AMERICA IN PACIFIC
FORTIFICATIONS ISSUE
KEEPING PACE WITH OTHERS
WASHINGTON, October 7.
The British proposal to the United States and Japan regarding the renewal of Article 19 of the Washington Naval Treaty, preserving the non-for-tification of islands in the Pacific, met with comment which is interpreted to signify that the United States is prepared to keep pace but will not initiate a naval race; ;
Mr. C. A. Swanson, Secretary of the Navy, said that fortifications must be met with other fortifications and one menace with another menace.
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Evening Post, Issue 87, 9 October 1936, Page 9
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87AMERICA IN PACIFIC Evening Post, Issue 87, 9 October 1936, Page 9
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