Evening journal., 1918-12-31
huge j. 5. navy IF
WORLD LEAGUEFAILS
Control of Sea Vital Unless
Armaments Are Limited.
Says Daniels
SPEAKS TO THE.
NAVAL COMMITTEE

I. ternational armament Is established, the
:. United States must build the greatest
navy in the world Secretary Daniels
I. yesterday told the House Naval Com
= mittee
1T is my firm conviction" declared
the Secretary, that il the conference at
/. Versailles does not result In general
e agreement to put an end to naval build
sng on the part Of all nations, then the
;, United States must bend her Will and
2 bend her energies, must give her men
d. and give her money-to the task OF the
(. creation Of incomparably the greatest
I. navy in the world"
+ With the completion Of the proposed
!. new three-year building program. add
ing 30 dreadnaughts, battle cruisers,
/. 10 scout cruisers and f30 smaller craft
! to the fleet, America VIII still rank sec
!, ond Ia naval strength TO Great Britain,
said the Secretary, who appeared before
!. The committee to make his final recon-
= mendations for the 1920 naval bill,
(. which the committee IS considering
+. Does the President back the policy
: to make us the first naval power in the
= worldgr asked Representative Kelley, OF
+. Michigan.
T. "Yes, II competitive building is to
: continue" said Mr.. Daniels. I'VE are
{. now easily the second naval power, but
+, this program win not make US the
Nrst.n
, ,StS Power 90 Curtal Building.
: The naval secretary said that If
. league Of nations is established America
/. must provide a large part Of a world
. police force necessary 10 enforce the
. lcaeue's DEGREES. He added, however,
F. that with such league formed Il would
not be necessary TO carry out the full
(, construction program and asked the
. committee TO include In the bill iegis-
. lation empowering the President to stop
construction at his discretion II an in
d. fernafional agreement should make
. limitation Of armament q certainty
Il would like 90 let tile world know
4. that we are tremendously Interested In
the Presidents proposition for redye-
ton OF armament declared the Sscre-
IN reducing from ssOoOOOGsd 10 $780,
0ooO0O the amount askedsf0r work on
the new building ,prosSm during the
wear. beginninS<hext July. Secretary
Daniels said tbSt some further construc-
ton was NECESSARY because we want
some morf modern ships in our police
force.
Mr. Xniels gave the committee a re-
n>-< showing the relative strengths OF
ihe nayles Of the leading nations OF the
world Figures for the Japanese navy
were not available Il was said. Great
Britain has in operation, or building 6i
hattleships. i3 battle cruisers, 81 heavy
cruisers IA light cruisers, PIG patrol
and gun boats. 400 destroyers, PIG sub
marines. % torpedo boats, - flotillaI
leaders. 220 airships and s91 miscel-
ianeous ships.
The United states. with the second
: largesi navy In the world has built or
protected 30 battleships, battlecruis-
q ers $ armored cruisers, i0 light cruis-
nrS 3i2 deslroyers. 81 submarines. 10
. roast torpedo vessels II torpedo boats
. and $50 other vessels
F-ance has % battleships. u cruisers,
!. light cruisers % desiroyers i2i tor
z pedo boats 20 submarines. 80 sirships
: and iS3 other croft Italy has IS battle
. -hips. Z cruisers. 30 light cruisers, 3
+. monitors i5 il0tilla leaders. "a destroy
ors So torpedo boats. 50 submarines. 30l
. sirships and ii2 miscellaneous vessels.
Russia before quitting the war, had
2 g battleships, Z battle cruisers, ~
T. 'eavy and light cruisers. t2S destroy
r 4"s t75 torpedo boats, 2i3 submarines
( lnd 56i miscellaneous vessels.
Besides the reduction for the new
: building program. the Secretary sub
. 1ilicd new estimates reducing The total
asked for the navy during the next year
Z io See5 100000 The original estimates
+ nbmitied to Congress, drawn while the
p. war was in progress. totalled S266i,-
= 307 600 Pay Of the navy under the
8 new estimates, would amount 10 SILL
100000 the secretary recommending no
= permanent increase 10 personnel, hut
sking for a temporary Increase TO 2j0.-
100 men until after the peace confer
ence. when a definite policy as 10 the
permanent establishment can be formed.
A huge increase in personnel was con-
lcmplated IL the war had continued. the
estimates originally calling for S579,-
10000
The principal reductions included the
elimination Of the following items: New
Batteries, sii5.0O0OO0; to,pedoes and
appliances, Si25,0OOOOO: and reserve
ordnance supplies SI7, ,609.ii2. Reduc-
iions were made in all items remaining
n the bill. the most important being
ordnance. S2i.04iO0O: provisions Siii,-
553OO0; naval emergency fund, Sit5,-
49, O00 medical department S3,750,-
100: repairs, S37 10000; engineering,
$50, 100000
SS6Oo0,OOO for Aviation.
The principal amounts recommended
include aviation S36,0O0OO0; ordnance,
S53, $4,000; provisions, S59,79OOOO:
emergency fund. SCI SD. 600: medical
department, S3.55OO00; repair Of ships.
S37, 10000 and engineering. s35000.-
coo.
In urging the adoption by Congress
Of the new three-year building program,
Secretary Daniels said the program wssi
conservative" He also said that con-
structi0n OF big ships. DELAYED during
The war 50 that small craft TO fight sub
marines could be built. will be pushed
as rapidly as possible
1T is our duty TO consider the obli-
cations imposed upon America II the
Peace Conference now occupied at Yer
sailles completes its work constructive
~ and satisfactory. as we all hope n
will do" said Mr. Daniels Let us as
sumo that this conference VIII give
birth 10 some plan looking toward
concert OF the nations for the main
tenance Of peace. It VIII be some man
aer OF body to which differing nations
will perforca submit their differences
FOR ADJUDICATION and which Will be SUI
aciently powerful 20 induce acceptance
" its decisions when they shall be
made HacE of that must lie a tee