Arizona republican., 1901-12-12

Notwithstanding the excellent re-
 marine boat Full BUREAU ton a few weeks CONSERVATISM. ago. the bureau
 chiefs of the navy department have been quoted as hay ing little faith in the effectiveness of the Fulton or any other submarine craft for actual warfare. It would be interesting to hear what criticism they can make since the remarkable expert ments with the boat on Saturday last A special dispatch from New York states:
 This twentieth century realization of Jules Verne's dream of the Nautilus was put through her prettiest paces over n measured course on Great Pe- comic bay, at New Suffolk. L. l. While completely submerged to the depth of ten feet and completely invisible, but under full headway from her electric engines, sine discharged a regulation Whitehead torpedo with such accuracy that had its target been a cruiser or a battleship the hostile ship would probably have been blown out of the water.
 Darting over the surface like an ar row, cleayiIg the water with only the tip of her mast exposed, sinking like plummet, rising like a cork, at the will of her master. firing her torpedoes on the surface or submerged, under way or stationary. rolling along with perfect imitation of the dolphin's movement, now on the surface and anon beneath it-under every condition she performed her evolutions with ac- curacy that elicited admiration from the Norwegian naval expert.
 During her porpoiselike excursion ot a mile. alternately above and below the surface, Commander Geelmuyden (of the Swedish navy) was aboard the submarine boat. carefully noting her action. He unhesitatIngiy pronounced her long step in advance of the older Holland and unquestionably the most formidable craft yet devised for effec- tive torpedo warfare.
 The process of complete submersion was accomplished in just eight sec onds. Running on down the course for three minutes, the Fulton let go her Whitehead torpedo. while submerged to depth of ten feet, and, moving at a speed of five and a half knots Though neither the craft nor the tor pedo, which had been fitted with a dummy head. was visible, the path of the Whitehead could readily be traced by the white wake of the air bubbles left in it's train. By this means it was seen that the projectile was darting forward directly down the course. For 600 yards the torpedo ran submerged. Then it came to the surface. directly in the center of the course
 Just ten minutes after the Fulton a fn the surface, and was brought to a dead stop. Then Commander Geel- muyden climbed the slippery deck and disa ppeared down the hatch which was again screwed down. and the Fulton had started back for the head of the course,
 At the starting point she again dis appeared. complete submersion being accomplished in eight seconds. For ten minutes she steered a straight course under water and then, rising, began spectaculer series of long, un- dulating dolphin dives. During all these weird gyrations, the Fulton never abated her speed. She made the mile at a fve-knot gait in II AS.
 It may be true. of course, that there are practical, defects in the Fulton which have not been communicated to the public. But urquestlonably she has demonstrated that there are won derful possibilities in the future of sub marine torpedo boats. Many of the officials of the navy department-es- pecially those who have devoted most of their lives to a rapturous contem- plation Of the beauties of red tape pride themselves on their "conserva- tism," and they consider 1t commend. ably conservative to condemn every thing that Is new. The country has