The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-01-01
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on December %. 1912. let out wall as
follows: "Oi what a charm is hereby
dissolved; the land spell of the French
is broken and so is our sea spell. But
on March 10, 1913, when the British ma
Wy lost the Java, the Times gave out
a yell of dispafr that is fairly heart
rending. 1t said on that date: The
public will learn with sentiments which
We will not presume to anticipate that
a third British frigate has struck to an
American, etc. The fact that Lloyds
HIST contains notices Of upward of 500
British vessels captured by the Amer
leans, and three frigates in seven
months etc. Can these statements be
true? And can English people hear
them, unmoved? Any one Who had pre-
dicted such a result of an American
war this time last year would have
been treated as a mailman or a traitor.
He would have been told that long ere
seven months the American navy would
have been swept from the seas. etc.
Yet down to this moment not a single
American frigate has struck her flag"
English naval authorities then Or
dered their frigate captains to hunt in
couples, and never TO attack an Ameri-
can frigate alone. This soon resulted
in the American Constitution gather
ing in the English Cyane and Levant
in a little over an hours fighting with
both of them. Finally, when three
English frigates attacked the President
after she had been six hours aground
and so injured as TO affect her sailing
qualities, they captured her. The rea-
son for the superiority of American
war vessels was due to the building OF
each one superior in weight of shot
tn ot1 n-7'S
sells of the same tonnage. And this Is
true, per Maclay's history OF the pres
emit American war vessels. The Indi-
ana, ii appears, will throw three times
the weight of shot ahead, and twice
the breoadSide weight of the largest
English vessel, the Renown. or the
French Jaureginberry; while in the
cruiser class, the American New York.
although 500 tons lighter than the En-
gliSh Blenheim can show a muzzle shot
energy of 1929 foot tons, as against
34,745 foot tons for the BlenIheim- Ship
for ship, the American war vessels are
superior TO the English OF the same
size by % per cent The English nation
has been largely deceived by its his
tOrians. like James, author OF English
naval occurrences, and Allison. also, Is
guilty OF an immense amount of mis-
Z
rates several OF the English frigates
taken by the Americans IN 1912 as IS
gun ships. When captured they were
found TO have from a TO 4s guns. In
comparing land forces the English
count only the ia bers and muskets''
leaving out entirely the artillery. off,
GERS. engineers. etc. which. per Napier.
the English historian, amounts 10 10
Per cent OF the whole force For IN
stance. at the battle OF New Orleans.
the English general. Packenham. re-
ported his force as $500 and General
Jackson reported $500 men. as the
United States war Office shows
The English historian, James. who
wrote years after this battle. says the
English numbered s 600 and the Ane-i-
cans 600. while Alison and Gleig. not
TO be behind. still further cuts down
the English fo0oe and raises the Amert-
cans 70 ., 900. Again, the English Ad-
miral Cochrane. who was a. the battle /
OF New Orleans, reports % ne English /
war Office that he sent 500 men on a
certain expedition Gin which they were !
defeated against 500 Americans (I-er
General Jsclson's rsportl- Alison the |
English historian who wrote fl 1882. |
nearly forty years after Ifris battle. /
gives The lie 20 Cochrane. who corn- !
manded. and puts the English force a. |
900 men and the American al LOO. u !
- this kind OF Misrepresentation By |
English historians which cecetves Eng |
lFshmsn as = class. and which has ed |
them Into more -nan one defeat Dur |
ing tire war % 1919. the Americans I
captured from me English ever so 1
merchant vessels Many - these ves- 1
ssss and cs-Eo@s were OF great value. l
as they we're trading 10 East Ia5aa, 1
etc. AID frequently approached a NH /
lon dollars as value OF cargo. AZ rnat 1
date an English frtgste cozt $40 90 4
II each ore % Ihe=e 800 vessels cap /
tur-i De averaged u value az b1; 1
sI55 90. We have 80. %. 90 = cis- 1
csbsA tSst ne English na-5o= ios: from 4
- ove7cor1ce1cs The VA % islz I
cost TIE Caste5 States 500. l5s. DC. - 4
that. as an Investment aIons. r5at var i
pad the United States considerably 4
over 10 ps- cS3t- As al this hss a. /
ready occurred. ard ST Michael Hicks
Beach says virtually nat = nay occur
again. Il IS WIKI 10 Esele satisfaction, /!
thz- an American vii iszTn that Eng
and ezas 1ox 5El sa.ps % var ard re
.cons:aue3 Of Eighth Pzge) /