People's Pilot, Volume 5, Number 36, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 March 1896 — Britain's Navy to Be Increased. [ARTICLE]

Britain's Navy to Be Increased.

London, March 10.—When the debate upon the navy estimates was resumed in the house of commons Monday, Mr. Goschen, first lord of the admiralty, replying to a criticism by John Redmond, said it was absurd to suggest that the increase in the navy was intended to pienace the United States. The naval program, he said, was settled in November, before the Venezuelan question had arisen. When the question was put to vote, the naval program was carried by a majority of 216.