Washington, June 18.
"Wellinformed congressmen in close touch with American naval affairs predicted today that the Administration soon will propose the construction of a powerful Atlantic Fleet consisting of new types of war-
Such action will be taken, these circles said, on the possibility that Germany might capture or destroy the British and French fleets thus leaving the United States vulnerable to a sea attack by the Germans, Possibility that a part of the main United States Fleet now based at Pearl Harbour, Honolulu, will be moved to the Atlantic until the construction of the projected new Atlantic Fleet, was also admitted by It is further reported that the new warships will be powerful 20,- 000 to 28000-ton cruisers armed with 11-inch guns,—Domei, songs, indstvely and it is doubt.
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