The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-06-03

man Of letters, tho man Of science, and the man
OF business; tho rigid determination To- wrong
no man, and to stand for righteousness; all these
necessary that the. nation should have physical
and SS ies da Sp'% and dO die at Stor nosS,, and M tSStG GRIM "a and md
steadfast resolution which alone will carry a
great people through n great peril. Tho occa-
sion may come at any instant when
IT'S mans perdition to be safe
When for the truth he ought to die.
All great nations have shown these qualities
Their industry, thrift. and enterprise in tho
pursuits Of peace their cnltiyatiop Of the arts
would. have been barren had they not been
backed, by those sterner qualities which rem.
tho banded might OF England AMI. Of France. Tho
for her; but even more was dono by the famished
burghers who, fought to the death on the walls
Who led their meets to victory on the broad and
narrow sous.
THE MARTIAL eLoR1Es OF ENGLAND.
Englsnd's history iS rIch IN splendid names
greater than that of Greece. In commerce
she has stood in the modern world as more than
IN SYS a. f GGiIsse sTou MsS t SsG MeG SiSal11SsaSn 'l sSt sSs
has risen far higher than ever Greece or Car
I mssssr FGiiS QUALITIES SSffHsS w ssf Ro wsrS po sisS ssS 81 sTItiSs a.
Romans, who oyerthrew them both. England
has been %fortile in soldiers and Administrations
in men who triumphed by sea and by land; In
adventurous and explorers who won for her
tho worlds waste spaces, and it is because OF
with the Stay the fate Of the coming years.
We OF the United States have passed most OF
S honor ao the srohit St se OF our w won lima material
prosperity; we appreciate the necessity OF thrift,
that tRhets even at these Ss sre Of no avail Without the civic
and social virtues. But we feel after all that tho
%Sr who {, h sEiD d 20 %s greatly s4s i Il Ssr; who Or t9 Sss w9Ts
best Of the country. The men Of Bunker Hill
and Trenton, Sarat9g S, and YSnTktoTTn; thS men
and A~pponnttox are those to whom we owe most.
None OF our heroes ofpoaoe, save a few great con.
war. The Americans who stand highest ON the
list of the worlds worthless are Washington,
ward governed. and Lincoln, who saved. it
through the blood of the boat and brayest In the
man, the man Of cool head, dauntless heart, and
iron will. the greatest Of good men and the best
Fl pin great w men la and Son ri TSSra , ssd; Pn ans sl kipSly
for the people. and when his work was done
laid down his life that the flag which had been
and without n scam.
MEN WHO PROTEST AGAINST A NAVY.
1t Ia on men such rs these. and not on the ad-
y s6ortsis Of psa tSa at ANY Any P rafSs, or 70 ap pope t mos $40 SO
count the possibility, Of war, that we must rely
in every CRISIS which deeply touches the true rue
their history suffered harm because Of prepare
hut we have suffered incaicuiabie harm, again
and again, from a foolish failure to prepare for
was proper open The men who today protest
against a navy; and protest als9 against
f fiomSl p %Ees% OF the Go Country SaFFy in o foreign sn0 af atdqs.
and to uphold the honor of the flag, are them
solves but following in the course OF those who
protested against the acquisition of the great
West and who failed TO make proper prepare
iionys for the war OF 1917, or refused to support
to the men whose shortsightedness and supine
indifference prevented any, reorganization Of tho
century, SO that we entered upon the civil war
with captains 20 years, old. They are as close
seeded. wished to let the Union be disrupted in
peace rather than restored through the grim
agony OF armed conflict.
MEN WHO MAKE H TILL THEIR FATHERLAND.
/ do not believe that any considerable number
of our citizens are stamped with this tiInid lack
OF patriotism. There are some doctrinaires
S Vision o. Universal peace that hey s canaot sec
the grim facts OF. real life until they stumble
worse. to the possible undoing Of their fellows.
There are some educated men in whom educn.
tiqn merely SCI serves to soften the fere and nS,i to
tell for national greatness; and these men prate
about love for mankind, or for another country.
OF their own country. What Is of more weight,
thererare NOT a few men of meanB who have
Ways ready to Balance a temfSfeTy tnteSraption
Of money making or atemporary financial ana
commercial disaster against the self-saerifce
necessary in upholding the honor of the nation
and the glory OF the flag.
UNREADINEss TO FIGHT n READINESS TO
BLCsTER.
But after all these people, though often noisy,
form but u small minority of the whole. They
would be swept, like chgff before the gust of
popular fury which would surely come n ever
suit. The real trouble is that in SUCH a case this
gust OF popular fury would come TOO late. I'm
readiness for war is merely rendered more dis
astrous by readiness to ~blnster; TO talk defiance
and advocate a vigorous policy In words, while
cause for humiliation. 1t has. always been
true. and in this, age il is more than
war when the time OF peace has passed. Tho
shOrisightedness of many people, the good
sheer ignorance Of a vast number. and the
selfish reluctance to insure against future dan
ger c by r sSief os sseriise "a n1n Snf Eos o= 4 h + nthSss
navy and carrying out a proper foreign policy.
The men who opposed the war Of 1912, and
preferred to have the nation Inundated by UNI
resented insult from "A foreign power rather than
see her suffer the losses of an honorable conflict,
occupied Il position little short Of contemplate;
but II was not much worse than that of the men
who brought on the war and yet deliberately
carry 1t TO a successful conclusion. The visionary
schemes for defending the country by gnnboats.
insreaI t y, i ny r. a : tS Sf s naxy rn pa.oiSs n sips. h.
DISCRIMINATION to place reliance upon militia In,
s the d%i 81 SPen w fhfisSRiff GIiow Sedin spon aFS eneh s AND
every ono OF these determinations should BIO
studied in every school book in the land SO as to
81 W. ~ Wv ilAAii'io VI ul Jul ti' ~ NJ
Of Wushington's adage, that in time of peace 1t
Is necessary to prepare for war.
OUR CHIEF TASK TO BUILD A NAVY.
All this applied in 1912; but it applies with
tenfold greater force now. Then, as now. II was
the navy upon which the country had to depend
in tho event OF war with a foreign power; and
then. az now. ono of the chief tasks OF a wise
and far-seeing craftsmanship should have been
tho upbuilding OF a formidable lighting navy. In
1912 untold evils followed from the failure to pro.
vide such a fighting navy; for the splendid feats
Of our few cruisers merely showed what could
have been done II We had had n great fleet OF
battle ships. But ships, guns, and men we're
much more easily provided IN time OF cmor'
gency at tho beginning Of this century than
at the end. II takes months TO build gums and
ships now, where 1t took days. or at the most.
weeks, then; and II takes far longer now 10
train men 10 tho management OF the vast and
complicated engines with which war Is wagcd.
Therefore preparation Is much more difficult,
and requires q much longer time; and yet wars
are so much quicker. they last ri comparatively
short u period, and can be begun 80 instan.
taneously that there In very much less time than
formerly In which to make preparations.
DANGERS OF LACK or PREPARATION.
No battle ship can be built inside OF two years