Naval Expansion Urgently Recommended for Best Defence of National Territory and Outposts Washington, Apr. 18, The Senate Naval Affairs Committee today reported the Naval Ex-pension Bill and urged its prompt passage by the Senate.
The United States with its present armaments, the committee's report Provisions of the Naval Expansion Bill, the committee said, would give the nation "comparative security."
Testimony given by Mr. Paul V McNutt, U.S. High Commissioner to the Philippines, during his recent visit here before the House subcommittee on Military Appropriations was released today. It urged that the United States should maintain its forces intact in the Philippines, including the Philippine Scouts—United Press.
"Washington, Apr. 19.
The declaration that with its present armaments the United States could be defeated or conquered with little difficulty is contained in the report of the Senate Naval Affairs Committee in the U.S. $1,560,000,000 naval expansion programme, Urging the prompt passage of the programme the Committee's report says: "Without a navy capable of controlling the seas against any enemy, an effective blockade of our foreign commerce can be established and maintained thousands of miles from our coasts, well beyond the range of aircraft.
"Our outlying possessions can be captured and used against us as advance bases. the establishment of bases, by tore "There will be nothing to prevent
if necessary, from which, for example from aircraft carriers, bombing raids can be disp against our highly
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