Arizona republican., 1910-05-21
Senators Say Country Has
 Gone Wild Over Armament THE NAVAL BILL DEBATE
Senator Hale Says That the Present Congress Will Not Begin the Reduction of Expenditures But That It is Creating a Deficit

Washington. May 20-That the
 United States has gone wild about
 the matter of armament and espe- cially in the construction of battle ships. was asserted by Senators Hale, Clay and Gallinger in the senate to- day.
 Those statements were made dur ing the consideration of the naval appropriation bill. The bill carried
 SIPS. .0OO00O and Senator Hale pre-
 dicted that within five years the an
 nual naval appropriation would not
 b, less than S175.000.0O0. COnsidera- tion of the bill was not concluded. . Tine opinion was expressed that the : promised reduction of expenditures i would not take place in the present session of congress. and Senators ! Hale ard Gallinser, both members of [ the committee on appropriations.
 agreed that the expenditures would
 exceed tn. revenue for the next fiscal year
 : Another feature of tine debate was i the citation of former President 1 Roosevelt as an advocate of reduced armament. IL was all brought about 1 by an amendment introduced by Sen atOr Burton. providing for one bat t!eship of the Dreadnaught type, in stead of two. authorized by the bill as passed by the house.
 Senator Clay was the first to as
 sert that the country had gone wild l in the matter of sea armament We have lost our heads he said. and | if We do not stop We wir bankrupt [ l, priation for the navy proposed for the year averaged g. per head for each man. woman and child in the country. By quoting Senator Hale as authority for the statement. Mir Clay aroused general interest MT Gallinger expressed doubt. and ad- duAnd figures to show that the cost would not exceed S10.0OO. 900
 MT. Hale not only sustained Mir. Clay. but added to his figures He spoke of the vessels as completely armored and equipped. and said that the total cost of putting one of these vessels in the water probably would be nearer eighteen millions than six teen. He declared that the fallibility of the naval board was such that there could be no guarantee for the future.
 That board never has been able to make a recommendation of a type in these ships that has been good for two years in succession" he said
 After estimating that there would be deficit at the end of the year. Mir. Hale said: Ali this talk of the possession of a surplus revenue places us in a fools paradise" He declared that the United States had caught this infection from England. where conditions are different
 Both MT Hale and ATr Clay re- ferred to the address made in Chris tiania by MT Roosevelt. in which he expressed the hope that there would be a diminution of armament MT Burton cOntended that in her civiliza- tion. isolation and resources the Unit ed States had ample protection. He referred to the Monroe doctrine and was questioned by Mir. Gallinger as to whether Germany would have kept hands off of south America if the United States had not had a strong navy.
 Mir. Burton replied that Englan and France would not permit Ger man advances. to which Mir Galln- ger responded that without navies they could do nothing