NAVAL RIVALRY.
THE DANIELS PROGRAMME.
OX A HUGE SCALE
(Received 8 a.m.) WASHINGTON, Feb. 7. The Secretary to the Navy, Mr Josephus Daniels, announced that he would place before Congress, within a fortnight, the naval plans. He was contemplating t-he construction of sixteen super-dreadnoughts and ten battle-cruisers, with an expenditure of 78,000,000 dollars.
He will also ask for a construction appropriate of 200,000,000 dollars for Ihe fiscal year beginning March 7, and 50,000,000 dollars for increased pay to the naval personnel.—A. and N.Z.
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Northern Advocate, 9 February 1920, Page 5
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