Curtis D. Wilbur, in a speech' here today defended' the Administra tion's proposal of a. $40,000,000. naval programme.
Mr. Wilbur said that -the Administration thoroughly endorsed the statement by Sir Austen: Cham. berlain, the British Foreign Secretary, that war between Great Britain' and the United States had already been outlawed in the hearts both countries, "but he was: of the opinion that the British attitude was inconsistent. It was dificult to reconcile the conviction that war was outlawed with the British unwillingness to recognize America's rights to build a limited number of the type of ships she desired oF with the British willingness to risk the success of the Geneva Conference. The Americans at Geneva were never able to reconcile conception of absolute naval need: stressed by the British with the negotiations for a treaty fixing Limitations on a basis of mutual
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