“PACIFIC FLEET HAMSTRUNG.”
United States Navy Not Ready For War. Admiral Sims’ Warning. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright. Australian and N.Z. Cabin Association. (Received December 20, 9.25 a.m.) NEW YORK, Decmber 18. Admiral Sims, in a speech, said: “ The United States has been hamstrung in the Pacific and nailed down in the Atlantic. Any nation can take the Philippines or Guam without the United States being able to prevent it.” Admiral Sims declared that because Congress would not appropriate money to defend those islands, and Japan was fortifying her islands, it was considered the best way out for both sides to quit. “ The deficiency in the American naval personnel is such,” he said, “ that the ships allowed under the five-five-three ratio are only seventy per cent, manned, and the navy is sure to be defeated in time of war.” The United States, he added, was also deficient in smaller ships, and a fast merchant marine. He warned the people that the only way to get a fair deal in foreign trade was to have a force that would gain respect, because the nations were not honest with each other.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 16920, 20 December 1922, Page 7
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