The Red Cloud chief., 1891-03-13

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Navy Criticised
NEw Yoxx. March ;.-Ex-Scnatos
Ingalls, has been stirring up en- immenss
snount Of talk here by ono OF the most
bitter and emitting ATTACKS that he hse
yet made on the navy. The article sp
pears In this weeks Truth All the
news stands were sold out before 5
o'clock. A second edition Of the paper
= In press The article in substance b
- follows:
Tue annual shrsek sbcut our defcnseieso
eoases and the bombardrnsos OF Nee Tori.
rAilsdsiphsa aud Bossoa has been emitted
Ihe yearly pamphlet Describing tho blood
ssrdlsoO accidents and tie appalling eoase-
0aeneee oS ths gar With Cali and spain In
fsns has ossn sent 60 each seastos and spre
sentative In eonsresa The editorial essi-
mates 10 SAs metropolitan press OF the
amount OF property within reach OF an isai-
Ian ironciad 10 shr lower bay sai OF the ran
SON snss eoad 10 csiort-d from Tho mer.
ehsass and hsuhen nsv. all been submitted
and sre Gled away for use again Ia !~1
Their purpose 10 60 reconcile the people TO
the passage VI the naval appropriations hIii
and TO the enormous and prod gate esp-ns.
iturcs In time OF PEACE for ships. foftieC1-
tious and munfion. Of var.
The capacity OF tn. United states TO Gre
%. Q navy in an emergency vas lemon
strated In the rebellion Tho duel bcts sea
the Monitor and the Merrimsc la Hampton
roads rv~volutionircd naval warfare and the
probsen has s,uee been TO construct artsor
that no prolcc,iic could Penetrate and then
invent proiecfiles b st No srnsor could resist
European nations have b-ea conducting
these espeBslvo experiments hitherto aud
tie ships % isc are already obsoiete and
sntlQuaied tor attack or defense Dynamite
and other explosives compiicste Oh. sitna.
ton and she navy that we src aow build
ing AZ . cost of so.coo! % VIII &c a. worth
lc~s In Is0 as Roman gall,ys England.
France and Italy ~oali gladly sell ne their
fleets e - per cent of their cost IL NC afc
10 depend upon 4 navy tor protection Nc
must have ships enough o. a-sombls a.
every yuinet able point . force a. large a.
could be dispatched against a. Ths mi lions
that ~e are squsnderinso ON vessels that are
sent on IDLE brands In 'sgusdrnn- of rNolu.
ton painted pagc-nt. of the deep had
better be spent tor earth soTks and power
fui guns to command every roaGsieAd. chan
mel and hartor nom which q hostile n~et
could threat or assatl
Is there any necessity for spending mil
lions every year for naval defense. or any
Justification for the hystcrlcal appeals To
popular Apprehension anu o9k I'a'tF
II pacific We have no colonies nor dcpen-
deneics nor entansIins alliances. Wars
break out Unexpectedly. 10 IL true. some
times. but from what quarter can DANCES be
nationally anticipated Our relations With
France are those OF traditional amsty. with
Germany. OF kinship and consequently .
with Russia. of fraternity. The rest are
trivial our only enctny Il England ana sho
IL under bond To keep the peace No Other
nation is so Vulnerable and none 80 de,estcd
She has Incurred the r,scntment OF the
human race b. centuries OF ininsticc
Colonel Mcclure. a noted Mississippi duel
list, had occasion To kich an unrcsl-iing gen
t!eman IT a hotel In hatcher BcinE not
long after In Memphis. the colonel saw hts
victim subicctirR another To the same treat.
ment Reina somewhat cur Gus and unccr
tain as tn the identify OF the person. he said
.Arr you no, the fellow ! kicked down stairs
In Nat, herr Yea" replied be. but, col.
onel. you and I know Who tn kick" kngland
kicked us ~ hen We were hciplcs. and feeble.
she sacked anil burned a dei-nselcss cap
itai. she has Kicked Ireland. she has kicked
Egypt. she has kicked the iiindoo-. the
Zulus, the Beers. che Chinese. bu, she Il not
In the habit Of kicking her equals. Her
courage Is prudent and calculating. she vas
careful not To klck Napoleon until the rest
Of Europe joined her. and she endured Rus
sian aggression until she had persuaded
France TO bear the orunt OF the Crimran
campaign. In our civil war she did all she
could. short of open hostility. to destroy the
union aud then apoiogiyed and paid dam
ayes
Lately We have had another contention
about seal poaching and tho Dshrins s.a
Oceans OF ink have been shed Ia diplomatic
correspondence between Lord salisbury and
Secretary Blaine. Great Britaln fortified
Vancouver and sent ships of war Into the
disputed wsteTs. Walking around. metaphor
Icaiiy speaking. begging ~ to knock the
chip from her shoulder. or TO tread upon the
tails OF her Goa Legally. shs had an open
case nc least. In some respects the best ottho
argument a casus bell! could easily have
been found. 10 wanted. and 40 were assured
that the danger sas Imminent The
boldest held his trcsth for awhile
Immense appropriations were prompt
iy voted for Notifications and tho navy and
then. while the national hair was standing
on end, England suddenly came into our su-
premc court as y sutton and submitted the
whole controversy To the decision 81 thai
great tribunal The newspapers tina. de.
scribcd the dramatic utterances of senators
about the dangers Of war with Great Britain
coniaIncd i'm another column OF the Same
issue an sccount % the proceedings In the
old senate chamber. I'm which Lord Salisbury
submitted the claims Of England Co sdjudica-
ton as O question OF international law. IL
was roassuring. but 10 was iaushsbIe. never
thslesa JouS J. I>GAILA