Congress agreed to virtually all the recommendations, "and funds were appropriated to begin construc tion on many of the projects. With the outbreak of the European war, however, and Germany's smashing military successes, officials, the public tand press felt thai even the sweeping Hepburn programme was insufcient, giving the United States the right to (The recent agreement with Britain,
build air and naval bases on a series British possessions in the Western Hemisphere stretching from Ne found land to Guiana, gives this country the opportunity to fulfil part of the new need.
Observers regard the vast expan sion of the United States defence system as parallel to the British policy of building bases on a worldwide scote, They point out that this is a logical development in view of the fact that this country, like Britain, is a maritime pow ust maintain its lines of comm tion over a wide area,
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