MR. STIMSON'S DEFENCE
WASHINGTON, 13 th May
Defending his handiwork at the London Naval Conference against a pelting succession of questions, the .Secretary of State (Mr. Stimson) maintained stoutly before the Senate .Foreign Relations Committee that the United States had made no hazardous sacrifice by reducing her building programme of big cruisers.
The provisions of the treaty, he said, -were based throughout on the advice of the American naval experts. Nor oily did these experts agree that parity was established with Britain, but it was after expert study that 'the delegation decided to.include some smaller cruisers' in its programme.
•'We reached the conclusion," said Mr. Stimsou, "that this new ship of 10,000 tons, ' carrying eight-inch guns, which had never been tested in battle, was not one for which the United States should put its eggs all in one basket.
"We felt that we not only hai. parity with Britain, but that we stood in a favoured position, having our power & tributed between two classes."
Senator Ilobinson (Indiana) interrupted to say that battleships were becoming obsolete.
"Who says they are becoming obsolete?" asked Mr. SMmson, "I don't say so," he declared, pounding his desk.
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Evening Post, Volume CIX, Issue 120, 23 May 1930, Page 9
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