The American Legion Weekly [Volume 4, No10 (March 10, 1922)] . inappropriations. Still we must bear inmind, that except for the conference,we should have had this expense and theexpense for the capital ships also. Except for these two classes theagreement does not limit naval con-struction. Submarines, destroyers,cruisers may be built at will. The re-newal, in future conferences, of thespirit of this gathering, is really ouronly sound foundation for confidence ina permanent reduction of taxation fornaval armament. The second desire of the Americanpeople—that war be made less probable—has been
The American Legion Weekly [Volume 4, No10 (March 10, 1922)] . inappropriations. Still we must bear inmind, that except for the conference,we should have had this expense and theexpense for the capital ships also. Except for these two classes theagreement does not limit naval con-struction. Submarines, destroyers,cruisers may be built at will. The re-newal, in future conferences, of thespirit of this gathering, is really ouronly sound foundation for confidence ina permanent reduction of taxation fornaval armament. The second desire of the Americanpeople—that war be made less probable—has been met, not only for ourselvesbut for Japan and, to a degree, forGreat Britain. The only real war cloudon our horizon was the Far Easternproblem, complicated by the Anglo-Japanese alliance. Our people wereemphatically, though somewhat in-definitely, opposed to the Japanese pol-icy in China. Probably few had ana-lyzed the situation. Few of them reallyknew the details of the famous twenty-one demands. Those who did felt that MARCH 10, 192 2 PAGE 23 Turlington. Adjusted to the Second It Rubv and Sapph ire Jewell Adjusted to Temperature 15 Year Gold Strata CaseAdjusted to leochronism Your Choice of Dials Adjusted toPositione (Including Montgomery R. fi. Dial) New Ideas in Thin Cases
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