The Hawaiian gazette., 1898-10-04
A Chat With The Writer Of
BrasseyS Annual.
VIEW Of WHITE SQvAOR0Ns
Likes the Oregon Commsnds Am
srican Sea Fighters Alliance.
"voyags Of Sunbeam"

small in stature. His fame Is solid
and lastingly established. He Is know
all over the world for a final authorit.
on naval matters. for one OF the fore
most sailors of any time, for man o
the most charming personality and fol
one Of active, broad, powerful and in
cisive mentality. There is nothing
naughty about this man of reputation
and brains and title and high degree
When one approaches him for a cha
he finds seats and readily enters into
conversation.
There Is issued regularly from pres
a book "Brassey's Annual" This vol
ume is looked for eagerly each year b!
the heads of all Governments. II al
ways tells all about navies II any
one at any time wants to know any.
thing about any navy, resort is at once
had to this comprehensive and accur.
ate work. Lord Brassey has been COM
piling the annual so long that the main
AhNNh anu hShl'S VI Alit WI N dit At
the tips of his fingers" He amazes one
with his remarkable grasp of the de-
tails OF information on navies.
Lord Brassey, returning at this time
from England, spent some time in the
United States. He wanted to see how
the American ships looked after the
campaign against Spain. He speaks in
glowing terms of the construction OF
the ships OF the United States, on their
fitness for battle and on the bravery
and skill OF the men who handled and
fought them. "AlP this" says Lord
Brassey, earnestly, was to he expected
on the part of our cousins and Is taken
as matter of course. We expected them
10 battle CALAMITY. We knew they had
the better ships and men and the wish
that they would win was father to the
sympathetic hope. The public men OF
the United States are elated over the
fact that the war brought their polit-
ical factions closer together as ma
ton and wiped out sectional lines. 1t
did much more than that and should be
given broader view. II has welded
together forever the bond of friend
ship between the United States and
Great Britain and has settled once and
for all that the English speaking peo-
Piles are in brotherhood whether or
no treaties or documents or letters or
protocols are signed TO that effect in
fact. So complete and thorough and
absolute Is the understanding between
the heads of the nations and the two
peoples that no agreement of arbitra-
ton between the United States and
Great Britain as matter OF record is
necessary at all"
In the opinion OF Lord BraSsay the
feature OF the fighting was the fear
fully effective work of the cruisers both
in Manila bay and off Santiago. Both
the cruisers and the battleships did
more than the experts thought they
were capable of and they have been
studied pretty carefully. 1t Is marvel
Gus that through all the work of the
navy not an American ship was found
unprepared when called upon. That
nothing should have gone amiss with
any or the ships in the squadron that
waited so long for Cervera Is little
short OF miracle. The landsman can
not grasp the computation OF what is
involved in having a fighting ship
ready for business on the notice OF an
instant for weeks. There are hun
dreds upon hundreds of chances for ac-
cidents that might keep a ship out of
action or delay her with an enemy in
sight, but all OF these myriad of
chances seem to have been avoided
somehow, and 1t must frankly be ad-
mitted that brains all along the line
is what did It,"
Lord Brassey grows enthusiastic in
commenting upon the performance OF
the Oregon. He says that what Capt.
Clarke did with this ship Is unparal-
leled both for man and craft. Nothing
like 1t was ever before attempted and
few naval men could be induced to he
ileve in advance that anything of the
sort could be accomplished. IL can
readily be noticed in conversation that
Lord Brassey is deeply impressed with
the Oregon. The distinguished Brit
Usher speaks OF the nicely with which
calculations had been made in placing
guns on the American ships. He has
only highest praise for this factor. He
is especially pleased with the work OF
the small guns, of which he has been a
persistent advocate. Lord Brassay
speaks with caution OF torpedoes. He
tayors speed In vessels OF all classes
and Is decided that future naval con-
struction In both the United States and
MS own country will be partial to fast
cruisers and ships OF the line and TO
me hylng and wicked small craft.
The auxiliary section OF the Amerl-
Vah navy was IN every way a surprise
10 LORD Brassey He had thought, he
saln, mat considerable number OF
commercial and pleasure craft could
oe used IN warfare, but the number
maue available and their remarkably
enectlve service he granted as surpris-
ing. Lord Brassey is a great admirer
cester. '"' WV"
For -four years now Lord Brassev
mas been Governor OF Victoria. Ue e.
now on his way TO HIS home and dnties
IN that colony. lie Is an advocate ~,
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