THE U.S.A. NAVY

Hokitika Guardian, 8 February 1928, Page 2

THE U.S.A. NAVY

Australian & N.Z. Cable Association.)

WASHINGTON, Feb. G. The hearings are practically completed before the House Naval Committee. , The uncertainty concerning the exact (ost of the programmes is visualised in a statement by Representative \ onson, who said he recokned the naval appropriation for the next eight years would tofd 1152 million dollars, and Representative Britton said the total would lie three billions. Secretary of the Navy Robinson therefore has been asked to ptep.m a chart showing complete details, and t 10 cost of all vessels proposed. Commander Burney informally toll the Committee that English statesmen did not consider the American Pj° gramme in the light of competitive building.

LiTVINOFF’S PROPOSAL

PREFERABLE TO KELLOGG’S. LONDON. Eeh. (5.. The " Morning Rost s ” Baris io.itspmident says that many columns of newsprint are devoted to the commemoration of the 15()th anniversary ot the Eranco-American treaty and relations and the signature of the new Arbitration Treaty. M. Briaml entertained the American Ambassador at a. large banquet in the evening. As though not desiring to spoil the occasion, the press almost entirely ignores Mr Kellogg’s submarine suggestion. and no official proposal on the subject has yet been received. I* ranee will undoubtedly reply. She is willing to destroy submarine' it I idled States destroys dreadnoughts. Mi' Kellogg’s proposition following on the heels ot the new capital ship programme, appears to France to he merely a poor election dodge. Even Liivinofl’s sweeping disarmament proposition at Genet a is regarded as preferable to Mr Kellogg's. Litvinolf at any rate suggested, u all-round reduction and not a scheme hitting some navies severely and not touching others.