28 JANUARY 1928, Page 2

An article by Mr. J. Bernard Walker which appears fn

-the December number of the Scientific American* indicates the range and intensity of the Big Navy propaganda in America. Mr. Walker points out that as the- result of the War and the Washington Conference the American Navy was raised " from the third to the front rank:" Unfortunately, as Mr. Walker goes on to explain, there is a group of " older naval officers mainly retired," and = of " younger officers of strong racial and religious prejudices," who bitterly assail the Washington Agreement and declare that the interests of the American Navy were "'sacrificed " to Britain. Britain, it is said, " contrived to Prevent us from becoming the leading Navy in the world."

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