The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1891-03-13
OUR NAVY.

A CaustIo Letter From the Pen OF Ez-Ssn-
ator InsaIls-AIaEuaists E1isaiealed and the
Navy Criticized
NEW YoRK, March g.-Ez-SenaSox
Ingalls, has been stirring up an immense
amount of talk here by one OF the most
bitter and emitting attacks that he has
yet made on the navy The article aP-
pears in this weeks Truth Ali the
news stands were sold out before 3
o'clock. A second edition OF the paper
is in press. The article in substance is
as follows:
The annual Shrek about our defenseIess
coasts and the bOmbardment OF New York,
Philadelphia and Boston has been emitted
The yearly pamphlets describing the blood
curdling incidents and the appalling cOnse-
quence5 or the war with Cntli ana spain IN
1898 has been sent TO each senator and repre-
sentative in congress- The editorial esti-
mates in the metropolitan press OF the
amount OF property within reach OF an Ital-
ian ironciad in the lower bay and of the ran
som that could be extOrted from the mer-
chants and bankers have all been submitted
and are fled away for use again in lsS2-
Their purpose is to reconcile the people to
the passage OF the naval appropriation bill
ana 10 the enormous and proEligate eNpenC-
lures in time Of peace for ships. fortidcR-
lions and munitions of war.
The capacity of the United States to ere
ate a navy in an emergency was demon
strated in the rebellion. The duel between
the Monitor and the GIerrIruac in Hampton
roads revOlutlouized naval warfare and the
problem has since been to construct armoE
that no prOjeot1e could penetrate and then
European nations have been conducting
these expensive experiments hitherto and
Rntiquated Tor attack or detense- dynamite
and other explosives cOmplicats the -itua-
tion and the navy that we are now build
ing at q cost of $5O,OG0yCOO VIII be as WORTH
less fn 1900 Roman Ealleys. England
France and Italy would gladly sell US theiF
fleets at so per cent. of their cost. If we are
to depend upon q navy Tor protection we
must have ships enough to assemble at
every vulnerable point a force as large as
could be dispatched against it. The millions
that we are squandeFing on vessels that are
sent on Idle errands ia 'sguadrOns OF evolu-
tiOn,' painted pageants of the deep, had
better be spent TOR earthWorks and power
ful guns to command every roadstead, chan
mel and harbOr from which q hostile beet
could threat or assal
Is there any necessity for spending mill
lions every year for naval defense, or any
justification for-the hysterical appeals to
is pacific We have 40 colonies nor dePens
denotes nor entangling alliances. Wars
break out unexpectedly, it is true, some
times, but from what quarter can danger be
nationally anticipated? Our relations with
France are those of traditional amIty; with
Germany, OF kinship and conSangutnity;
with Russia, OF fraternity. The rest are
trivial. Our only enemy is England and she
is under bond to keep ths peace. No other
nation is so vulnerable and none so detested.
She has incurred the resentment OF the
human race by centuries of injustice
Colonel Mcclure, a noted Mississippi duel
list, had occasion to kick an unresisting gem
tleman at hotel in Natchcz. Being not
long after in Memphis, the colonel saw mis-
victim sub5ecting another to the same treat
ment- Being somewhat curious and unOer-
tain to the identity of the person, he safd3
Are YOU not the fellow kicked down stairs
IN Natchez?' Yes replied no. but, col
Onei you and know who to kick En gland
kicked us whom we were helpless and feeble.
she sacked and burned a defenseless cap
itaL She has kicked Ireland, she has kicked
Egypt, she has kicked the HindOOs. the
Zulus, the Beers, the Chinese, but she is not
in the habit OF kicking her equals. Her
courage is prudent and calculating. She was
careful not to kick Napoleon until the rest
OF Europe Joined her, and she endured Russ
sian aggression until she had persuaded
France to bear tho brunt of the Crimean
campaign. In our civil war sho did all she
could, short Of open hostility, to destroy the
union ana then apOlOsized and paid dam
agOs.
about seal pO8ohiBg and the Behring sea
Oceans of ink have been shed in diplomatic
correspondence between Lord Salisbury and
Secretary Blaine Great Britain fortified
Vancouver and sent ships of war into the
disputed waters, walking around, metaphor
icalIy speaking, begging US to knock the
chip from her shoulder, or to tread upon the
tails OF her coat. Legally, she had open
case at least IN some respects the best of the
argument a casus belG could easily have
been found, If wanted, and we were assured
that the danger was imminent The
bOIdest held his breath for awhile.
Immense concentrations were prompt
then, while the national hair was standing
on end, Engi and suddenly came into our SUI
preme court sutton and submitted the
whole controversy to the decision OF that
great tribunal The neWspape Ts that de-
sCribed the dramatic utssrances of senators
about the dangers OF war with Great Britain
contained in another column of the same
issue an account of the proceeding ia the
old senate ohambeP, in which Lord Salisbury
submitted the claims of Enzland to adjudica-
ton Is a question OF international law. Ie
was reassurlRg, but il was IauShable, never
theless- JOHN J. INGALLS,
EARNINGS DECREASED.