The Cordova daily times., 1921-09-21
BRIT SEA POWER NOW DOUBLES
 AMERICA
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 WASHINGTON. Sept 20 The United States will take long naval chance when it enters the forth coming disarmament conference, ac- cording to statistics of naval strength compiled by naval experts for use by the American delegation to the barley
 If the conference should agree to abandon all present building pro grammes and to maintain the nayiies of the leading nations as they now stand the United States will lose out for on January 1 the United States navy was but half the size of Great Britain's battle fleets and but twice as large as Japan's navy. These comparisons are based on ton mage figures and might be altered by a comparison of fighting effici- ency.
 If the conference decides to let the present building programmes con tinue. then the United States will win.
 The present authorizations of the navies of the world would make the navy of the United States equal to that of Great Britain by 1924 and al most double the size of the Japanese navy. Japan's naval programme does not begin to approach that of the United States, and even her pro- jected but unauthorized programme would not make her navy equal to that of the United States by 1927.
 U. S. HAS NOT ADVANTAGE
 All of these figures however, are based on tonnage. and the naval in telligence service has compiled some interesting statistics as to the CT lative efficiency Of three great navies of the world which do not give the navy of the United States the ad- vantage in fighting efficiency.
 At the present time the British navy has supremacy over the Ameri- can navy in every style of fighting craft while the United States has supremacy over Japan in battle ships and destroyers By 1921. when the American building programme though equal in tonnage strength, will still be outclassed in some of the modern fighting vessels
 If the present programmes gD through. the year 1924 will still find the United States greatly outcIassed by Great Britain in light cruisers. battle cruisers, submarines and air craft carriers. At that time Japan will also outclass the United States in light cruisers and battle cruisers Inasmuch as there is a great diff ference of opinion among naval eX- perts as to the relative value of the hattleship and the light cruisers and battle cruisers it appears from present statistics that the United States stands to be outclassed in major naval weapons by 1924 unless the forthcoming conference decides to put a check upon the present building programmes
 l WILL SHIPS BE JUNKED?
 Japan's naval programme is at the present time largely projected. and it would appear from bare statistics that the Oriental nation stands to lose more than any other nation as tse result of the disarmament con. ference unless there is an agreement to junk some of the vessels that are already in commission
 If there is to be any destruction of vessels hv order of the confer onco, then the United States may again be the loser for this nation has fewer vessels which it can afford to give mp than Great Britain.
 Naval experts are bcwldcrod as they attempt to forecast the chances of the American navy at the hands of the disarmament conference and admit that it is going to be a game of chance all round. zz