The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-02-12
HOUSE PASSES
BIG NAVAL BILL
BY 2S1-5O VOTE
3 Year Building Plan Put
Through on Spur of Will
son Despatch.
CABLE STILL SECRET
81 Republicans Side With
Democrats in FavOring
Rule to Consider.
MANN GIVES WARNING
Measure Will Be Construed as
Threat Against Britain,
He Asserts,
CABLE STILL SECRET
MANN GIVES WARNING
Sp,cial Dcspateh to THE sux.

Special Despatch to THE suS.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 11.-Responding to
the spur of the Presidents mysterious
cable the House passed late to-day the
STAG. .oo0, 900 naval bill, including the
three year building programme, which
is to be- put into effect only II in the
opinion Of the President adequate pro-
vision for international disarmament
shall not have been made through
League of Nations prior to June. 1890.
The Anal vote on the measure was
PSI for. so against and voting Pres
ent." The real test Of strength came
earlier. when the House adopted spe-
cial rule permitting consideration OF
the building programme and Its at
tendant proviso. This vote, which fol-
lowed a furore Of protest from Repub-
lican leaders. showed 2o5 for the rule.
las against and 8 voting Present" 4
Debate was concluded without bring
Ing before the House the wording Of tho
Presidents cable, but not until Repub-
lican leaders had told the House that
the adoption OF the proviso would be
accepted the world over as a threat
cepted joyously as such by Germany.
Reveals Wilson'S Purpose.
Representative Fess (Ohio) further
informed the House that he and several
other Representatives had been apprised
before the Presidents departure that the
latter Intended to use Just such q club
II necessary to force = League Of Ma
tiors with power to regulate arma-
ments.
Some Senate leaders reiterated to-day
after learning OF the action OF the House
their previous declaration that they
would no. per1!t the bill 10 come Ia
vote unless the exact wording OF the
Presidents cable Is made public and
will not include any discretionary
powers to be exercised by the President
so far as the building programme IL
concerned II Is considered probabl.
that upon his return to tnis country ar
opportunity will be given to Presiden,
Wilson by Senate leaders to explain
exactly what was In his mind when he
cabled that the failure OF the three yea,
programme would be fatal to my nego.
tiations."
Only one change was made In tn,
building programme as finally adopted
An amendment by Representative Hum
/ phries (Miss.) was passed extending
from February /. 1920, to June 80 o.
that year the prohibition against letting
| of contracts This was adopted in com
mittee of the whole by a rising vote o
! s8 to ~.
I Fifteen Democrats voted with the Re
publicans against adoption OF the rul
permitting consideration Of the pro
Sramme and thirty-seven Republican
voted with the Democrats in favor o
the rule.
Republican support.
| Republicans voting for the rule wer
Austin. Britton. Browning. Butler, Clas
son. Cooper. Copley. Crage, Curry, Dal
linser. Fairchld, Farr. Fesr. Freeman
Fuller, Gries,, Hadley. Hicks. Kelle,
Kiess. Lampert, Lufl<in. Macarthur. Nc
Culioch, Miller, NORM. Mudd. Nichol:
Nolan. Osborne. Peters. Rogers. Schal
Smith tMich), Temple. Woods an
Zihlmann.
Democrats voting against the rul
were l|ankhead, Black. Claypool. Die,
DoughtOn, Hamlin. Hiliard, Hudd'estor
Kelly, Lea. Saunders. Sherwood, 'Assor
Steagall and Stephens.
Representative Mann Tl) in closin
the debate said the adoption OF the pro
yiso would be construed as threa
against Great Britain.
! Every German In Germany or else
! where will say the Allies are now quar-
rellInR among themselves and this wi
be the gladdest piece Of news that ha
leaked into Germany In many day.
he said
IT do not believe the contents OF tina
cablegram justify me in voting for th'
proposition" said Representative Lone
worth (Ohio). "I believe the time ha
come when the House should vote wit
full knowledge of the facts.
I'VE recently listened to an eloquer
eulogy OF one statesman by another On
of the most significant lines In ths
Grafton was this statement: He had n
secrets from the American people Tt
morrow we will celebrate the birthda
OF another statesman. Abraham Lincol'
who had no secrets from the America
people. We have had other President
who had no secrets from the America
people. Would to God we had one now
Apprehepsive Of situation.
1--WE find proposed in this body" sal
Representative Reavis (Neb.), IN,
peace terms that will crystalline OF
purpose In this war but measure thu
J will mean n contest between the tv
nations that by race and language ar
tradition are natural allies-not a pr,
posal that looks for permanent and pc
petual peace. but a proposal which lool
10 alcontest between England ana Anne
ica as TO which shall be the most wa
J like upon the sea. I wish that the Pres
: dent Instead of occupying a summit b.
: yond and above the ordinary affairs
: life. with his eyes fastened on the sta
I dreaming OF a Utopia and a short cut
, the millennium, would look down into Il