Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-03-07
Writes n Remarkable Article About the
uselcssness Of America liav.
Ing Navy.
THE wonn or rnG COMMITTEE
ON PUBLIC BUILDINGS.
Ia Gillian Waters. for Wounded
kncc Soldlers.-0lher
Items.
An Article witch has Created Much
Comment.


wAsuIsGToS. March 6.--An article
contributed TO the New York Truth by
Ex-senator ingalls, which has created
much comment, Is In substance as FOL
lows
The annual shrek about our dc.
funaelce COASTS, and the bonibardmcnt OF
New York, Philadelphia aud Boston iins
not been omitted. The yearly pamph-
let describing the blood'curdling inci-
dents aud appalling consequences OF
war with Chill and spain la 100 have
been sent TO each senator aud repre-
sentative In Congress. Editorial esti-
mates IN the metropolitan press OF tho
amount OF property within reach OF nn
italian ironclad In the lower bay and
Ia the ransom that could lie cxtorted
from the merchants and bankers have
nll been submitted, and illcd away Tor
usc again Ia 1892. Their purpose u To
reconcile the people TO tho passage OF n
naval appropriation bill, and TO the
enormous aud proiligatc expenditure
Ia time of peace Tor ships, Qualifications
and munitions Of war.
The capacity Of the United States 10
crcatc a navy la mn emergency was
demons'rntod Ia the rebellion. The
duel between the NOHiiOr and Mini
mao IN Hampton Roads revolui ionikcd
maritime wnfiare, and the problem has
since been IN construct an armOr that
no mnlrctllcs could penetrate, aud then
TO invent pfeocIilcs that no armor
could resist.
European nations have been con-
dts'llug these experiments hitherto,
aud the ships u lshlDlrc already auti.
quattd. Dynamite and other cxplo-
niyes complicate the situation, and tho
navy We are now buildlng, ut n cost u
Sb0, OlO,O1 viii he aa worthless IN 1900
NJ the Roman gnlleys. England,
France aud Iiiiy would glsliy scll w
thclf fleets at iiity per cent OF what
they coat. Thu millions wa are sguan-
deriDg on vessels Ind better Do spent
Tor eafthwnrits, aud pow eriul guns 10
command every roai-bed, channel aud
harbJr, which n hostile fleet could
threaten or nssail.
l. there any necessity tor spending
millions every year for naval defense?
Our policy ~ pacific. Our only enemy
IN England, aud she IA under bond 10
keep the peace. No other nation IL 10
vulnerable, and none 70 deiestcd. She
has Incurred the resentment OF the
human rice by centuries Of injustice.
England Kicked lis when We were help.
less and feeble; she sacked aud burned
our defcnseless capital, she kicked Ir.-
land, she kicked Egypt; she Kicked the
HiDuoes, the Beers and Chinese, but
she IL not In the habit VI kicking her
equals. In our civil war she did all
she could short u open hostility to de-
atrDv the tfuigfi. md then nDDluuiyel
and paid damages. Lately we had su.
other contention about seal poachlng
and the Brhrlng Sea. A oasus beNi
could easily have been found II wanted
anu we were assured that the danger
was imminent. lmmenre appropria-
tlons were promptly voted for fortih-
cations aud for the navy, aud then, when
the national hair was standing on end,
England suddenly came into our
supreme court ~ n sutton and submits
tod the whole controversy TO that great
tribunal. II was rcassufiDg, but II was
laughnblc nevertheless.