Note 50 — Chapter IV · MILITARY PREDOMINANCE—AND INSECURITY
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A Reuter Despatch dated August 31st, 1920, says:—
‘Speaking to-day at Charleston (West Virginia) Mr Daniels, U. S. Naval Secretary, said: “We are building enormous docks and are constructing 18 dreadnoughts and battle cruisers, with a dozen other powerful ships which in effective fighting power will give our navy world primacy.”’