ASSURANCE OF PEACE
STRONG U.S. NAVY BUILDING PROGRAM ME HONOLULU, October 1. The Secretary of the Navy, Mr. Claudo A. Swanson, who arrived here for a week’s inspection of tho naval installations of Hawaii, stated that the Navy Department's shipbuilding programme to bring the sea forces to treaty strength, is not aimed at any other Power, but is merely a treaty measure. Japan was entirely within her rights in her plans for a larger navy, but the American navy must be second to none. This was the best assurance for continued world peace. ‘‘No other nation,” he said, “can object to our plans. We have not objected to other nations building, provided they do not exceol the ratio as signatories to the London treaty. We are keeping our fleet in the Pacific merely as an economy measure, since it is cheaper to keep the vessels concentrated.” He said it was his belief that the Pearl Harbor base was destined lo become perhaps tho most important lor the United States.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18208, 2 October 1933, Page 5
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