The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-11-19
KITCHIN SEES RUIN.
Defence Plan would Mean bank.
raptcy, He Says.

X e. :.Our nay cd, 10 ,,.,na 40 To-
as Japan's and 10 far .upar;or 70 ,hat
of Gernianv This .,dden radic,, AMI
.~tunendous move 4, goirg 20 .hoct the
civilized world and &c Lord posahsry..
statemen, OF TO-DAY shows viii force
the world again in,o an armed camn
.~rbe m;ii,ar,s,s ava w. ratNnters
NJ every nation viii noint ~ cur CON
d,,c, 90 , rsaso, WIN th,v .hou,a Va
nan' n.r nranarot,n,. y ar,or
.caio ,ha, 80 hnrnra sc,, H.,
,tad only nv tho ability ~ IN. nations
urd.r,ar,rg 10"
Tn ,hesa words Ra,ras.n,a,,v. c,aud.
Ei,chin v,bn viii ha ,ho mo inr,ty ,s,der
~ he uoms. ~ e,ra,en,ativ ~ m.
coming session 81 Congress assailed the
Aan,in,s, p, a da,anc. nrogran,w.
to'daw Ne con,,rmsd.
..,T,i. ~. 80 nrn.rr. -, Nr
yy1son's ,ncreass. our nayai annro,ria
zion. MANI times moro than the in
cr.aso hv carn.,v In tho Ave y.ars
nrs.sJ,rg ,b. Emrnnsa, war and Ills
TO- thn s,orn,ous ~sxrendi,urs ~ s1oo :
oOo ma mar. than the ~combined in.
craas. in naya, ~nendi OF ali the
mr,.d,ata,y nrecedirg ,hs Es,ronean
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u - Tre"' NV '"
"Militarlsts abroad know. IL our peo-
pie dc not, that our navy to-day Is
twice as large as Japan's and that It
is far superior 10 that of Germany.
This is the absolute fact, n II 10
not TO be lied away by such a false
and deceitful publication rs the Navy
Year Book. which is issued by our Navy
Department. or by any statements of
the so-called 'patriotic' defence leagues
hat are now playing the game of the
war trafickers and the people who
want TO make their millions by the
sale of munitions to our Government.
II cannot listen with n patience
whatever to this talk that we are un
prepared, beouse l know from per
sonal experience in Congress and by
"Syhv even our naval officers admit
II. Take Admiral Fletcher' tne heao
of the Atlantic fleet. whose opinion sec
rotary Daniels SAID ne wouiu Nt"eI
have than that or any other once oI
person In the world Auhiirai FIe'cheI
declared III ms tes.iI""n. r%p ~,
Naval THIS year Ihat oul
navy was superior 10 urtl Oh po'niah.
and every other country eAcep' u'o
Britain. ANYBODY VINO wants !" as
sure himself or 'his nee" OH. ~
to the printed reports OF tne nearlhss
We held upon the OF oecre.
tary Daniels II Is a pubic oocuhen'
and anybody can get IT,
AS a matter or fact' takins INC test'
laid down by naval experts OF the worIa
no one can deny mat our navy wa
superior to that OF Germany ar tne oe'
ginning Of the war since Which iin'
Germany has LOST many OF us vessels
one OF Its finest armored cruisers. WIZ
a speed of twenty knots' penng SUM ps
a British ubmarihe WIN nearly ne'
entire crew, not three weeks ago. since
the beginning or the war IL mas 10
only lost many vessels WINE We, d. Wv
last session of authorized tht
biggest building programme eIer 'ope.
In the history OF the country which tic'
| our people do moi seem 10 understand
-
ME A"$"se '"
.-ro t,dpe nv much of the current
| talk YOU would think that the Wilson
Naturalization has lone nothing for tn,
navy. Here are the facts, when wisi
could he placed in the hands of every
Anarican citizen:
.,Tbe building programme of the first
,u,o years of the Wilson Administrator
douhled the appropriations for the las,
,wo years of Mr.. Taft's Administration
and comprised IS, OOO, 900, more money
than was voted in the entire -four year,
~ me hellIgerent Mr.. Roosevelt's second
| ADMINISTRATOR. Indeed, in the first two
| vears of Mr.. Wilson'S term We voted
| practically as much money for the navy
as was voted throughout the whole foul
wears when Mr.. Taft was in office. More