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I.) IS ARM AMEN77!1.
LIVELY DEBATE IN CONGRESS.
JSKW YORK, 27 Hi AnriL
' bere wau a. ively "roV over Hie qnes-
Uon of dis&rmunifcttt ik ilu; Hwiue of Ite-
pcesonta tivea last uighi duriug & debate on
tho naval appropriations. TUe Lezru>erate
eudea-vbred to obtiiin . ftzueodixLeiita whiuh
would hold' up tho funds for the 1916 buiid-
iug programme and force Preairleut tlard-
lugfi hand du connection wxUi the calling
of a dharmam'eiit conference.
Air. Moore (X)cmocrat, Virginia), offered
ail amendment aiithoriaing President Hard-
big to auspeud the expendituro of
£18,000,000 ou the 1916 naval building pro
gramme until an arrangexaeut iu regard to
d mnir.Lineut liatl been reached with ling-
laud and Japan, but hia effort was
aquclched.
Critics wanted aii iuvestigatHon into Hie
value of battleships, la. heated replies by
Republicans the lAeinoux'tis were cliargetl
with trying to insult and cinbarrius Hie
President, and with inriting other Bations
to talk peace and go to tliu United States
to witness preparations for war.
THE SUGGESTED CONFERENCE.
Tho Washington dOrrcspondcni of the
United Press Association states: — '"Die
Cabinet bog seriously considered the ques
tion of disarmament, but it ig auihoritar
tively stated that the Administration, while
.sympathetic toward the suggestion of an
international conference, sees no way- to
move at the present time"
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