Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-02-01
A NAVAL orIIcrR's VIEWS.
How LItie Prepared We Are Tor Actual
Mar.

! ncre l. vague NnacfffanNlng, NJ fA.As
among the American rrcr'c that ., gland hsss
few coaling and naval stations scattered ssms-
where Nlong or adjacent q oar coasts. ihry
do not comurchcua the true ,gniicance
thereof, and how can they. since sasy are -
busy making money thai one. tons 81 rat.oal
defense are considered iusisuifcant England
Is wrspt mp in money getting. too. but sho hh.
never los: sight Il the importance ~ being il q
position to defend her ve.l,h shou1 30 10
attacked venture 20 say that NJ uar -hrui
be declared within a month thereafter fhis
country would h. ou; niore money thaa v,u.i
sustain standing army cf TO GO fn.a f1r oue
hundred wears and give us the &uost uasy IA
the world
ooRroNED ~ r1RrIFrEp CAMS.
England has u almost completely corl0uci
by fortified camps ard naval stations n shs
should get the Hawaiian islands ue vii De rsr,-
pletely surrounded. hemmel on and encircl-i
by her military and naval forces l. not the
great slgnincance ~ this motnfHtous fl-t Az
parent To every body but o. western lrcIslafUr'
let me rcsd you THIS quotation from the Euush
Naval Annual winch. IN one sentence. outlines
English war policy better than a Noiamp Ne
must shoS ourselves in cs-r n need ahls 10
ueal the hrsi blow ~Ith crushing pugc-. We
must sho" oUrsCiyes prepared Ia sweep hostile
cruisers from tn seas
she IL prepared 10 40 ihis right nov. The
handful % Unarmored cruisers ~ have are DE-
worthy Of serious cou~larfatiun g. Asr. 81
tell YOU how she would strike the 'ff-t blow a
the crushing force. There would De 10 llns
lost 10 preparation, she \ aissy- prepared.
WOULD DESTROY oyE SEACoA~r ,ITFs.
within thirty hours after dec'arauon OF wsr
Charleston ana Savannah would probably De n
ashes. 80 would New Orleans. Tor they a-e
tins distance OF time from the naval station Z
the Bermucas. An armar.i battle sh4D ia
three days would steam up tho B,lavar, ana
lombard Phi.adeirlil a her l.i.ure NJ
horA Is also but three uavs from the E"rmu..s
anG Boston hut five dasS from Haitian. lIn
Nova Seotian feet world ubngiugiN stop Ht
Portland, burn aud bomhari that imVo-tart
railroad center steam o. l.'.-yu. .tle shot q
bunker mn monument Just Tor IN. Fun o. de-
moIi,hing that hi-~ric Il.o ~ STONE. lay tls
citv IN ruins and proceed down th. coast into
Long Island sound and anchor "a Ntilo,- Isfu.
hr>t deinolishIug Tlac, called Port >cauT.,r
WIN just three rto-s from the hig rufss.
In the meantime thtrr og folr ur-ur.i
battle ships have sailsi up from .he Bsr,1lIr=
or 81. Lucia In the i,a'trduUs aud are aui.. DE-
.! SANDY Hook blocka'liUg the po-t 90 Nrs
York and keeping prisoners In IA. har,.sr tl-f
dozen Of our tine uuarmoryd crul-,r.. uH,
can fight vessels ~ thar cla-- only arl ri..r-
chant men. The Mlautouamah h. tur ,-i-
vessel On this coast allie 10 core Niiu one p
! her class m the English navy. hut fhsrr Hfs
three a. bag ard powerful a. she vai..uE I.~
her outside. aui two more 81 Millcts Point
even American pluck pales D, Tore certain
suicide. Bat a. Americans can die ana uHf
surrender. she steams down the bav. ava On
the vastly uneven contest following a...
gloriously 10 the bottom. he EngH-u boo.
have no occasion 60 90 up into the LaIaor they
lombard New York from where thay %
Finally, just to see how much damage 10 D.. ,..I--
| slble TO infiict at short range an a Tea u...-s
they steam up through the usrro~-. l,t,l4ar
the putty forts that guard 1t just To- make tie
| landscape even.
| TIE ToAFEDoFSNor FEorE, rroN.
"'Ah, but the patriotic American fays. cur
torpedOes in the bay would blow them 81
high Torpedoes and false inn .-c..ia. a. Of,
their actual efiectiyeEess have houc more rl
! keep back naval Improvement and ras-f ,..-
! fenses than anything else. Niue-tartll, cd "a
! that l. GAINED for them j. rot. The IiHl.
I stop Farragut in the MississipIi. uor lie I.I--
SLAMS from crossing the Danube. They ATE 81 d,
4 be tested IN actual modern wagfaae tlrgea
Theoretically beautifully. effective aud useful
/ All that is conceded Is tina; the movable ts--
pedoes have an effective DANCE SPACE IL tBl
yards. But our channel TORI edoes and miuss
SAYS the patriot. There wouidu'i be- any th.r.
| in the first place. and If they were thry mu.;
be protected by shore batteries Zach der..,l
upon the other For efficiency. IL the torrelt-..
were IN the bay the British guuboais would
! blow them up instead 81 wee vera. We have
two torpedo boats that wouldn' De -ecucuis.i
| as such by any other na.ian. and are ua,I =
| steam launches FOX the a admiral 20 - a-ho-e
| 81 have talked with many SENATORS and Con
gressmen and thew say the United States vi
! never engage IN another fgrtlZu war: thai Inc
| ternational matters viii be arhtrated nat no
| country can expect successful sihitratI.u
| without powerful armed force 20 bach az rs
| side or the argument. A. for another var v.
| were. 1 am reliably informed. within Eve fYt1-
| utes OF one with Chile dozen times aud 81 -
| in forty-eight hours with England oN,i tls
| Boring sea controversy. The ri-ert man li,.tr
| can't tell whether If the United States r...-
sues the policy size ought with England or
| the islands il will not result IA war. Mhv. .lr.
| If Congress should say viii annex Tie
| islands aud England say We slhu not, tb.,'-
war, and only war. We should never civ, her
| that one last link in the c.ain OF fo.tiUests0r
she has welded almost around Us She may
| protest aeains; the annexation. What IN tho
name of all that's naval has she got To- ,uv
about it anyway How dare sle .protests' ara
tine islands yet hers? Does she care far
Frances protest REainst her OCCUPATION ~
Egypt Why didn't protest when ii. an
neNed Cypressl We could have done so ig,t
as consistently.
ENGLAND WANTS TIVE ISLANDS
MARX my word. England wants the islands.
She may yet get them, too. They are AZ meets.
sary to her for her to maintain her suprcu,,.y
IN the Pacific as Gibraltar la the Mediterranean.
I'm twenty-four hours after a declaration a
war there would be no northwestern portion II
the United States. Ii would be British pos...-
hlons Es9almault Is but Few hours from
Seattle and Tacoma. One eunboat vouid -
every town on Puget sound In ruins in t,,
days. They couldn't get TO Portland. for uR,ilr.
has made her impregnable from the sea by CIV
ing her river that they couldn't get up ~ /.
hurry. The American war vessels having been
overclassed and outaumbered IN the naval brt-
tie that would at once ensue at Honolulu ia.
British war vessels there would steam for San
Francisco 10 assist their sister battle sips .lat
were blockading that po-t. The Monterey
would give them gallant battle. might sink on,
or two, but in the end would succumb TO sn-
perior force This would settle the Pacit.
coast. for it il absolutely defenseless. In "a,
meantime the armed forces on the lakes would
spring mp if by magic, our dcfenseless cite.
dealt with with customary British vigor and in
side OF one week England coald make any term.
she wanted with us. The crushing blow
would have been dealt-not in DAYS or weeks.
but in hours.
These statements NAV at first glance spue,-
wild. Bur where are our forts our euus our
torpedoes. our army. our rifles and small .rnas-
our navyl Would general think of going 10
war with infantry only? Can we have a navy OF
unarmored cruisers? We must have haiti.
ships, rams, beted cruisers, torpedo boats ana
other arms of the service. We will buy a nav
in case of war, have heard many saw. H.
many weeks or months would il take 20 neco,,-