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not have it's war for a long time into the
| future. 1t was we'll to. be prepared. and
the United States had never. up to this
time been prepared for any war in which
1t had become involved.
Hepburn Is Sarcastic.
How comforting it must be-" remark
ed Mr.. Hepburn sarcastically, ito those
in authority to listen to the assurances
of the gentleman from Minnesota Oir.
Tawney) that the United States will never
| have another war
| Mr.. Hepburn was certain that the
| American people, whatever might be said
| to the contrary, were warlfke people,
| and that whenever in the future any ma
! ton gave offense to the United States that
| nation would have to apologize or fight
| Now was the time, he thought. to provide
| for big navy. navy commensurate
| with the great and growing needs of the
| government
The speeches of Mr. Tawney and Mr.
/ Hepburn were loudly applauded by the
part'sans of the two propositions.
Declares Proposed Ships Not Needed.
Representative Burton OF Ohio. who is
was then recognized to speak on the bill.
When he arose he was greeted with a
round of applause from both sides of the
House. and as he proceeded he was fire.
quently interrupted with demonstrations
| of approval.
Mr. Burton from the outset announced
| his earnest, opposition to the plan for the
| increase of the navy along the lines laid
| down in the pending bill. He calledt at
% mir In
crease in the expenditures of the govern
| ment.
He pointed out that the expenses for the
| last fiscal year were double those of 1861.
| He realized that there is no task more
| tl1ankless than that Of one who takes a
stand for economy, but he insisted that
| there is no place where extravaganza
can be checked more effectively than in
! the pending bill. He commended that the
navy. is already in an efficient state, that
| these two proposed battleshps are unnec
essary and that it would he sufficient to
provide for the rational increase Of the
! navy
These periodical war scares," said
Mr. Burton, occur whenever we nave
a naval appropriation bill up in Con-
gress.'
| He scoffed at the idea of a war with
Japan. He would trust to the tradi-
tional friendship between the two ma
| lions. Furthermore, Japan is i'm no po-
s1tlon to carry on a war with this coun-
try. He deprecated the growing ten
dency in this country toward the in
crease Of racial repulsion. and said that
1t should be repressed by national and
state government.
Takes Issue With Hepburn.
Mr. Burton took issue with Mr.. Hep
burn as to the liability of a war in
every generation.
He depended upon the influence of the
| morning dawn of peace and concord
which begins to illumine the world. AL
though We had entered upon every war
unprepared. we had emerged victorious,
and it is certain that with our present
state of preparedness we would be VIC
| torious again.
Mr.. Burton declared there had always
been and always would be peril in as
saulting the United States, and that peril
would be greater. in the future. 1t is not
likely, he claimed that any nation will
| excuse for 1t would realize that the re-
suit of such an attack would have to be
| accounted for in the future.
Mr.. Burton said that whatever great
things had been done to make immortal
| the American name had never been ac-
complished by a great navy. The Mon
roe doctrine, he said. was initiated when
We were weak nation and had practical
ly no navy at all. We had secured the
open door in China through the confidence
and respect of the Chinese, and If the
size of the navy had anything to do with
| the matter. Great Britain or France
would have swung the door open long
! before.
| He thought the United States could do
no greater thing than to stand for peace,
and he urged the House to vote to strike
out the battleship provision and show
| that we are at peace with all the world
| today and intend that it always will be so.
1t was by such act as this that the United
States would live.
Bourke Cochran for Battleships.
! Representative Bourke Cochran of New
York followed Mr.. Burton in support of
| the battleship provision, claiming that
| the Japanese situation on the Pacific
| coast was serious. and that this govern
ment should be prepared for all emer-
gencies.
House Votes for Two Ships.
| A vote was then taken on an amend
ment offered by Representative Macon Of
Arkansas. providing for one battleship in
stead of two. This was defeated by an
overwhelming majority.
A vote was then taken on the Finley
amendment striking out both battleships,
and on this the vote was 50 to 160 and
those members who had supported the
naval committees program applauded
loudly when the result was announced.
Representative Burton then offered in
somewhat different form an amendment
o authorize one batteship instead of two
md this also was defeated 15S to 1OS
leaving the two battleship men supreme
In consequence the United States. II the
Senate agrees to this bill, will have pro-
vlded for the two greatest war vessels
| IN the world.