Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-02-08
THE NAVY'S NEEDS.
One Of Them Is a Coaling Sta
ton in the Pacific.
AN ARGUMENT FOR HAYTL
n We Had tho Island u Would be Equal 10
Ennland's Possession Of Gibraltar
A Parallel Win Great
Britain.

Washington. Feb Z one Of the ud.
vuntngcs which officers Of the navy would
appreciate more than uuy other iu the
acquisition oi Hawaii would be- the vs-
Establishment of @ vuullng station iu the
mid-IuCihv The lack of cnuliuE stutiot
in foreign waters for American war YES.
selH hns always been uCplurCl hN officers
OF the navy aud by thp navy Department.
and thCau stations are morc necessary
now, with new yca9vls Whose sole dv
pvudcucc Of movement irOm pCint tu
points H steam, than they wore mo- On"
days OF sailing Wurshlps The blame
for the lack ol the*r necessary udluurts
uO navy does not iic with the navy dv.
pnrtmcut hut congress hur been ut fault
AS ir huvk us thirteen years ugu uu
elaborate plan of ruuhuE stations Wus
presented tu congress hy The uuVl drphrD
mont, bat b never cnmc ont Ot the rum'
mttre Co which j, was referred. An
oihcer of The navy Wonhlug upm thus
matter yesterday, said
I'VE want Hawaii for the purpose of u
cuuihg station for The vessels OF uur
new navy aud for uur merchant marine,
even " there were mo- other advantages
in annexation. ~ the recent troubles uu
the west coast of South America served
to impreas one thing morn strongly lhmr
any other on the minds ul the officers OF
the navy department ~ was the necessity
for COaliug stations bon The Pacific TINS
mck ui Cuuling stations would hnyc con,
trihutcd largely to The embarrassment OF
the operations of the war vessels,
Another result was shown lu lhr ease
of the Charleston nt The time of her
ohnFr OF the ltutn, when tllr cost of a
thmp-WppkH supply OF coal obtained NO
Mexican and South American ports was
$4,000, and 30 was poor cum 90, thUl
President Harrison, iu message to cnu
Rrr.3 a couple OF yours ago, advocated
The development of the alto already uc.
quirpd hy the government uu the island ui
Onhu pronounced Wuhopl, but congress
was slow mud indifferent
"l'his site that ] hHyo mentioned,
Pearl llurbur became available FOR "a
naval station for thc United States iu
1881. but no movement las yet been
made by the government 10 M it up for
the purpose aud ID the United states
continues 10 ignore the exclusive right 10
enter Pearl llnrhOr and maintain u naval
gtntiOu there undor thp conditions of ihe
Hawaiian treaty which expires ucAt
year, it is probable that the English viii
take possession at ~, The entrance 10
the hHrhpr rs mlurtuuHtcy ubsiruDtpd
by a coral reef, so that only q torpedo
boat can now enter but tins ObslNUOn
could be- removed We moi only need a
cnuliug station IN the Pacific, but we
should have one on The ISLAND Of ~
Thomas or at san Domingo. II would
also boz wen " we had one in tho South
Atlantic Ia the matter of conliug stn-
tions, us well as in all other mnttrrs Of
naval Importance, Great Britain NinudH
ut tho head ord Br1ssy in hB recent
naval annual sad that 'in dcldinH with
our coming stations, 10 must Pc our
guiding principle that we depend for thc
defence of che British empire upon uur
naval supremacy And Gfout Britain
recognizes the necessity of c0Miug stu-
lions 10 keep un her standard uf 'nayHl
supremacy. She having thuHp At
Victoria ON the Pacific coosi Of British
America: ut IuliiaN the BermudpY,
lumnicu. tha islands OF 49, Lucia Asccu.
MON. st. Helena and NnuriHus; 40
Benny. Lagos Sierra leone and tlmira,
on the west const OF Africa the l'alc
land Islands oil thc east coast OF Cape
Horn: at Cape Town on The west coast
OF thc Capc OF Good Hope. nc Steamer
Point in fhe Gulf OF Alrni at Bombay,
Ceylon. Calcutta. Singapore. Malta,
Struts OF Gibraltar. Canton Hong Kong,
Sydney aud Albany. in Australia, Cape
York Queensland and the iii Islands
and RJrncO.'