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| adopted the Borah amendment to the
naval appropriation bill which for a
time was opposed by the administra-
tion, and there is little doubt that the
house will accept its inclusion in the
measure and that the President will
give it his approval. The amendment
authorizes and requests the President
to invite the governments of Great
/ Britain and Japan to confer with the
| United States for the purpose of
promptly entering into an understand.
ing by which the naval expenditures
and building programs of the three
nations shall be substantially reduced
annually during the next five years.
1t is believed President Harding will
issue the call for the conference at an
early date after the navy bill becomes
law.
The senate rejected the plan of the
naval affairs committee for the estab-
lishment of navy base at Alameda,
in San Francisco bay, to cost $1OO,OOO,-
wv, the opposition including several
senators who asserted the plan was Il
real estate deal. Later the regulars"
regained control and the committees
amendment providing for an enlist
ment strength of 10000 for the navy
was adopted. The house bill reduced
the number to 100000. Altogether the
senate bill carries about $1OO,OOO,OOO
more than the house measure, and it
may be tied up in conference for some
time. One feature that may cause de-
lay is the restoration of the appropria-
tlon for the navy yard at Charleston,
| S. c. This apparently induced many
Southern senators to vote for the in
crease in enlisted strength.
President Harding journeyed to
New York on the Mayfower early in
the week and took part in memorial
services on the piers Of Hoboken for
more than five thousand American SOL
diers who died abroad and whose
bodies had just been brought home.
Standing before jhe long rows of flag
draped cottins, the President delivered
an address notable for pathos and
sentiment. He said: Il find a hundred
thousand sorrows touching my heart,
and there is ringing in my ears, like
| an admonition eternal, an insistent
| call-'It must not be again! 1t must
not be again! God grant that it will
mot be, and let practical people Join
in cooperation with God to the end
that it shall not be.
Il would not wish a nation for
which men are not willing to fight, and
if need be to die, but l do wish for
a nation where it is not necessary to
ask for that sacrifice"
In the evening Mr.. Harding attend
ed banquet of business and financial
leaders, to whom he said his aspira-
tion was to inaugurate an era Of un-
derstanding between the government
and the people and between nations.
in Washington it is taken for cer-
tain that President Harding will nom-
mate William Howard Taft to be
chief justice of the Supreme court of
the United States and, indeed, the
nomination may be announced before
this Is read. Mr.. Harding let Mr.. Taft
know that he was his choice, and Mr..
Taft permitted word to go back to the
White House that he would be glad to
accept. There can be no criticism of
the Presidents selection.
Intense and general interest was
aroused by the attempt Of American
golfers to carry off the British anna
teur championship in the tournament
at Hoylake, Liverpool. An excellent
team went across for the purpose. and
in the preliminary foursomes and in
dividual matches it made fine show.
ing. But in the tournament those
young experts, Evans, Jones, Ouimet
and the rest, went down one after an
other. Only one lasted to the sixth
round-Frederick ]. Wright of Bos-
ton, who had been considered perhaps
the weakest man on the team.
Postmaster General Hays has abol-
ished the Burleson censorship Of the
press, which had been in force for
three years. The ruling was made in
announcing the admission OF the Lib.
orator. a radical publication, to second
class mailing privileges. Mr.. Hays
ruled that If publication of public
character is mailable under the law at
all it is entitled to the second class
rate. but if it is not mailable it should
be excluded from the mails en- irely.
II it IS reasonable Its proprietors
should be prosecuted.