Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 10, 1916, Page 6

i s P S S | 5 to the department any additional or $—A U. 5. NAVY MUST CONTINUE T0 GROW Daniels 8ays Limitation of Armaments Only Alterna- tive to Big Increase. ASKS A FORTY.TWO SHIPS Washington, Dec. 9—Until all na- tions agree to reduce their armament, the United States must continue to increase its naval power, Secretary Daniels declares in his annual report, made public tonight, and which urges | that funds be appropriated at once to | begin building forty-two additional |designed and built by the navy and | now under test may solve the prob- ships. “I feel it my duty to warn as solemnly as | may,” the secretary says after reciting the huge expenditures for the navy authorized at the last session of congress, “against danger that lies in a possible feeling on the part of our people that the navy has now been attended to, has been placed where it belongs, among the great navies of the world, and there is nothing further to be done. Complacent retrospection is the father of dry rot. We have made a magnifi- cent beginning, but that it must not be forgotten by the public that the same intelligent appreciation of our needs, the same willingness to pro- vide for these needs, must be shown this year and every succeeding year if we are to finish what we have com- menced.” Hopes for Limitation, Secretary Daniels recalls that the 1917 appropriation bill carries pro- vision for a possible limitation of armament agreement. “I earnestly hope the time is not far distant when this act of congress will result in such an agreement,” he continues, “and that the nations of carth will have the statesmenship to devise effective means of preserving the world’s peace without constantly building ever increasing dreadnaughts at ever increasing cost, Until that hour arrives the United States cannot safely adopt any policy other than acter to insure the early completion of the program of construction.” The report touches briefly on many activities of the Navy department and | commends highly the new organiza- tion and co-ordination that is being effected by Admiral Benson, chief of | operations. In addition to the report | of the general board, a full statement | by Admiral Benson is appended,| showing the rapid progress being | made in every line of development. The most disappointing feature of the year, according to the general board |and Admiral Benson, has been the slow progress with development of naval aircraft. The board recommends a new | organization of the flying service un- |der a directing officer in the office of the | have been ordered. the chief of operations, While ad- mitting the slowness of aeronautical development, Admiral Benson ex- presses the hope that a big machine lems encountered. The report shows that the navy| now has seventeen aeroplanes in active service and that sixty more In addition sev- eral French and British made ma- chines have been ordered. Battleship Sfill Backbone. 3 In its brief review of the European | war, the general board finds nothing | to warrant modification of its previous | belief that the battleship is * the back- | bone of the sea power of a nation.” For this reason, the report adds, thei board has determined that the num-| ber, power and size of the guns to be laced aboard new batleships should | e increased without sacrificing armor, speed or cruising radius,{ Larger ships must be built to ¢ontain all these characteristics, the report continues, and for the 1918 ships the board has recommended “the most powerful battery which it believes can be constructed having due regard|to the present state of the art of build- ing heavy ordnance in this country.” It is shown that the batteries de- cided upon to meet these requirementl will be twelve sixteen-inch, 50- caliber guns for each ship. A test gun is now being built. Discussing enlistments in the navy, Secretaty Daniels shows that cqn- gress has authorized an immediate in- crease of 26,000 men, only 2,324 of Iwhom have been obtained. “Here again lie new and serious that of continuing the policy of stead- ily increasing its naval strength.” Picturing the result of construction now contemplated, Secretary Daniels says the main fighting elements of the fleet, completed and in commission in 1921, will be twenty-seven dread- naughts of the first line, lu!?ported by six battle cruisers, twenty-five sec- ond line battleships, thirteen scout cruisers, 108 destroyers, twelve fleet submarines and 130 coast defense sub- mersibles. While there is no possibil- ity of predicting what rank among the naval powers the country will then take, he adds, the authorization of such a program has been accepted a8 assurance that the United States has definitely embarked on the policy of building an adequate navy. Yards and Men Scarce, The secretary devotes much atten- tion to discussion of the problems en- countered by the department in get- ting the new ships laid down. Build- ing facilities and skilled labor are lacking, he says, and the program he has recommended for 1918, featured bly the three bllllelhifl and one bat- tle cruiser, will tax private and public rhnn to their utmost even with the increased building equipment author- ized for navy yards. It was for that reason, the secretary adds, that, he did not follow the general board's recommendation and urge that the four of the six remaining battleships of the three-year program and both of the battle cruisers be laid down at once. Asks More Auxiliaries, The board states in itsyreport ac- companying that of the secretary, that its information as to building facil indicate the 1918 program outlined could be built. It also recommends the addition of twelve mine sweepers, one lupfily ship and two' scagoing tugs to the total of the 156-ship three- year program. Secretary Daniels indicates clearly the difficulties faced by the depart- ment, however, in the following language: “fiw 1ast naval bill does not ive extraordinary powers in connection with placing the contracts for these vessels or in obtaining materials for their construction. It is hoped that the necessity will not arise of having to ask for such powers, as a number of ship builders and manufacturers have shown an attitude of willingness to assist the department in meeting the unusual situation created by the desire of the country to commence and to expedite an entirely unprecedented naval program at a time when the in- dustrial resources of the country are already taxed to their utmost capacity in meeting the demands of tremendous trade activity, both domestic and for- | eign, in every branch of business. It problems,” he says, “more than or- dinary methods must be used to per- suade young men to decline countless opportunities jopening before them in commercial life in favor of service with the eovernment, “Were it not for the gratifying re- sults in enlistments already shown, as a result of the policy of the last few years of offering educational advan- tages, panicularly along technical lines, to our recruits, I would feel in- deed that the problem of securing the men authorized for our fleets was an almost hopeless one. As it is I feel sure it will be solved, but it is still a problem and what [ desire in this report is to warn the public against considering that the mere passage of laws authorizing additional men is equivalent to having these men actually on board our ship: s IF YOUR to It : ] N ) 0 may be necessary, however, for con- gress to enact legislation of this char- - - e e e IS IMPAIRED THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: DECEMBER 10,- 1916. JAPAN SEEKS JAVA AND SUMATRA ALS9 Insolent Demand Made On Hol- land by Japanese Publicist Fans Dutch Suspicion, SAYS AMERICA SATISFIED (Correspondence of the Assoclated Press.) The Hague, Netherlands, Nov. 19. —"“If Japan gets Java and Sumatra from. Holland as a present, the 100,- 000 emigrants in the United States can be recalled, so that America will also then be satisfied,” declares the Japanese ex-minister and publicist, Yusaburo Takekoshi, in his latest con- tribution to a well-known Japanese review that has served once again to fan Dutch suspicions regarding the and of the rising sun. “I therefore think that country is in entire agree- ment with our policy,” he adds. The article is a plain, unvarnished demand by this former minister of education that Japan shall take ad- vantage of the present favorable junc- ture to annex the Netherlands’ East Indies. “If,” he exclaims, “things are allowed to go on as they are going, there is every chance that Japan will get as good as nothing for the mobili- zation of a big drmy. 1 do not desire that the government shall pursue a quixotic_policy, but I do desire that it shall Strike.a great blow to secure the safety of the nation and increase its influence, now that such a fine op- portunity offers, an opportunity which, if allowed to slip by, will not recur in a century.” If Germany Wins. Should Germany prove victorious, he argues, it will get the British and French colonies, and Java and Sum- atra will also fall into its hands; if the war ends indecisively, Germany will cede Alsace-Lorraine to France in exchange for French possessions like Annam and Tongking, in which DENTISTRY [ A Efficiency Reliability * Economy Guarantee No Charge for | Examination DENTIST Dr. Bailey, Pres. Dr. Shipherd, Mgr. 706 City Nat'l Bank Bldg. 16th udom-.hm: Streets, BAILEY THE HEALTH as a result of careless diet or neglect of the Stomach, Liver and Bowels, make a change immediately. Do not deprive your body of the proper nour- ishment and stamina needed maintain health and strength. 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