UNITED STATES NAVY

Lyttelton Times, Volume CXVIII, Issue 18352, 9 March 1920, Page 7

UNITED STATES NAVY

HUGE BUILDING PROGRAMME. OUTLINED. CONTINGENT ON SENATE'S ACTION. t By Tel«grnph~-Pms Association—Copyright Australian and N.Z. Cabin Ansooiation. (Received 1 Alaroh 8, 7.25 p.m.) WASHINGTON, March 6. ’Mr Daniels has put forward three naval proposals which are dependent on the Senate’s action regarding tho Peace Treaty. Air Daniels said that if tho Soimte rejects the Treaty the United States must have incomparably tho greatest navy in tho world, including an additional ten dreadnought ships and battlo-crnisers. If the Senate accepts the Treaty only minor naval additions will bo necessary. If tho Senate does not aocepfc the Treaty tho United States must build sixty-nine vessels, costing 195,000,000 dollars. Whether the Leaguo of Nations existed or not the United States must have a navy equal to, if not bigger than, that of any country in the world. Britain was encouraging the colonies to build naval vessels.