Jasper County Democrat, Volume 16, Number 91, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 February 1914 — Call Conference to Discuss Reduction In Cost of Army and Navy [ARTICLE]

Call Conference to Discuss Reduction In Cost of Army and Navy

By Secretary of the Navy JOSEPHUS DANIELS

I VENTURE to recommend that the war and navy officials and other representatives of all the nations be invited to hold a conference to discuss whether they cannot agree upon a plan for LESSENING THE COST OF PREPARATION FOR WAR. It is recognized that the desired end of competitive building, carried on under whip and spur, could not be effective, without AGREEMENT BETWEEN GREAT NATIONS. It ought net to,be difficult to secure an agreement by which navies will be adequate without being overgrown and without imposing overheavy taxation upbn the industry of a nation. 1 UM* I TRUST THE TENTATIVE SUGGESTION FOR A NAVAL HOLIDAY By THE STRONGEST of THE POWERS WILL BE DEBATED AND THE MATTER SERIOUSLY CONSIDERED BY AN INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE, LOOKING TO REDUCTION OF THE AMBITIOUS AND COSTLY PLANS FOR NAVY INCREASE. I trust that this country will, take the initiative and that steps will be taken by a conference of all the powers to discuss REDUCTION OF THE HEAVY COST OF THE ARMY AND NAVY.