The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-10-27
DANIELS ALSO F'AVORS
NAVAL HOLIDAY PLAN
DeclaresHimselffor Worldwide
Agreement to Close Battle
ship Construction for Certain
Period.
Must be Made Sooner or Later
for Economic Reasons, De-
clares Secretary of Navy
Hysteria of Naval Prepare
ton Great Burden.

ATLANTA. GA. oct. 2s.--tAboard
presidents special train en- route to
Mobile l--Secretary of the Navy Dan
iels this afternoon declared himself In
favor of world wide agreement be-
tween all first class nations to close
or curtaii the construction Of battle
ships for a stipulated period. The
secretary's suggestion followed his en-
dorsement of similar proposition
made to Germany by Great Britain's
lord Of the admiralty. winston
Churchill.
Il believe such an agreement must
be made sooner or later fer economic
reasons" declared the secretary. The
hysteria OF naval preparations is PROV
ing too great 4 burden Tor the people.
We ourselves are spending about sl4o,-
o0o. 600 annually on our navy and an
BUT bagatelle compared To what the
great powers of Europe and Japan are
spending with new vessels suppressed
ing and making obsolete all that have
been built before, the world today Is
facing the anomaly ~ making It's navy
less adequate by increasing it>f0r hen
new vessels are built with their more
powerful armament they render use
less the smaller Warships-"
@Booa - Humanity.
Save for coast defense, the secre-
tafy declared that such an agreement,
Joined IN by Germany. England, France.
Russia. Japan and the United states.
would result IN the greatest benefit 20
humanity ia general from an economic
standpoint
Unless some agreement is soon
r,aehcd." he continued, every eltiSeB
will fruratively be carrying soldier
+-.-r t--t--fT-ii
The secretary conferred Informally
with the president Today ala the battle
Snip program Tor the coming year. lie
spent the greater portion OF TIE cay
with I.leutenant-Comm y l.
Jones his aide going over estimates.
Mr. raui@ls II ts-ssiS&s faNoFs a three
hattieship program. ard has SO told
the president Tae latter u is said.
views This plan with favor. bat Is
rather in a auandary because b. does
81 not Know what revenue the new tdfiff
Will Bring
while MIR Daniels favors three. or
az the Ieast two. rev ~Hf vessels, he
will probably NOT ask for an appro-
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