The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-03-04
news. spanlards In nelghborlrg towns
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WE NEED nor FEAR
This Whole spani.h Riesi-A Foreign
Opinlon OF the Amrriran Navy.

This Whole spanish Riest-A Foreign
Opinlon OF the American Navy.
LONDON, March sy-.The United
States Will have every town on the
Spanish coast blown to atoms, 1 am
ready TO wager, a month after the be-
ginning Of hostlll.ies." said William Al
Ian, NJ. p, to the New York World cor.
respondent. n .
Mr. Allan represents the Gateshead
Gfvision In the house OF commons. is
one OF the largest ship builders on the
Tyne and 70 an acknowledged author.
lty on naval affairs. 5Sli M
The World correspondent had asked
him II there Is any likelihood that
Spain can buy war vessels now bulld-
Ing In British yards from the govern
ment which ordered them.
1T would not do Spain any good II
she could buy them," Mr.. Allan an
swered. "But except those ordered by
japan there are very few orders in the
English yards from foreign govern
ments and Japan won't sell. ! can't
conceive why Chile should sch ships to
her ancient enemy 10 be used against
the United States. which helped her so
generously to her Independence. But
even should Chile or Brazil sell ships
TO Spain they would be OF no use to her.
II have always expressed in the housa
Of commons, as you know. my admirl-
tlon for American warships. I chal-
lenged our government to test the new
cruiser Powerful by sending her across
the Atlantic at full ppeed as the United
States government had sent the Column
b!a, but our government declined.
consider that America has GONE OF the
very finest ships afloat and know the
American sailors to be as good as any
In the world.
"Why, Spain is q retrogade-a morl-
bund nation. II she should snap UP all
the warships available all over the
world she could not give the United
States cause for an instants concern.
II believe In the grit, tenacity and
fighting. capacity Of the Anglo-Saxon
races as against these Span.ards, who
are fed on oil and garlic and are with
out stamina. Why. In the olden days
our buccaneers used to beat them, aud
they have not improved since then
rather the contrary. But there viii be
no war. The Spanish government
knows Il would be the signal for u Car
list rising. They will have some kind
OF revolution In Spain before long, but
as for war with the United States there
will be none. .,35 + 8 Z & n III
~ have never believed that the
United States wants Cuba. butI eS-
pect they viii tempioy all their Int!u-
ence to establish q republic the.e."
Mr.. Tweddse. the manager Of Thorny-
crofts famous torpedo boat works at
Observation-Disclosures. said to the
Worlds correspondent: II don't think
the Spanish navy can cause the United
States much concern really don't
think Spain has much OF chance Of
getting warshlps In English yards from
| the governments for which they are
being constructed. The great majority
OF ships now. on the stocks are for the
British government, which. OF course,
won't SELL" Ss,fs5s
Inquiries BY the world correspondent
at Yarrow's torpedo boat works, Black
wall, ELECTED the statement that the
firm Is building four torpedo catchers
for Japan and four for Austria. Neither
power would sell the shIps to SpaIn. :