The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-11-17
lID TORPEDO boat.
80 CONCENTRATION FROM THE
NAVAL BOARD.
r~we says II In an Engine Of
s~vrfbIe Potency - The secret
n~.aA BE Purchased by the Cow
-~xst and Fifty Of Them bsiit.

~r yxgsgE Nov. ts.-~The ofsictas re-
So. ,aes Holland 9gaI from John Lave.
80 + 81 ~, ard The board Of if1sfsee-
~ 80 sarsey. % walen the president II
1919 IsosgsrS. rear -sAsista4fais q. .. va
- made pubic To-Day.
$50. ~ TIE trials, and both agree that
..ssss have been successful IN almost
80. Tssve. III addition. submits a re-
- a hss observations, az eFaeTea ~ lsis
Ere<xueEt-
~ wearssnb1r / before the board of tn
E.sftas and survey.
-. s.art wa made of New suffolk.
n via nine Fnen orl o1ard, Or four more
- rnsn going isto fight. There we're
~. N'hafeheafs torgeaGes On board. The
- ss.rnyrisesi running On the surface
"a anaey the water. diving and torpedo
- ard they weFe all very successful.
So Lowe concludes his technical re-
- a. fo!s9xs
Il re-srs my belief that the Holland is
seressfu. and yeFiiabie submarine tor
- boat. capable az making a vefifabie
t.ssek sp9a An enemy unseen and unde-
Sssshe and sfat therefore size Il an en-
- ~ warfare OF terrible potency, which
- royeynmens must necessarily adopt
- Ii seryiee.'
"a IL rarsonal observations he says:
- a. ths present above water torpedo
s-ssern- sts methods theories ard appIi-
sneex the need for dsliTerance from It's
ssearIssses and from the fools paradise OF
& faiys security. ard instead the absolute
ssed 81 real sorlssfo system such as the
e1Uar4ne systenE, have already reported
ssd1f osfh OF November II, fsss.
4 vouId like 20 give further reasons
~ i surmarine service should at once
= csrnnixsd as q matter OF public neces-
~ and security.
III tie first place we must conceda that.
Notwithstanding The Hague conference,
~ rne has not yet arrived for nations 10
harm: on the contrary, that nation
viteA b not ready TO light, that ceases to
anty war. that ceases 10 Use the most
h1fssfui appliances when war Is mads. has
useAdy placed itself In 81 position Of In
ietmtty and has ceased TO possess those
,n;nable attributes which are we'll de-
eslatd In the term manhood.
Ne have distant dependencies, the Phil
hplnsa. Hawaii and the like VIII an
saeny sex g bring us 10 terms By at
hek3ag these Perhaps SO. But II so.
~ noys would be weak one, exceeding
b stak Let us no. deceive Ourselves.
kU powerful enemy would not play at
NJ after that fashion. They would strike
i b the vitais An eight-day dash across
- Atlantic would bring their ships TO
4m.auk point. where they would ancoun-
~ the American fleet. which. being de-
sssyea by fierce Of numbers, the remain-
NJ q the enenay'a ships could PASS on and
uthos 10 Long Island sound in perfect
psHity. and very shortly Long Island
rail- become a foreign possession
Ne need right of and right now fifty
shmarina torpedo vessels In Long island
kshd 10 preserve the peace and 10 give
aSsncy TO our diplomacy.
II seems 10 me quite a necessity that
~ government should not allow the skill
- knowlaage of those ownlng ana run
- the Holland boat - pass out OF It's
hsaa from native 20 foreign lands. but
hsMa forestali such a catastrophe by nj
- purchasing the Holland and putting
y Holland people under some ban where
I Dry Will be prevented from disclosing
sSerets 70 the disadvantage of tbs
sx&t States 49,