The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-02-08

toward CaYite, so Admiral Dewey sent a
it did not hit her, sho v ID her commander
that it would be dangerous to come an
The Irene retreated and few days
later the German Emperor sent an apol-
The other boats of which the En-;
P Per d Is very proud are me Areona a ana
large auxiliary fleet.
-, One thing wn.ch IS to the credit nc, OF
German army has l9ag been the best
drilled drilled in the the world The navy is no ex7
willing to stand to their guns; and were
f fl eWnole neat TO sink their BODIES Wouid
pc round lying at their guns at the bot
tom of the sea-
The surviving sailors of Cervera's fleet
zen Strange tales of how the sailors re-
FUSED to stand TO their guns when they
were pursued by Sampson off Santiago
Iast FourLh OF July They tell greWsone
stories of how their commander beat
mem and threatened them with instant
oeath II they refused to stand to their
Posts' ana then as the American SHIPS
grew closer and closer. sending their shot
Gnu Sneu INTO the boats, the men ned ana
huddlinS together in mass, begged per-
mission to lower the life boats and escape
out to open sea unoer flag of truce
Some of the stories go that the com
EnaEder poured out rare wine for them to
he sent them, bold with spirits, back to
shell for shell to the Very last
The Germans are brave fighters and
would never give up the ship as long as
But the war lord has no intention of
ASAtALS- he Is too great a diplomat, too
much of gentleman: too fine politician;
too skillful ruler to send his fleet out
to meet our invincibles. The Ftlipinos
they prove that he has done so2 Could
they show a German ship flying their
their forts ready to return the American
hre2 It is all very. well TO talk: but.
The English Meet lying down in Eng
lisn waters has troubles Of its own. Diff
said to be looking for trouble; different
from the American fleet which has recent
ferent from the Russian fleet which is
quiet; it is getting in war trim It's sides
are being painted a lead color and the
daily, off Spithead-
Queen Fictoria's forces are not look
ready for it. France is not far away
the Victorious the Century. the la Narc ciss
Us. the Grafton and the Barfieur and ever
so many other ships.
She could divide her navy and send
part of it to the Mediterranean without
losing any of her prestige in Atlantic wat
ers. She could do up the navy Of France
feet with another But Engiand e siltae
she is not going to fight she IS anIv nrss
pairing to make demonstration
- dne recent war created a new word in
the term demonstration. If a Preside1+
is diplomatic when he makes a snoe+t
speech. just so a navy is diplomatic when
it makes demonstration
The word came into use when Commo-
dore watson was ordered by the NAVY
Department to take a feet over TO The
coast of Spain, there to make a demon
stration which could be seen by the span
ish people 1t was not expected TO fight
only to show them what a powerful navy
the United States had and to convince
them how useless it was to struggie
against such fleet.
Germany may make a demonstra tfon
in the Philippines; why should il nor
and England may make a demonstration
along the Mediterranean and off the coast
of France, being far out enough to be in
neutral waters; and why not? What
profit is it to great country to maintain
a large feet if it cannot once a year make
a demonstra tion2
The kaiser longs to ride the seas on
his f1agships, who would begrudge him
the privilege or say that he is upon mis-
chief bent?