New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-11-18
ADMIRAL RODGERSs SPEECH.

The navy then received another toast and
Admiral Frederick Rodgers spoke of the need
for a larger navy. especially in view Of the
prospective isthmian canal and the insular pos
sessions of this country. Cur ships, he said
we're as good as any in the world. but the
ton needed more of them. He said in part:
In the first place, want 10 thank the president
ana members OF the Chamber Cor the opportunity
Of being here ana efs t t tsnfTy becag
have always Felt that the Chamber Of Commerce,
marine go together TO a very large extent. In the
bn and had it's first inception After the Revo
lutiOuarV War IL was felt tnAt q navy was no
longer needed They soon found out that it was
needed because. soon as we had a government
we began to have some l4ternatlonai tr0u1 les
of history-that for the protection OF the inter
navy was necessary 1t seems to me the navy has
We have acquired Alaska. and we have become
responsible for outlying colony IN the West
Indies and in the East Indies. extending practi-
lead TO International responsibilities which have
thew will lead eventually to the fact that must
have a navy: not fourth or NTH in grade as com
/ am surprised that have not established since
We have today in the Philippines seventy thou
sand tons of the best American coal, and so FAR as
fend our natural base-and that would be not in
s she miles from Manila OF course we can never
tell what may occur. Now that we have acquired
the responsibility like road conductor about the
esra o canal II seems to
this all points to increase or the navy.
Thomas Barclay. responding to the toast on
Arbitration as d Means for the Settlement of
International Disputes" adverted to the differ
ent contemporary evidences of growing public
favor for this mode of international adjustment.
He die not disguise the fact that it had not
been popular in Great Britain, whose statesmen,
he said. had seemed to accept arbitration less
Willingly than those of other nations. The
United States, on the contrary. he declared. had
always been in the vanguard in favor or arbi-
tration. and its progress was probably due
more TO America than to any other influence.
He distinguished between Cancellation and ar
bitration. and declared that in the Anglo French
agitation, which has just resulted in the Lans-
downe-Cambon treaty of last month he had al
ways insisted this distinction. The new
treaty. he said. limited To questions other
than those involving u vital interest and so far
as arbitration went. he concurred entirely in the
Limitation which tailed with the distinction
made in the Anglo-Amerdcan treaty of 1897.
He had Just come from washington ne went
on, Ihe-ss he had been ascartainfne The views
or many leading Senators and OF the zoysrrl-
fneut in regard To limiting the powers OF the
treaty or 1897 agfsTn. he reported the unanimous
opinion was extremely favorable To the re-
newal of negotiations. but explained that every
one at Washington felt that If the Anglo Ameri-
can treaty were ever brought up again there
should ba far possible no minority AT All
10 oppose IL. that the moral effect of the treaty
would be much impaired II the constitutional
one-third were even nearly attained.
On the other side Of the Atlantic the idea If
an Anglo American treaty was popular he do
clared and many Of the resolutions he had
elected In tho Anglo French movement had
American treaty would form part OF the
scheme