The Washington times., 1922-04-14
j. 5. F|GUR[s0N.
navy REJECTED,
R0GERSC CLAIMS.
Congressman Bays Little Navy
Men Are In League With
British and Japs.
BY CORNELIUS vANDERBLT, Jr.
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by CORNELIUS vANDERBILT, Dr.,
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That advocates of the reduced
navy are In league with officials
of the imperial Japanese and British
emba safes Ia the belief of Congress
man John Jacob Rogers OF Massa-
chusetts. VI &
Furthermore, Congressman Rogers
adds that to the best OF his knowi-
edge, the members OF the House
who are now voiubly attacking the
United States navy, received their
propaganda" directly from the
embassies of those two foreign gov
sernments. That Is the reason he
believes, by which Chairman Kelley
is directly securing his personal in
formation for his brazor attack to
reduce our naval personnel away
below the b-5-3 ratio.
"The outcome of the limitation,
conferences made Il essential for us
TO know the exact personnel figures
of the nayies of Great Britain and
Japan" said Congressman Rogers,
shortly after the debate in the
House.
In Touch with Embassies
30 IHs DfOpSf ORtiSidls Oi out wv.
erment offered these figures to
Chairman Kelly's committee, but 1
know for a positive fact that Mr..
Kelly secured the information that
he bases as correct, from no other
place than the embassies OF the
two Imonarchiai countries with whom
we are now allied. II Mr.. Kelley
viii take information from other
governments, and refuse TO listen
TO that of his own government.
bow can we In justice TO our ma:
tion reduce the navy that the
treaty allowed us7a -
'Bssfdes. the 5.5-3 agreement
said nothing about personnel. ft's
the, man behind the gun that
counts In an emergency. We un-
Iderstand from United States naval
officials that the 5-5.s plan was
worked out according TO ratios Of
ship tonnage.
Nothing was mentioned about
ratios in man.power. Actual ship
tonnage means nothing when II
comes to manning the ships. But
man.power is everything In case OF
trouble.
How can we be certain that this
back-door" gossip of Mr.. Kelly's
COMMITTEES was not put there as a
blind by the two great empires In
order to have us reduce away
below their mah-power?' II would
be decided advantage for EngiAnd
and Japan to have our navy, most
of IL, drawn up on the bench.
There are four reasons for
which this naval reduction bill
ought NOT 20 go through. The first
and most important is because Con-
aressnsn Kelly has neye inouired
directly OF our Naval Department
as to it's information on the per-
sonnei plans Of Great E,ritain and
Japan.
No Reference to strength.
!, The second reason is that in. the
1,10o-psge volumne of naval heAsings
on this hin there isn't a single ref
erence to the correct strength of
the British and Japanese fleets.
The, third Is that when Colonel
Roosevelt, Assistant Secretary of
the Navy, and others undertook TO
submit the correct information TO
the Kelley committee Congressman
Kelley waved aside their evidence.
And the fourth reason is that 4
know fora positive fact that Kelley
has been personally In direct com
munication with naval and military
officials Of both the Japanese and
British embassies jn orier 10 ascar-
tain from them how many men
they are going to keep in their
treaty navy