policy and there Is our determination to assume military control of or the tho Panama canal territory and anti Its contiguous contiguous con con- waters I do not believe e the tho nation stands read ready to modify or abandon abandon aban aban- don any of or these principles and ln only a R lack of knowledge ge by the people at t lar Ie I 1 I 1 countr country In a n state tl of to maintain them with seasonable reasonable suret surety of or continued peace and honor Thou Though h we have put on the garments garments gar gm ments of ot peace and honor we have hao been softened b by Christianity an and ha have striven nearer to altruism In thought bt an and act the groat fundamental underlying under under- lying passions and springs of or action In man are the same samo toda today as th they thoy were when Cain slow stew Abel Human nature in tho the mass has changed change little or none since t the thc e days of oC the Pharaohs rh The Tho U nt nations ns of or today most likely to challenge chall chal chal- l lenge our rights and policies and with whom our Interests most conflict IH are the strong men of or the nation armed armel and r ready d The Tho habits of or e expediency that thatA we A have toll followed owed must chase cease If fC we wo are to hold hotd our places among tho the nations Captain Hood declared that such a n. building building- policy as he outlined ha had been formulated b by the general board in Jn 1903 but never had acted upon |
