New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-07-23
TIE UNITED STATES is NAVAL PoWER.

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Interest I'm the Chicago does not ahate IN Eu-
rome. AS witness the German Emperor : u'Src
~ see her and the consequent invitation 10 Az
nlral Erbcn 10 take her 10 Cow"S. In EhEla"r
and on The Continent the ship IS much s'udl'n
and discussed. partly because or her ihhl'lu""l
qualities and partly. perhaps more because "'
her potcntia significance ~ type 81 Ah''I'' =
new Navy and an earnest "i III" iu'ur' S''
mower Of this Nation. Whether the signature
"\autlcus" In the July "Forinighiy KrNleW
conccals some great name or dighih'S S'"'h
one scarcely matters. The ariicl" Z" wh'h !
amended expresses comprch"nslV'ly ana VII"
much suggestion the serious tram OF ai'r
,houcht that all through The Old World Is I"'-
lowing upon the personal and Immediate gu
thu.iosm with which the ship and her captain
and the admiral have been greeted ~ i VIII
fen I'm the gulsc ~ an address 70 England from
some outsider: but whether that rul~' IT, l'''
or fiction scarcely matters. either: Tor II "'',
,ho.n ,blnrs which. however spoken, should
command the serious attention not Only "' E"s
land and her neighbors but Of America her
self
Tho writer recalls 20 England the not over
v,lc,,ne memory Of the manner In which h'r
navy trlumphant at Trafalgar. N the Nile. ana
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evcrv ruropcan Power. was dciicd and beaten
oooin and again. by The ships Of the United
| states. largely because. he argues. England VII
| dorestimni,-l the power Of her Young io'' p"'
| also because American ingenuity bad hHuc
American ships far more effective lighting inH
chimes than their English antagonists There II
,,rn,incni danger. he thinks. Of those same
conses opcrating again today. though not per
| Il su1
own vast power. and regarding the rivalry "'
| o,, hor rurono,n nelshbors England ncglociS
| ., ronark the renaissance OF the United States
Navy IN which Yankee Ingenuity ana energy
| ara producing at a rapid rate ships that have an
| n. ndtinn superiority over hers In prar'l'hi
effectiveness Comparing the Indiana ana Iowa
,.,,, tho Kcnown the Ncw-York with the Bl'h-
HAHN the Columbia with the Gibraltar, the
! nlru,ut, with the Talbot. and So on through
a., r,r;nus classes he shows that In Strength
- ,r,nor number Of guns. weight of metal
thrown distribution Of fire, fore. art anu
,h.,,n uuzzlr energy Of fire, coal cllmcliy an"
s,.,mjuu radius. indeed. In MI respects except
In son,. coscs-that Of speed the American
sbins are "immcnscly. nay. crushngY' superior
,o thc English Matching craft 81 approx
",notclv cuunl displacement. age AMI class h''
| CIV. CHE American ships are. * all-r"uhh
.n.,htino and scouting machines, better man
"vnurs hv from H. 10 10 per cent Nor" IMAM
r,,t America luillS such ships with Only Il
d,y.n wears experience. against EngahdS 'hr''
doy.n and in Il time Of profound peace has ere
o,cd and equipped Il Navy creating hrS' hor
o,ru manufacturing plant therefor almost aS
v,olitinusly ~ though under stress or aclui'
or threatened war.
rr,,,, ,h,s. facts "Nauic,lS' dcduccS the CON
c,,,sion tha; the United States is likely III the
immoJi1tc future to become the nrSi, rs u j.
r.,. ,h. hfih or sixth, naval Power "f the
world This supremacy Will. he thinks, new
,,lJv ,ltor the attitude Of this country tow'r"
,he rnst of tbe world America VIII II" longer
hold aloof politically, from all olU'r h'''"nH
hut their alliances and wars VIII become H''
tcrs Of direct concern To her Ana he therefore
urpcs that the two great Angio-SaNnl I""''S
which will then be- the tw" great sea po"'''
of the world and therefore practically masters
of the world should unite TO compel the "'s
orminr of the other nations, or III l'lS' !" l''
wont any civilized Power from ever closing h''
own ports or the ports of another i""'r' "S
blockade or otherwise Surely. he says ina
! would sound the kncll of war Doubtless !
,yould. SO long as England and America mann
tanned a naval establishment decidedly s'r"hg'
than those Of all other Powers colnblhru' SH''
Of affairs which AZ present, II must he con
fcsscd. seems scarcely probable But WHAT u
proba bc and practical, and what gives f"od l."
serious thought is that we are indeed return
ing surely and swiftly. To the foremost ram
p of naval Powers; and that therefore 'h'r' III
coming upon lis both international strength ah'
the responsibility Of using That strength "r'sn'
= The growth II vast sea power not "hy pro''o,
. a nations ports and COASTS ana commerce.
+ enlarges. In equal degree It's dipiohia"c p'e'