SEA SUPREMACY

Waihi Daily Telegraph, Volume XVIII, Issue 6158, 2 March 1921, Page 2

SEA SUPREMACY

THE U.S. MAVAL PROGRAMME STRONG FLEET ESSENTIAL. FIT AND READY TO FIGHT. (United Service Telegrams.) (Received 8 a.m.) NEW YORK, February 28. Mr Edwin Denby, the newlyappointed Secretary of the Navy, in the course of a statement at Detroit. said;—‘k.The size* of the American navy is a matter of the gravest importance. I believe that ‘the present building programme," with perhaps some alterations suggested by experence and careful 'thought, should proceed. We are a Power to such ah extent that a navy the equal of any other seiems justly and naturally called for. I believe in ■and will urge 'a. strong first line of defences. Primarily my duty will be to help to keep the navy marine corps not only ready to fight but fi\t to fight, and trained to the minute.

MR. ROOSEVELT’S VIEW. (Received 8 a.m.) NEW YORK, February 28. Theodore Roosevelt, son of the late ox-President, who has been appointed Assistant-Secretary of .the Navy, discussing disarmament, declared that' he. favoured a strong navy and army; disarmament, so far as the United States was concerned, being prac'ticaly only when other nations joined the movement.