Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-08-29
AND MUST EXERCISE CAUTION
We Must Have as Good a Navy as That Of
Any Nation On Garth.
SHIP FOR SHIP We HAVE no FEAR
We Have tho Men 10 Put nehind the tiuns
LARRY Training 81 Our hoy, Make
GOOD Marismeu.


Now York. Aug. .e.-Tho World
myr;
lac American people aro ogl0w with
patriotic fcryof and the utmost calm.
mess De- necessary In consldcrlng our
future course said United States
Senator Cuahman X. Davis. before
leaving the city Tor his home to pre-
pare Tor bic journey 20 Paris as one ~
The hvo commissioners 20 arrange tho
nnh terms Of peace between tho United
states and spain.
Events have made us one of tho
greatest Powers ~ the earth" h. con-
tlnurd. Whatever we may have de-
rirod ourselves heretofore destiny has
forced ur1n ua responsibilities that We
must recognize and accept. We have
become a potent factor in the worlds
progrtrL a greater actual naval and
military power We are already. We are
not sironr enough yet. but not an hour
aust be lost in cqulppinF ourselves 90
cope with any emergency that may
confront ~. our volunteer army IL as
soc. n not better than any force ~
the Kind Ia the world. but we can not
rest secure Ia that Thought. We must
have q large regular army ready at
'ali 10 the future We must have as
go3d q navy a. any nation on carth.
We have an excellent beginning. ship
for ship. We need fear nobody hut We
must build ships with true American
energy Nothing must deter us We
know that We have the men 60 put b.
hind u.e guns. Love OF gunnory 10 an
American chnractcrlftic. When We
were boys al u ua know how TO handle
firearms. a sun Il the earliest thoight
o. the American youth. Men are lniy
grown up b1yA That explains our auc-
Csss at Manila and Santiago"
How are we likely 10 be mcnaccd
ln The futuruf' was asked,
Actually. We arc not q whit more
rNplsrd 90 attack 40 ~ colonial power
thlu $50 have been cvrry hour since
tho active advent ~ steam sea power.
Tho glorious victories ~ our navy have
brought ua new responsibilities hut the
Philippines or The Sandwich Islands
are NOT more Isolated than arr parts
OF our Pacific coast Hereafter our
power must be fait un the Ilcinc
ocean. Tho mere addition 81 a few hun
irti square m'igH ~ territory by cap
ture ur treaty does not Increase our
DANCER
China u The coveted part OF thu
clrihr surface tulay but who could
have predicted ok months ago that
Russia. trrmauy ur Japan would not
have coveted a fnpihold on the Sorih
American Duntineuti Now We see the
trend OF events IN the East. Providence
a. la IA az
I'VE must police the Pacific ocean.
H. COAT hls becn our vulnoFahle
point
"You understand. / am on record az
fivUflUE the retention % the territory
which las hsen acquired by the Snlen-
ala ylCiorl.H OF our arms. ! AN an
American cltiYen speaking 40 such and
MY remarks have nothing 10 DO with
oihClai duties that ! shall undertake
ON october ! lH commissioner % tho
Clnrrrfs Of Paris.
"Whlt unt Indy will or viii not 40.
would NOT lrgi.ct n I could, am
talking ~ ~ situation aH u exists
today md lH every American ciuEen
can sar it ThH Interests ~ the United
State must br jealousy guarded fIugn
this hour onward. We have been remisa
and indifferent i1 ths past Think ~
the NirwniuH massacre; that was tho
hlpr, a. h'.h w t tl,u ,i haNg saesnl
liz. ,rI tl..f.b.I Js,fil h,v' ~,
ItaItrJ 10 d. TAI. a. ~ maj Inc vIr,
H'uIis was not an American ship
Many 90 ih' men aboard her werr
American citizens and the ship was
r,urht on the lIrh s.la The mon we're
sbot In rdld .6d-and No stood ii.
We endured such an outrage with Cen.
Orat. d bravo and true man "a tho
head ny Affairs u wa. not cnwirficc
on me part ~ thr American people.
hut 10 WIS iftharry and ln1n renee
mat was qitir re- d'hlH.ng In ihe sight
OF thr world, That was what iuHtlned an
subsequent spanish bluna ana bray-
ala
nut we nav. risen 10 now plane
20 me love mat We were rally 10.