The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-03-29
EuROPE's wARsHIPs AND Ours.
The raited States Has Taken the
Lead.
New York sun.


Several European journals devoted 70
maritime Pc rs are huyging the deiusie9
thar The United States navy is In the main
made up of antiauatea shtns built i'm ac~
corIance with plane bought in England
when the Hon William e Whitney was
secretary of the navy. or upon novel and
un~ E.uropean lines laid down during the
ineumbenev of our navy department by
the lion BENJAMIN r, Tracy. The sIppo-
sition of these foreign writer's is that We
have followed plans which were con
defuncd sY the naval constructors Of Great
Britain. France and Germany several years
ago.
The truth is that the plans purchased
abroad rspresentess strictly American ideas
which had been adopted bv the British fd-
miraity. and from that day to this there
have been few new practicable inNeu-
lions iii naval tires that are not traeeahse
TO American inventors. Our secret SeFsic.
has for years past maintained clever msn
in all the naval construction works OF Eli
roae ana from fasse men We receive plans
of every neN shin laid down Bns II Is
rarely tnat ans thing worth copying II no.
ed ~ oar navy department. our navy. ~
e aoa - today IA not second In It's types
10 shsps Of like tonnage in the navy
"whoss praise Great Britain loudly
chants" and Va have Incorporated In our
Dswess ehipz many important Improve
msnts which the secret service men " for
e5gu governments who work In oar ssaip-
wards nave sxetched and sayorably re-
parted upon.
F~ew persons outside OF navy and en-
gineerthe circles know that the nAVies ~
furces and Asia are an under deai 10
American Inventions. the Royal navy n.-
lag TIE chief debtor. Whsn Admiral Sir
William Parker ,ae last sasrvsVor Of Lord
Nelsens c4p;atn< ssld the la@s EriItsA adj
7ntFal whs commanded a Heel - sailing
i.ue 81 eattlestips heard Of the Monitor
navigating a tefnis.-stt8Oiss coast. and Win
r3tg y st0gioB- victefY over tAe NeFE u.sc.
hg DECLARED that tine gallant Waid.u sns
Greene were 'aiseksfHths and no sail
c4E aad AZ 3fse Same time when rubiic
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a~ka witA Indignation whether the
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