AMERICA'S NAVY.
A RACE WITH JAPAN. By TeleeraDli—Press Association—OoDyrlchl Washington, February 27. Testifying before the Naval Affairs Committee, Mr. G. L. 'Meyer, Secretary to the United States Navy, declared that if Hie- United States did not build two battleships yearly, Japan, by 191 C, would have wrested from her the position of lliird naval Power. Mr. Meyer demanded n million dollars (£200,000) for tho creation of wireless stations to keep tho American warships in touch with Washington, similar to the plan followed by the British 'Admiralty.
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Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1376, 29 February 1912, Page 5
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86AMERICA'S NAVY. Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1376, 29 February 1912, Page 5
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