Bisbee daily review., 1921-02-12
PREDICTS WAR F AGREEMENT
 NUT REACHED
utah Senator Says Capital Ships Are Useless Now;
 Urges Investigation PROGRAM SUPPORTED Polndexter Says |. S.. Will Lose Possessions If
 Construction Ends

WASHINGTON. Feb. II Tho statement that be had receivtd spr. gestions that Great Britain WAS .cir. culating propaganda" in this country to deter American. naval building was made in the senate today bv Senator Borah. Republican of Idaho. during a general debate on disarmament He understood. he said. that the facts were in possession of the nary dc. partment
 Senator PoindeNter. Republican of Washington, author of the senate na. val committees recent adverse re. rort on Senator Borah's suggestion forsa six months naval holiday. in an- swer to a question whether the com. mittee's investigation had disclosed any such situation. replied that there had been some testimony" on the subject but the committee did not believe it should be made public
 lf this information is in the hands of the navy department," Senator Borah said. the congress should have iE We are informed that in the archives. of the navy department there is proof of the propaganda con. ducted by Great Britain. At the same time. We are told that the British am. hassador Is on his way here to suc. sest a disarmament conference"
 Senator Borah again urged that an agreement be reached between the naval powers for reduction of hiild. ing programs and also advocate d careful investigation to det,ylire whether capital ships are tactically obsolete
 Agreement or War
 unless there is an agreement reached between the United States end the powers competing in naval building" he said. ii win lead to wnr inevitably"
 Opinions of American. British. Ger. man and other naval experts that can. ual ships have become obsolete were presented by Senator Borah. He read rom a letter by an American roar admiral retired. who saidA
 Il would stake my life that in a few years surface navy alone can go no. where but to the bottom"
 The name of the officer who wrote the letter. Senator Borah said. would he given to the naval committee. r it desired. This officer he added. also wrote that the United States could never be attacked successfully by a power or combination of>powcrs from overseas.
 Senator PoindeNter. in defending the naval committees report support. ing the capital ship building program declared that if the United States ac. cepted the building postponement plan. it would become at unce a de- feated nation. would lose its insular possessions" and its citizens would be able to travel the seas only upon terms laid down by rival nations.
 Would Save Huge Sum
 Before sitting down with these na- tions at the conference table, he said. the committee feels we should take precautions not to sit down dis. armed. IL the six months suspension were adopted we would lose, In addi. tion. between SlS.000.000 and SsS 900. GOO"
 The senator said he would like to know whether Great Britain would reduce it's fleet to the present strength of the American navy and if Japan would actually stop naval con. Struction. He asserted that the Brit ish main fleet was twice as strong as the American and that Japan would equal the American strength within the next three or four years.
 Senator Smith. Democrat of Geor- gia, suggested that Great Britain give the United States in payment for its war debt. half Of it's navay forces so that the two powers would be equal in strength.