Inspired Washington Conference to Promote her Merchant Shipping Interests Williamstown, Aug. 19.
Remarkable charges were made to-day by Rear-Admiral Rogers, of the United States Navy, in the course of an address at' the Institute of Polities.
He declared that Great Britain Gominated the world's commerce and had inspired the Washington Conference in order to prevent the United States from having a fulfclently strong navy to protect lier merchant marine.
America's limitation of arma ments played into the hands of Great Britain, who hoped indivectly to limit the competition of the American merchant fleet by direct: action on the American navy.
Rear-Admiral Rogers added:~ "It is alleged that American bankers are awaiting Great Britain's itiative in the matter of a loan to Germany. They should reflect, how far this is explained by the ability of Great Britain to control the commerce by which German will pay reparations, and thus _mako American credit the tool of British shipping."—Reuter's American Ser~
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