AMERICA’S ARMED FORCES
MR. WEEKS OPPOSES REDUCTION PACIFISTS’ PROPAGANDA CONDEMNED By Telegraph—Press Association. Copyright. (Rec. December 2, 5.5 p.m.) New York, November 30. Tho “New York Times” Washington correspondent says that MrWeeks, Secretary for War, in his animal report, protests vigorously against the pacifists’ propaganda for f urtl ’ er reduction in the army and navy. Mr. Weeks 'contends that only approximately 14 per cent, of the .Federal Budget is spent upon armed forces, the army consuming only 6 per cent He declared that the population contributes per capita less than two dollars and a half annually for national defence, compared with an ex]>en<iituie of fifteen dollars for other purposes. The appropriations for national defence last vear were approximately 599 million dollars in a total Budget, of 4000 million dollars. Mr Weeks issues a warning against the belief that isolation is protection, declaring that new inventions alter the case, and Ameiica is no longer self-sufficing.--Aus.-N-6. Cable Assn. ,
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Dominion, Volume 18, Issue 58, 3 December 1923, Page 7
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