The figures obtained by The Nrw
Vork Hn it.o to-day show that on April
| 1, 1921, the great naval Powers of the
I *.vorld stood In this relation as to fight
ing ships:
Slip*. Tonnage,
(area-. Britain. t.ft.M.140
, t'nlt'vl S'ates 4,0 1,221.7(18
I Japan frt ?OM90
In the coming six rears Great Brit
; ain's naval construction will be inconae
ouential, according to its present plan :
the United States will have Increased its
naval strength by 19 per cent, and Japan
, with a tremendous spurt will have re
' enforced Its naval power by more than
103 per r,>nt. with work now in sight,
that is on construction con. ertiing which
til* secret agents of the I'nl'ed State*
'nave Information. Nnval officer.-1 feel
that they are well within the truth when
they estimate that the tftie increase in
Japanese naval power ^ ill be more like
125 per rent, since an immense atnount
of building Is of a character that csn
: he hidden from the anxious eyes of for
I cigners, or that can be disguised,
romp* rlann* on Knnnn Plans,
I Tiu figures that have been submitted
to the chiefs of tlic American Goverr
ment. and Which ?how what the naval
power relation will be In 1927, accord
ing to building programmes now laid
down, are as follows:
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of Chip*. Ta ?*.
