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EY CAJBL^—IBESS ASSOCIATION—<X>I>?_tIG__f (Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.) WASHINGTON, Dec. 12. Mr Josephus Daniels (Naval Secretary),- in his annual* report to President Wilson, advocates another three years of naval building, beginning in 1924. and involving the construction of eighty-eight vessels. If the United States does not enter the League, or ! a similar world organisation, the present navy would be adequate, but it the United States does join a body for the prevention of war the report characterises Hawaii as the cross-roads and key to the Pacific, and recommends the creation of a fleet operating base capable of accommodating the entire. American navy with all its auxiliaries.
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Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLI, Issue XLI, 14 December 1920, Page 5
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111UNITED STATES Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLI, Issue XLI, 14 December 1920, Page 5
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