Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-09-09
Our New International Position.

our manufacturers already under
stand that access 90 China win d. Of
Vital moment 20 Them in the twentieth
century. ana the eyes ~ our states
men are beginning 20 open 20 the fact
The moment that The magnitude uf our
present nnd prospective commercial In
tcreHts IN CHINA u appreciated al
Washington. The necessity ~ Cu-up
Grating whit Great Britain and Japan
10 avert the aequaatrItlon N the Ce-
iosiim empire by Russia, France ana
Germany win also be- acknowledged.
and our Far Eastern policy win be
adjusted 20 that end Should IL Hctm
lmpriciicahiD 60 prevent the Partition
uf Chlna-to restore ~ territorial In
irrnty would require the reiruceaaiun
~ Port Arthur and Talienwau by Rus
sia. N ISlno chou hay by Germany and
u wcl.hal-wel by Engiand-ii would
obviously be- Tor the advantage of the
United States ana japan 10 hclp Eng
land 20 secure the largest possible slice
" the Middle Kingdom, the whole val
ley " the Yang tae.k ianr. for exam.
pie. n would be- for their advantage
because an nations would enjoy the
privilege ~ free trade In that part ~
CHINA which should be- under british
control. The annnupcewen, that iho
United states were determined 60 em-
/ f1r the present and future bonont ~
/ American manufacturers and ship
owners would annot 90 once. and Hcri-
nurly, the situation In the Far East.
hy introducing a new aud potent In
teruatiunai factor. Not only should
we posarra s0rl-s ~ stepping stones
/ across The pacinc IN Honolulu, Guam
/ and Manila Tor Manila ~ least We
shall retain-hut We should permanent.
IS Keep n considerable military force
/ az the at-nnmod point. while our navy
already formidable. VIII soon be-
strengthened by additions and, after
/ the completion ~ the Nicaragua canal,
/ will Ntvr unmatched facilities for
| quick concentration. At present. We
have but ave hltilcrhipr; this hum'
| bet. however. win b. Increased 90 ten
by tho end " next Year, three othcrs
b. authorized this winter 10 that W.
h. authorised thi awinter. 20 that We
may reasonably count on the posses
sion % twenty hhttlcHhlpf nVc yonrn
hence. The value ~ vessels u this
type having been cpncluHlvely
proved at Santiago, We shali
20 on building them until every one OF
our fafty.fye states has namcHhke
among hattleahipa. Similar expansion
may be- looked Tor In the number OF
our afmnfrd cruisers. Al the rate OF
prNgrsat. which now seems nNcd unon.
our navy should be- superior In number
NJ shlpi and weight N armament 10
that ~ Ruula. and the day may not
be- distant when u Will 0Vuriakr thhi
~ France. british naval experts have
expressed tho opinion that, even by the
end af the next year. We need not ieaf
a Contest with the French upon the
ocean, Tor, although oatenalhly' We
should Boz uutclaafed, We might reason
! ably look Tor success owing 10 the SUI
. 80 - a. TrHI
KUN. Moreover. what French discipline
/ amounts 10 on uhlph1lfd, was
revealed at Trafalgar where the
spauinrda fought much better than
their French allies, aud We IA W. lately
had further evidence ON that point w
the diagrnrrful scenes which attended
the sinking ~ the nnurgurne. ~ Tor
the Germans. We could annlhIlaie any
naval force which they could place TO-
] day on the Atlantic. and. although the
nott under Nuu nlrdrlchH u, nnminally
much stronger than our squadron ln the
Pacific. W hg7luvr that Dewey could
Vlnqulsh the ucrmnu admiral nav that
tha Monterey and Mnnndn0ck have
reached him. Indeed ore this We would
/ probably have given Won plrdriChH the
chtstlaement deserved. had the oregon
been fent 90 Manila In fulnilment OF the
promise made by the navy department.
| 10 u, ~ course. the part ~ wisdom %
finish one war before beginning another,
but u may be predicted that. when a
treaty of peace with spain has been
concluded, W. shall call ihe Berlin guv-
nrnmcnt 90 account Tor the perform
.unrra ~ iiH admiral In the harhor 81
Manila, u q HltHfactury explanation
ho not forthcoming. 10 n on the cards
hiatt The German navy, which william
10 hHa made the apple OF mis- eye, may
suddenly vnultsh ln smoke, and with q
hIf darling dream % colonial hEEfan-
dlEemrut Certain 70 is that well-in-
formed Americans win be- Ia no hurry
% forget thr unlrlrudly attitude as
runiri by several continental powers
before, ana Tor some time after, the
outbreak " the present war. ana that
after u treaty OF peace with Spain 10
signed measures viii boz taken 10 keep
the ugly facts before tho eyes of theli
fellow countrymvn,- Golfers Weekly