Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1912-03-13
MILLIONS FOR
DREADNAUGHTs
Powers Spending Huge
Sums for Additions
to Navies

comprehensive program for increas-
ing her fleet ard other nations, iu-
Guiding some OF the South American
republics, are planning Tor heavy if-
creases in their ornaments aflolt
As far as Europe is concerned All
this vast expenditure OF money and
energy 81 based on fear that q great
conflict Is az hand England S fear
lies iu the direction of Germany
German apprehension is horn Of the
Morocco trorblc OF last year and APP
plies to both England and France
Japan finds cause for d.sgausfa
ton and worry in the knowledge
that her alliance with ENGLAND is not
10 apply whenever a nation with
which England has an arbitration
treaty iucurs japanese cnmity Fur
Their ground Tor Japanese fears Is
found in the virtual oopartnership
existing between England and Russia
and the disposition OF England 10
give Russia pretty free hand in
I Central Asia and the Far Fast
Russia wants Italy TO take means
to end the war with Turkey on ac-
count Of the agitation It has caused
in the balkans. The control oi tho
Mediterranean is threatened, accord
ing 10 one widely accepted view. and
Austria and Italy are worried
twenty-five or thirty years ago the
only real navy In the world wa, Eng
lnd's. When naval construction be
came a passion with other great pow
ers England kept ahead OF them un-
der her consistent policy OF having
her construction equal tp tbat of her
Two closest competitors BOO tho iu-
ereas" OF fleets
some OF the ufhne powers. Notably
Germany have made rapid strides
toward perfection &C son strength
and ENGLAND has been concerned
Lately. with the cost Of government
augmented 10 an alarm'u. dg-rpo.
GLCIand has found the burden OF ar
.mamonts a bit too heavy for COM
fort. aud there las been a disposition
10 believe in many quarters that il
the thing could Dee done In q proper
way IL was time 10 call a halt.
Recent events have indicated that
England will welcome some arrange
ment among the powers for a limita
| ton Cf naval ornaments Hu, thlt
she will 20 TO any extreme OF cypcr-
diture to outbulld Germany or any
other nation unless the present fever
or construction is reduced 10 normal
was made plain in Mr. ChurchiIIs
Glasgow speech.
Getmany's original program for
the immediate future contemplated
the construction of eighteen dread
noJghts and large number of small
or vessels In six wears. This. Il Is
now understood. has been modified
20 provide for the constr elton Of
/ fifteen dreadnouahts
She has nine Groaduouahis ready.
five launched and seven on the
s'avs. and 10 this total Of tVentv-one
must be added fhp fifteen or ciehtoen
10 D, constructed making thirty
/ six or thirty-niuo that win Boz COM
priscd r. the flee, along arort 1920
Great Britain has sixteen dread
.nrrgh.s i'm commission wish ,'rht
launched and Sis BOO The earlier STAGES
LOT construction
The future u.,-r.... m.lf.l..r flus
|,,ar's construction bias NOT n,op an
rom,ed. and its sr0pr win dapepd ON
what other nations. and par,isuiarlt
Germany intend On do. To IN, thirty
british drcadroushts built or build
Ing must be- added Two that are nom.
Iiually colonial
Tho I.,t,.5 e,.,.. t,. "a, Ia,
,or.h,s ,tt ,,.a 80. -
Ir,....r,.,... ... ,.,I go. - =.
H.. l,il. do. a., ,l,. 90, ..,,. =, ~
-. ........., 80 ~
wear making a total of tom
Russia has po dra,dpopebis H.
commission brt four have be,n
Launched three are updor wav and
In is rep5rtad that fopr mora arc N
In, au,bor,,ed in 1879 Jonap has
two ready with two NOR. l,,pc,o1
land five r,Jsr INV
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