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THE MARCH or PROGRESS.
IL the current number Of the
Cosmopolitan appears an interest
ing article from the pen Of the eii-
tor John Brisben Walker, under
the caption, "Great Inventions
Since the Worlds Fair" The
writer sums them up as follows:
The submarine boat.
Wireless telegraphy,
Telephoning under the sea,
The X-ray.
The high-pressare, twenty,mile
gun.
The small-bore rifle,
The baby incubator.
The automobile.
Acesylene gas.
The submarine boat is given tirst
place in military importance and
the writer points out that, while
the submarine vessel had its incep-
ton long prior to 1898, it is only
since that time that it has been
brought to a state of such perfec-
ton as to become q real factor in
the naval world. The claim is
made, however, thatthe perfection,
and adoption OF this type of vessel
by our government, has been pur-
lDsely retarded BY certain rich and
powerful manufacturing interests
who, for theirow advantage, desir-
ed to perpetuate the large and cost
ly battle-ship. In proof of this
claim he points out the needless
delays Of naval boards, appointed
TO test and reporton the Holland"
submarine boat during the Spanish
war, when such a vessel was so ur-
gently needed, and adds: Even
up to the present time, no hearty
or generous acknowledgement Of
the scientific merits of this inven-
zion has ever been made on the
part of any (American) naval
board.
Meantime France, in which no
great arnor, shipbuilding or gum
factory interests exercise influence
over the government, has consider
ed the question on its merits and
has brought its best scientific minds
10 bear on submarine construction.
TnU resuTts are Hs mfgnr easny
have been guessed. In fact, the
practical demonstration goes far
beyond the prophesies of the most
sanguine. They are best told by
quoting the following cablegram to
the New York World of July Goth:
Paris, July 20.-After seeing
the submarine boat 'Gustave Zede'
sail 175 miles from Toulon to the
harbor of Ajaccio, Corsica, elude
the vigilance of the French feet,
torpedo the great battle ship
Charles Martel' and cross the Med
iterranean to Marseilles (225 miles)
all this time unobserved, the
French Minister of Marine has de-
cided to delay the building of sew
eral monster war-ships already
voted by the National Congress !.
and will present a bill to mod
ify the naval expenditures, provid-
ing for construction, in place of
large war-ships contemplated, 40
submarine craft of the 'Gustave
Zede' type and so purely defensive
su5nlrine boats of the 'Goubet
type which cannot operate beyond
Is miles but are SO transportable
that eight can be loaded aboard an
ordinary cruiser"
In concluding his review of the
submarine boat the writer makes
the somewhat remarkable state
ment that ''the $5,000,0O0 expend-
ed in single battie-ship would
mean 100 submarine boats-a hotil-
la powerful enough to destroy our
entire navy as it to-day exists"
After reviewing the other inven-
tions enumerated above, Mr.. Walk
er turns to a consideration of the
progress, which may reasonably be
expected within the next decade.
On this most interesting subject he
says:
"a million scientifically trained
minds are today engaged upon the
great problems which concern man
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