The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1898-03-04
SPAIN WOULD
STAND NO SHOW
United States NOnld Wipe Her from
the Pace Of the Earth,
VIEWS or WILLIAM ALLAN
No cd Enqli,hmaa say, the Fight Would be
Oae-S Sided No chaaer Tor Spain 20
rurehass kafships

London. March 1--'The United states .
viii have every town On the Spanish .
coast blown 10 atoms I IN ready To /
wager month AFTER the beginning Of
hosurucs." said william Allan. n r.
to tho New York world correspondent .
Mr. Allan represents the GaieHhold diyls-
ION In the house ~ commons. ana h one
N the largest shipbulldcrs on the Tyne,
and In Acknowledged hiRh authority on
naval matters The world correspond
cnt had asked him n there was any like
ilhood n spain can buy warshipr now
building in british yard. from the gov
eminent which ordered them.
"lt would no, do spain amy good u she
could hhy 'h'm' M' """'
outs,d, N those ordered ty Japan there
sr, fsv ships ln English yards ordered
go, ,..., ,,o,.t
W '''' 80,
r'li ] ''h '''''''' WV
rell ships TO her ancient 'N'"' '' '' "'''
against ihc United state which hc'p'a
l,r m generously 'o her independence.
uut oven should chile pr Brazil sell ships
,o Spain they would De- NJ mo- use 70 her.
have always expressed iU ihr houf' oi
commons ,s you know. mf admiration
for American warsh'ps 'hnl'onsd the
ro,,rnment 90 'cs' ihr new cruiser f""
rfmi by s,ullnr hrr across 'ho Au'nu'
at ful speed as lhe ru.'ri States g''''n-
MON, n.d sent iHe Columbia. nu' 'nr gov
crumrut declined consider that Amer
1900 hr- some of the nn's' ships 'h'A'
aud know American sailors 20 ho ns E'''
as any IN thc world why. Sr''n u d
rrtrn grade. mnrihund natinn. " sh'
+ should snap up all the worsh'ps n'a''"n''
/ .ll oe.r ,ho world she could NOT give the
, United states cause t"t an instant ''"
Germ. believe IN tho grit, tvnacliy ana
/ Hrhtng capacity o' ihc Anglo-saNon
f,,,. ,s against the spaulards who are
f.l ON OH and garlic and without stamina,
B ,yb, In the oldcn DAYS our buccaneers
rs,5 ,o heat them ana they have not Inn
,,,y,3 since th,n-rathcr the contrary.
"i, would bc an easy matter FOR the
i,,,.d states 10 capture the principal
s,api.h arsenal nt Trubia near the north
arm cons, Tho plnce is not dcfcnsIblc,
No. ,.our navy dcpartmcnt doubtless
,,,u.. nut thcr, will be no war The
sr,,,sh government knows it would be
n,. s,.r.i for ID carlist rising. They will
how, ,ono Kind NJ a revolution In Spain
,,,or, long bu, ns 10 w.r with the United
s,.,.. ,,oro u,iu he none
' "t ,,ye mayor believed that the United
s,,,.s wortod Cuhn hut I expect they
an .,,,,oy all ,hcir influence 10 cstab.
lus, , rcruhllc there"
Mr. Tweedle. the manager OF the Thor
nvcrof, ,orpcdo boat works. said to the
f, World correspondent.
81 do not think the Spanish navy can
cause the United States much concern
| | really do not think Spain has much
OF a chance OF getting warships In Eng
land from the governments for whlch
they are being constructed, The great
majority OF the ships now on the stocks
are Tor the British government, when
NJ course viii not sell do not know
OF any for Chile but Argentine has three
under construction. Argentine will not
scu for know that when France offered
to buy some torpedo catchcrs we were
constructing for Argentine, the latter de-
cllnod to sell. Spain has four torpedo
catchcrs on the stocks OF the Clyde, but
they are not yet delivered, The speed
trials were not successful True, they
build warshlps themselves, but their ca
nncity AS constructors may be gaugeC
,ron, tho foct that they have Just launch
cd n bottleshIp which has been on tn,
stocks eight years. Then, ir Spain wnnt'