The copper era and Morenci leader., 1919-08-22
us. PUSHES BRITAIN. FOR FIRST POSITION AS A NAVAL POWER
With Thirteen More Battieships And Six Battle Cruisers Soon To Be Com pIeted, She Will Be Rival For Su- premacy.

Washington, August 2O.-The rapid rise of the United States as naval power during the past two years is graphically demonstrated in figures showing the sea strength of the vari- GUS world powers, compiled by the Navy Department Bureau of Naval Intelligence.
 They show that the United States, closely pressed by France in 1917 for its place as third naval power in the world, is now second only to Great Britain and is pushing to completion . building programme that will make the American Navy, for the first time in recent history, formidable con tender for first naval honors.
 A little more than tw0 years ago, the figures show, Germany then sec ond naval power, boasted more than 100 more ships of all ciasaes than the United States, with a total ton mage exceeding that of the American >avy by nearly 20es09e tons. sGrssI r 1,r- ianss fleet at that time numbered a total of 6S0 ships, aggregatinz K 575,564 tons as compared with Ger
 many E 262 ships and 1,05S, ,240 tons and the United States 163 ships and ss0,O17 tons.
 Japan Passes France
 Today Germany, now in third place among naval powers, has paper" navy of 450 ships of all types, totalling s26,6 ,637 tons. These figures do not in- clude German vessels surrendered to the Allies or Russian vessels in the hands of the Germans Regarded from the standpoint of fighting eff ciency as distinguished from number of ships and tonnage Germany is out classed by both France and Japan, her navy being composed almost en- tirely of old and obsolete vessels. The pride of Germany's sea power was surrendered to the Allies at Scapa Flow, where many of the ships were sunk by their officers and crewsr
 Japan, fifth naval power in 1917 has passed France and Germany and now ranks ncxt to the United States in fighting sea strength. The actual standing of the naval powers of the world today from the standpoint Of modern fighting strength, according to the Navy Departments figures, is Great Britian, United States, Japan, France Germany Russia and Italy.
 The completion of all vessels now building and projected will add to the British Navy 219 ships totalling 50O,,- 900 tons, as compared with 349 ships and 1,116,39S tons for the United States; 24 ships and 167 200 tons for Japan and 13 ships and 96,0OO tons for Germany, according to the most au- thentic figures available at the Navy Department. +
 The completion of the present build in, ,,.fs rammes matt of a'::ut t-rae years, will find the chief naval Iowers of the world with the follow 1ng relative strengths: Great Britian s55 ships aggregating 2,772,542 tons;; United States, eos ships totalling g. 117 ,92p tons; Japan 170 ships 7S5,339 tons; France, 235 ships, 719 237 tons; and Germany 463 ships measuring s23, ,4S7 tons.
 As a result of the great torpedo boat destroyer building programme carried out by the United States dur ing the war the American Navy now includes more than 150 destroyers of the fastest and latest type, with near ly 200 more building or contracted for. Great Brftian owns about 425 of this type of vessel, many of them old and of little modern naval value, and has about no building or authorized. Jap am owns forty modern destroyers ac- cording to best available figures, and has about twenty under construction. Germany's destroyers force has been so reduced as to make it a negligible