The New York herald., 1922-04-10
violates Treaty Provision.

In connection with the British figures,
naval officers explaining that the discrep-
ancics tina. have been appearing for sew
eral days are due to the fact that while
the British navy to-day has 10000 men,
it is the intention to reduce the man
power to 104.000 as soon as the naval
treaty goes into effect. and then, within
a year. to $1,000. which is the same
number asked for by Secretary DENLY.
1--WE r<~,tain that both the spirit and
the letter OF the naval treaty are violated
by the provisions OF this BILL" the minor
ity members reported. "It neither main
tains an adequate. efficient navy, nor
uphoids our proportion in the 5-5-3 ratio.
We believe its paper economies to DC
illrsory in principle and dangerous In
practice.
I'm view OF the economic situation and
OF the unusual and onerous burdens that
will confront our national Treasury In
the coming year, and with the under
standing that we are not fcrming a
precedent In disregard to the treaty
ratio. we recommend that the enlisted
personnel Of the navy for tho next fiscal
wear be fixed at 10000 men and 5000
apprentices, and that adequate provision
be made TO maintain the navy on this
basis"
Representative Britten. who Is the
ranking Republican member OF the
Naval Affairs Committee. declared that
mo log rolling pork barrel extfavagance
during my ten years in Congress mas
been so wasteful ard Ill timed as this
reckless decentralization OF the navy un-
der the cloak OF economy"
He issued long statement anaiyzing
the features OF the bill and condemning
the appropriations committee for making
such a drastic cut
..Tn the interest OF world safety our
ships must be maintained at the very
highest point OF efficiency. and yet we
find a Congressional committee willing
to force upon the country much smaller
ratio OF mon per ship than even Japan
would countenance or England has.
would Make Navy n joke.
81 do not believe the country Will
stand for this wholesale scuttling OF the
navy and the quicker il Is aroused to
indignation the better.
"The appropriation bill would almost
Immediately throw SO per cent. OF the
enlisted men out OF service and go thor
oughly destroy the morale of the balance
that our navy would become a joke as
world protector.
"should q limitation OF $1,000 men he
the shutting down OF practically every
yard and station on tho Atlantic coast,
aud the concentration OF our forces IN
the Pacific. II would mean the curtail-
mert OF protection for the Panama
Canal. American interests and trade
In China. as well as in Central America
would be hampcred. The invaluable
work being done IN Europe. in the Mcdi-
terranean and Black seas for the expan-
sion and protection OF American trade
would have TO bc discontinued for lack
or men.
."rhc $1,000 enlisted men win allow
but ono hospital ship for tho entire
navy aviation. the very backbone Of
our new national defense. would be
limited to 2.2nn men ashore and anoat.
= most ridiculous comparison with the
numbers carried IN foreign aviation
forces.
students and enlisted personnel IN
trade schools would be cut TO 500 while
men under training at the various sta
tions would be cut to less than 3.2o0 and
would. of course. necessitatc the prac-
tical abandonment OF every training sta
tion Nv the United states.
"Our ridiculously balanced navy would
have TO get along With two colllers. one