Facts Disclosed in Reports of U.S. Secretary Washington, Nov, 20.
The United States is being surpassed by the naval construction of Great Britain but remains the second moval Power in the world, according to the annual report of the Secretary of the Navy. Mr. Claude Swanson The United States has 325 ships totalling 1.083.330 tons; Great Britain 285 ships of 1.216.398 tons. and Japan 200 ships of 745.594 ions. The United States has only 113 ships that have not reached the age limit. wih a tonnage of 869,398. against Great Bri'ain's 181 ships of 1.042.000 tons and Japan's 171 ships of 708.158 tons.
Mr. Swanson intends to ask Congress for credits for the construction of two more units to replace those over the age limit, and wants to push the construction of destroyers and submarines, without abandoning that of heavy cruisers, The report concludes by stating that the United States will not increase the speed of cons: ruction.—Havas. spirit of the Chinese people finds its most eloquent expression. Upon the bodies of the heroic dead too, the foundation of a new and independent Chinese nation may be said to have been firmly laid.
"Of late the Japanese forces have shown a disposition to advance further westward, evidently with the intention of coercing the Chinese Government into accepting humiliate ing terms by directly threatening the safety of Nanking, the capital of China.
"In this the Japanese calculations are greatly mistaken. For in embarking upon the present course of action after all peaceful means had proved fruitless, China has fully made up her mind that her salvation lies in fighting the invaders even to the last man. Our submission to Japan is neither compatible with our national existence and honour, nor with the maintenance of international justice and peace. 'To be a broken jodo rather than a whole tile' is today the determination of every patriotic Chinese',
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