The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-02
Get Appropriations Not to Exceed $6,O00,000 for En- larging Several Navy Yards
FIGHT FOR MARE ISLAND NAVY YARD
 EXTENSION IS LOST
Brooklyn Also Loses-Pacif- ists Rally to Support of Hensley Amendment and Retain It as Part of Bill

Washington, June 1.-Advocates of greater preparedness than is provided by the naval bills as reported by the com mittee won some victories today in the propriations not to exceed $6,OOoOo0 for enlarging the navy yards at New Dr. leans, Charleston, Norfolk, Boston Portsmouth, N. H.. Philadelphia and Pu- get Sound Capital ships would be con structed at the Puget Sound and Nor folk, Philadelphia and Boston yards. An amendment designed to lower the enlist ment period in the navy from four to three years and to permit man to en- ter the reserve after one years service also was adopted.
 Unsuccessful fights were made for ap- propriations totalling $1,OOOOOO for the improvement of the Mare Island and Brooklyn navy yards.
 HENSLEY RESOLUTION STANDS
 An unsuccessful fight was led by Rep resentative Gardner of Massachusetts against the section of the bill embracing the Hensley resolution authorizing par ticipation by the United States in the establishment of an international court for the enforcement of peace The sec tion was retained without roll call in the House sitting as committee of the whole
 Pacifsts, so-called little navy men. and many advocates of general prepared ness rallied to the support of the sec ton. Speaker Clark took the floor and aroused enthusiasm by declaring the section was the best feature of the bill
 The Hensley section of the measure would appropriate $2OO, ,OOOi and provide for the appointment of nine men by the President at the close of the European war, to enter into negotiations with other countries for establishment of an international court to enforce peace. It was placed in the bill as a compromise when 1t appeared that tie opponents of a greater navy would not support the com mittee measure.
 Representative Gardner declared the plan could not be carried out, and that IL lnc CilitGu holdtSo lldu Dt6H d pdl ty to such an agreement in 1914 Congress would not have voted to send the coun- try's quota of 5O00O0 men abroad to aid in the enforcement of peace.
 MT. Gardner wanted to know whether the United States would arbitrate the Monroe doctrine if it were assaled,, the Chinese question, and others, That brought the speaker to his feet
 SPEAKER TALKS
 q would not take the time of this committee if I did not believe that this is the most important section of this bill," said the speaker. "The gentleman from Massachusetts wants to know if we ever could arbitrate the Monroe doc Urine. No, we never will arbitrate 1t while the earth spins on its axis. It is the only political proposition that all the American people ever did agree upon. He wants to know if we will ever ar bitrate questions of war and peace. Mo-; hope we never will be engaged in another war, and if we attend to our own business I don't think we ever will No nation is foolish enough to attack us and if one does it will get whipped.
 T don't believe that great nations will stand much longer for the policy of pill ing up armament on land and sea. This will only come to an end by conferences. We are the people to make this sug- gestion. We are the richest nation, we have the largest homogeneous popula- ton, and we are not afraid of anybody"
 An, dr,,an hIr tof nett of New York looking to the imme- date appointment of delegates to an in- ternatonal peace court was defeated by large majority.
 The final vote will be taken on the bill tomorrow afternoon. Most of the repub- lican members plan to vote with their packed travelling cases near at hand and then rush from the chamber to trains for Chicago.