with Bryan Washington, Dec, 15.—A review of the United States naval situation shows that the incoming administration of President-Elect Harding has not yet formed any naval policy. The present Republican Congress realizes the necessity of effecting all possible reductions of the service in order not to aggravate the problem of revenue, The movement for a five-year naval holiday by Great' Britain, America and Japan apparently is not being taken seriously by the Congressmen handling naval affairs.
The Republicans wish to proceed cautiously with all expenditures during the closing months of the Wilson regime, but do not wish to be accused of sacrificing the nation's security, The existence of the Anglo-Japanese Alliance further complicates America's naval problem.
DANIELS FOR CONFERENCE, Washington, Dec, 16,—Josephus Daniels, Secretary of the Navy, told the Committee on Naval Affairs of the House of Representatives that President-Elect Harding should call a conference of all nations to make an agreement for disarmament, but that the United States would not go into such a conference except with a navy as strong as that of any other nation, Marion, Ohio, Dec. 18.—President-Elect Harding had a conference today with William Jennings Bryan, a former Secretary of State; Mr. James Watson Gerard, American Ambassador in Germany when the war broke out, and with Senator James A, Reed of Missouri regarding the proposed Association of Nations, Mr. Bryan declared that the new President will act in a manner Justifying the people's trust in him and stated that, during the conference, an agreement wag reached as regards the fundamentals of the proposed association.—''Japan Ad-dvertiser.""
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