Since the U. S. has a relatively small and slow merchant marine, Navy officials have brooded long over the problem presented by Great Britain's large and fast merchant marine, equipped with many liners such as the Mauretania, which could be transformed into light fighting units by the mere mounting of guns. Citizens of the U. S. have been made aware of this problem through statements released by U. S. experts at the now defunct Naval Limitations Parley (see p. 10), and therefore the Navy Department was able...
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