AMERICAN FLEET.
STATIONED IN PACIFIO. NO MENACE TO ANY NATION. 'BEST ASSURANCE OP PEACE. United Press Assn.—Elec. Tel. Copyright HONOLULU, Sept. 30. The United States secretary of the Navy, Mr C. S. Swanson, who has arrived In Honolulu for a week’s inspection of the naval installations in Hawaii, stated to-day that the Navy Department’s shipbuilding programme to bring America’s sea forces to treaty strength is not aimed at any other Power, but Is merely a treaty measure. “Japan is entirely within her rights in her plans for a larger navy," said Mr. Swanson, “but an American navy second to none is the best assurance of continued world peace. No other nation can object to our plans. We have not objected to others building, provided that they do not exceed their ratio as signatories of the London Treaty. “The keeping of our Fleet In the Pacific is merely an economy measure, since it is cheaper to keep vessels concentrated,” said the Minister. He expressed his belief that the Pearl Harbour (Honolulu) base is destined lo become perhaps the most important in the United States.
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Waikato Times, Volume 114, Issue 19065, 2 October 1933, Page 7
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