Senator Borah on Statement by American Naval Officer:
Newspaper Comment on Jingoes Washington, Jan. 23.
'A statement attributed to the Commandant of the New York Navy Yard, to the effect that the is nearer war to-day jer before, because she, is pursuing a competitive trade policy and crowding other nations into the background, has evoked a reply by Senator Borah, who describes such wild and excited: statements ubout war as sheer madness. They are ut out by naval men asa notice to all the world, particularly Great Britain, to get ready for war, and they are being so interpreted all over the world. I. regard. such Geclarations as mischievous to the New York, Jan, 24.
The newspapers make light of the remarks on the subject of an impending war attributed to Admiral Plankett, the Commandant.
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