Word: naval
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Next to economy, prosperity, morality and Divine Providence, President Coolidge's favorite speech-making topic is naval disarmament. Last week he did not make a speech, but he despatched to Congress and to Great Britain, Japan, France and Italy a plan of naval disarmament. It was received as the most statesmanly document of his administration. He suggested...
...That these four nations and the U. S. empower their delegates at the resumed Geneva conference next month to "negotiate and conclude" a naval disarmament treaty. Thus, President Coolidge chose to use League of Nations machinery that is already in motion, instead of attempting another spectacular Washington conference...
Great Britain welcomed the proposal of separating land and naval armaments. It must be remembered, however, that the Washington conference attained partial success chiefly because the U. S. was the biggest "giver" in capital ships. At the proposed Geneva conference Great Britain will have to be the biggest "giver" in cruisers. Her future attitude, particularly concerning submarines, will depend on France and Italy...
France is essentially interested in land armaments, will brook no naval disarmament unless land disarmament is considered at the same time. Also, France would be unwilling to give up many cruisers, destroyers and submarines, sine 3 these constitute the main strength of her small navy...
Whether or not the President's naval disarmament plan was aimed at the three cruisers is another question. "Big Navy" men in Congress insisted that the U. S. could go ahead and build these ships without any fear of having them scrapped, because the U. S. was already far behind Great Britain and Japan in cruiser strength.- The appropriation to start construction of these three cruisers had already passed the Senate (TIME, Feb. 14) after being rejected in the House; had gone to conference. Before the President's proposal last week, it seemed certain that the House would...