Bisbee daily review., 1911-12-12

 PROGRAM GUT
 IN CONGRESS
Present House Will Not Take Part in Representative HobsoniS War
 Dance
NOT MORE THAN ONE
 AND MAYBE NONE
Disposition of Representatives to Incline 10 Peace Rather Than to Spending Money
 on 0readnoughtS
lRv Victor Elliottl

tBY NlctOf ElllOll1
 WASHINGTON, December 1l:-A [ hard jolt will be given the war-like preparations of Representative Rich mond Pearson Hobson during the next session of congress. according to the present plans of the democrats in the house Representative Hobson In ght as well prepare for the worst, for there is to be retrenchment in the naval program.
 The house may not authorize the construction of more than one new battleship; in fact there is a chance that the house may not even allow one new dreadnought to be built.
 Hobson is q four-battleship demo cIat He has pleaded for larger navy almost since the day he came to congress distinsu. shed as the hero Of the Merrimac. Unable to obtain an appropriation for the four new battle ships per annum, Hobson has been willing 10 comprise year after year on three. He uttered a groan each time as the republican house would stand only for two. And now the | democrats out for an economy pro 1 gram and intent upon dong away | with the billion-dollar congress, are | talking of building only one dread nought per year, while some demo erats are in favor of stopping the building program altogether. When | MF. Hobson reaches the naval bill this sceasou. he will find the greatest ! stumbling book he has encountered in many years.
 Roosevelt Program
 Since the time that Theodore Roose welt began to wave the Big Stick a the White House, he republican con gress has accepted as a matter O course his tWo-battieships a year pro i gram. Without any great flourish 0 trumpets, the naval committee of th'
 house where appropTl ations for th'
 navy originate, has gone about it business and ordered the construc tion of two new ships, a few torpedo l Loats, a collier or so and a smal
 flock of submarines.
 Representative Foss was the Chair man of the naval affairs committe' , when the republicans were in con trol of the house, and it did not strail Mir. Foss to authorize two new dread thoughts at a cost of about Sl3,00G, ,00i eich. Now Representative Iemue
 Padgett's ideas run rather toward peace. He doesn't shy at the Hobsor war dance and. when the representa-
 tive from Alabama beats the tom tom in the rear of the chamber emitt ing loud cries in favor of a greater navy, NIT. Padgett is inclined to pur sue the even tenor of his way. He i' likely to hold up one finger and say
 One battleship; no more and may be not that -
 Representative Hobson is earnest in his belief that the United State! ought to have the greatest navy Ina ever unfurled a flag on the high seal and he is not making grandstanC play when he pleads for bigger gum greater ships, and more of them. H. cannot be called patriotic dema gogue; those who disagree with Hob son admit that he is sincere in hi
 fight, and, since he has tasted wa and has been within sight of belchin. cannon. his utterances command ;
 certain amount of respectful atten
 tion.
 The house now refuses, however
 to become excited over Hobson's an
 nual speeches. Each year, for a mum
 Der of years, Hobson has Haunted ! the yellow peril in the face of th' , house about the time the naval az Vropriation bill was up for debate
 Durin the last session Of the sixtyfirs
 congress he pictured Japanese a
 about to invade Southern California
 and Mexico The little yellow men
 he ayerred had their eyes on G.l
 Pacific coast and were just abou
 ready to march across the border am
 capture everything in a triumphan march across the country to the Al .antic seaboard.
 . He Saw Yellow
 As he proceeded in hts picture o 2 the dangers that were about to bese
 the American people, Hobson becam . more specific. Finally, In a burst 0
 oratory. he predicted that the Unitel ? States would be at war with a yelioJ
 foe within ten months from the dat ' of his speech. He begged the peac men, the one-battleship men and tn two battleship men to heed the warr ,, ing and appropriate for more arma ! ruauf rxrh n ssrac svsa4 time