The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-11-23
TRIAL WAS A SUCCESS.
An Engine of Warfare of
Terrible Potency.

Terrible Potency.
SUBMARINE TORPEDO BOAT
The Government Test of the HOl-
land Craft-It Must Be Adopt
ed Into Fifty of
the Boats Should be
Built.
New York, Nov. 17.-The official re-
ports on the Holland boat from John
Lowe, captain, u S. N, and the board
of inspection and survey of which the
president is Frederick Rodgers, rear adj
miral. u. S. N, were made public today.
Both reports deal at length in the tech
nicalities of the trials and both agree
that the trials have been successful in
almost every particular. Captain Love-
in addition, submits report Of his obser-
vations. as ordered by the government.
The trial of the Holland boat took
place on Nov. 8, before the board of in
spectors and survey.
There were three Whitehead torpedoes
on board. The test comprised running
on the surface and under the water,
diving and torpedo firing and they we're
all very successful. Captain Lowe con-
cludes his technical report as follows:
Il report my belief that the Holland is
a successful and veritable submarine
torpedo boat, capable of making veri-
table attack upon an enemy unseen. and
that therefore she is an engine of war
fare Of terrible potency, which the gov
ernment must necessarily adopt into the
service.
OF his personal observations, he says;
Concerning the worse than worth
lessness of the present above water tor
pedo system, its methods, theories and
appliances, the need for deliverance
from it's absurdities and from tho FOOLS
paradise of it's false security, and instead
the absolute need of real torpedo sys-
tenn have already reported, under
date of Nov. IA, 1893.
81 would like to give further reasons
WHY a sub marine service should at once
be organized as matter of public nee
essity and security,
I'm the first place. we must concede
that, Notwithstanding The Hague con-
ference, the time has not yet arrived for
nations to disarm; on the contrary, the
nation which is not ready to fight. that
ceases to study war, that ceases to use
the most frightful appliances when war
is made, has already placed its9lt in a
position of inferiority and has ceased to
possess those valuable attributes which
are well described in the term manhood.
1--WE have distant dependencies, the
Philippines, Hawaii and the like. Will
an enemy seek to bring US to terms by
attacking these? Perhaps SO. But if SO
the move would be weak one, exceed
ingly weak.
"Let US not deceive ourselves. Any
powerful enemy would not play at war
after that fashion.-They would strike
us in the vitals An eight-day dash
across the Atlantic would bring their
ships to Montauk Point where they
should encounter the American feet
which, being destroyed by force Of num-
bers, the remainder of the enemy's ships
could pass on and anchor in Long Island
sound in perfect security and very short
ly Long Island would become a foreign
possession.
awe need right of and right now SO
sub marine torpedo vessels in Long
Island sound to preserve the peace, and
to give potency to our diplomacy.
cit seems to me quite necessity that
this government should not allow the
skill and knowledge of those owning and
running the Holl nd boat to pass out of
its own hands from native to foreign
lands. but should forestall such cat
astrophe by at once purchasing the Hol-
land and putting the Holland people
under some ban whereby they will be
prevented from disclosing secrets to the
disadvantage Of the United States. -
Anaconda Standard.