The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-03-04
SPAIN NOT OUR Equal
The Two Navies Compared by Prom
inent Englishmen.
SPANS FORTS EASY MARKS.
One Gives the Tnitsd states Four weeks
to Destroy Evsry spanish Town
ON the Coast-Chili Has No
ships TO sell spain.


coast blown 10 atoms, am ready 10
wager, a month after the beginning Of .
hostilities. said William Allan, NJ. p
TO the New York World correspondent. |
Mr.. Allan represents the Gateshead |
division In the house Of commons, and |
is one Of the largest shipbuilders on the
Tyne, and is an acknowledged high au.
thority on naval affairs.
The World correspondent had asked
him II there Is any likelihood that Spain
can buy war vessels now building in
British yards from the government
which ordered them.
ut would not do Spain any good II
she could buy them" Mr Allan an.
swered. "But except those ordered by
japan, there arc very few orders In the
English yards from foreign govern.
monts, and Japan won't sell.
~ cannot conceive why Chill should
sell ships 10 her ancient enemy 10 be
used against the United States, which
helped her 10 her Independence Even
should Chill or Brazil sell ships 10 Spain
they would b. Of no uss 10 her.
II have always expressed in the house
Of commons, a. you know, my ndmira.
ti0n for American warships chal.
lenged our government n test the nev
cruiser Powerful by her sending across
the Atlantic At full speed a. the United
States government had sent the COlum.
bia, bat our government declined
"l consider that America has some of
tho finest ships aAoat and know tho
American sailors 20 he a. good as any in
the world
why, Spain 10 rctrogade-a mori.
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 instant's concern.
II believe In the grit, tenacity and
fighting capacity Of the Anglo Saxon
races as against those Spaniards, who
are fed on oil and garlic and are with.
out stamina Why, In the olden days
our buccaneers used 20 beat them and
they have not improved since then
rather the contrary.
1T would b. an easy matter for the
United States 10 capture the principal
Spanish arsenal az Trubla, near the
north coast and not far from Oyiedo.
The place is not defendble as your navy
department doubtless knows
But there viii bo no war The Span.
ish government knows Il would b. the
signal for a Callisi uprising
"They viii nave some kind Of a rcvo.
luton In Spaia before long, but a. "a
war with the United States there will
/ be none.
II have never believed the United
States wants Cuha, but | expect she will
employ her inGgcnce 20 establish a rc.
public there %
Tweedle, the manager Of Thorny.
croits famous Torpcdoboat works al
Chiswick.on.the. Thames, said 20 The
| Worlds correspondent;
Il do not think the Spanish navy car
cause the United States much concern
II really don't think Spain has much
Of a chance Of getting warships in Eng
lish yards from the governments fol
which they are being constructed. Tn,
great majority OF the ships now on th,
stocks are for the British government
which, Of course, will not sell.
II don't know Of any FOR Chill, bu
Argentine has thrco under construction
Argentine won't sell for | know whei
France offered 10 buy some torped,
oaichors we were constructing for Ar
gentino, the latter declined 20 sell.
Spain has four torpedo catchcrs
about 22O feet long each, and with
speed Of 2s knots on the stocks In Clyde
but they arc not yet delivered as IN
speed trials were not successful.
True, they build warships themselvo
and have just voted credit for naya
purposes, but their capacity a. con
structors may be judged from the fac
that they have just launched battle
ship which has been In the stocks eigh
years.
"Then II Spain wants 20 buy shin
here for war purposes she must act b,
fore state of bclligercncy arises Tn
instant war Is declared the British gov
ornmont will place an embargo ON al
the war vessels being constructed an
not one will be permitted to leave ou
ports except TO 80 TO some power 9th,
than the belligcronts. II our author
ties suspected that ordinary steamer
were being fitted tor use in any way b
either bclligercnt they would be stoppe
in the same way.
Inquiries by Tho World corrcspon,
ent at Yarrows torpedo boat work
Bluokwclls, elicitod the statement thu
the firm IA building four torpedo catcl
ers for Japan and four for Austrii
Neither power would sell the ships
Spain.
Tho Thames ship building work
whero the largest aud most powcril
line Of battlcships ever built Is in cour
OF construction for Japan the manag,
said.
"Wo have nothing Spain could pu
chase, as we aro building only two lin,
of battleships, one for lr government
the other for Japan i spain is loo
ing out for ships, her a,'nts have N
been inquiring ot the Thames as yet. ="
SHIPPING AMMUNITION.
Activity Continues at the New Vol
Arsenal supplying Forts.