The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-02-16
NAvY1PROGRAMME
UNDER . HOT FIRE Re.
Country Conc Mad Over yet, Spirit ,ls|t
81 Militarisin, Declares II
sss Texan. s885si
PLEA MADE as.F ! D i ECONOMY Z; . Y
/ Butler8$Warns Country That u
Must Keep Close Watch.
on Japan. III
tBy Associated Press.)

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3 WASH1NdTO On, = FEB. 15.-The question
OF what the policy Of the cove rr, g, II
should lbe WITH respect to the upbliltdlii,,s
OF tho navy was again threshed out rti ~
the House to-day, during the co ns|d era q
lion Of tho naval appropriation bill, the tn
debate developing much opposite on 70 the
proposed addition OF two bnttleships 70
tho naval establishment. AS on yes yes
terday. the defense n OF the u Philippines
played an important part In the discus ls
sion, while the evcntsSof the war N the
\ far East, from aAnavnl point OF view,
we're given prominence by the advocates
\ Of IN Increased navy. The House met an
hour earlcrsthat usual, and with the &ex-
ceptior Of d brief period the entire time
was consumed with tho naval blll. h.
Country Gone Mad.
Mr.. Bcnll (rexas) I, in opposing large
q approximations for tho navy. and army,
declared that the United States had gone
mad over the spirit OF 1nilltarisnl,8 VI ich
p was yapplngE the substance of the people.
4 rho government was paying as rnuch nt.
tentlOnI TO Ceremonies, pomp ana power.
Y as any government on earth, ana nc sald
n It was tho most cxtrnvagant#go 60 crnmcnt
In tho world II 83ia sg 4 sstsss
Sss5EA plea for economy iii the appro priation
Was made by Mr.. lSparknlan (Florida),
who prophesied that not In the nex gem
GRAFTON. nor possibly lin the next century injury!
would this country become involved In
war between any Of the great world pow
ers. IL "a IS; " .i33
Entertaining d similar sentiment, Mr..
Perkins (New York; 9ventured the asser-
$tlon that no gun on my ship now N COM
II mission or on the Il two battleshps pro-
i posed by the bill, II they were authorized.
would over fire d hostile shot IIe pro-
yokcd a sharp discussion by declaring that
[; warshlps dlsntcgrated inside Of twenty
years III 7yf Ss
* Mr. Brick dndiana) took issue with him
and cited the Texas. while Mr.. Rixcy (Vir-
a glnln) maintained the correct ness OF Mr..
Perkins's position by stating that high
4 naval officers had declared most Of the
warshps now In he service to be obso-
5$lctc. md of no account The statement
was fatty controverted by Mr.. Dayton
4 (Wcst YirginiaJ. who declared that there
was not ~ single naval Ulcer who would
II say$tllc ships In he American navy were
Slntiquated and out OF date. IN 8l q ~
The principle OF upholding tho, Monroe
q Doctrine through bnttloshlps. was declared
& by Mr.. Thaycr (A1assachnsetts) to be Slln-
necessary, since The said we are pro-
tectcd BY the dlctum Of the gentleman
ut tie other end of the X avenue who
n don't require amy bnttlcsfp Of law what
4 crGr. "a back him ups'' }f5 S4
Keep Eye on Japan.
s MIR. Butter (Pennsylvanla). & turning to
the subject or the Philippines, eliclted
Democratic. applause when he said he
4 hoped there would be found some hon
ii orable way to get rid of them. He adj
vised this government to keep watch
u on Japan. IIo said that while we were
NOV friendly and loving each other ard
agreeing" the war with Russian would
X be over some day and then It would be
\ discovered that the fighting man of he
earth lives in the island OF ! Japan. five
days from the Philippines and thirty-fve
\ days from the United States. =" S
MI. Cochran New York; pposcd the
idea of a large standing army or. big
navy. Referring to the Venezuelan dis
|. pute With England. Mr., Cochran de-.
cared that tho greatest triumph ever
won in tho history Of the United States
!, was when Secretary Olney wrote a
dispa tch affecting the greatest power in
the world, w when d the navy was about
z one-ffthEiits present size.
z The House voted down an amendment
offered by Mr.. Rixey (virgnia) strik-,
d ing out the proposed increase OF 5000
men for the navy. although on point
of&ordcr by him, the provision permit
ting their Immediate enlistment was
stricken out. 5 z }. IS
The House. without completing the bill,
4 adjourned until tomorrow.
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