The Minneapolis journal., 1904-12-06

about as he behaves here, that is, be-
have as any good citizen ought to be-
have, and where this is the case it is
wrong against which we are entitled
without regard to his conduct and char
acter, merely on racial and religious
grounds. In Turkey our difficulties
arise less from the way in which our
citizens are sometimes treated than
from the indignation inevitably excited
in seeing such fearful misrule as haS
been witnessed both in Armenia and
Macedonia. 81, s.
The strong arm Of the government In
enforcing respect for it's just rights in
international matters is the navy Of the
United States. most earnestly recon-
mend hdg that there bs no halt IN the M91k
There is no more patriotic duty before
us as a people than to keep the navy
adequate to the needs Of this country's s
position.
We have undertaken to build the 18TH
secure for ourselves our just share in
the trade. of the orient. We have un-
dertaken to protect our citizens from
improper treatment in foreign lands.
We continue steadily to insist on the
application of the Monroe doctrine to
the western ; her hemisphere; Unless our our
is to be mere boastful sham we can
not afford to abandon our naval pro-
gram. ss.A IL I'D $a--..,7 7e stH ..-,:Y>. -t-; !
, Our voice lis now potent for peace,
and is! so potent because We are not
upon behalf Of peace would neither re-
ceive nor deserve the slightest attention
if we were impotent to make them good.
The war which now unfortunately
RACES in the far east has emphasized
in striking fashion the new possibilities
Of naval warfare. The lessons taught
are. both strategic and tactical, and are
political as we'll as military. The ex-
periences Of the war have shown in con.
elusive fashion that while sea-going. and
sea-keeping, torpedo destroyers are in:
dispensable, and fast lightly armed and
armored cruisers very useful, yet that
the main reliance, the main standby, in
great: battleships, heavily armored ano
heavily gunned: =. Not a Russian or Jap
anese battleship- has been sunk by q
torpedo boat, - or by ,.gunire,, while
among the less protected ships, cruiser
after cruiser has been destroyed when
within range Of one another IS, weapons
Warships Needed.
There will always be a large field Of
usefulness for cruisers, especially of th'
, more formidable type: We need to in
SICdSC CuC uuI1UtI Ol COlpOuO-UOdG U0
? stroyers, paying less heed to their hav
! ing knot or two extra speed than t.
their capacity to keep the seas fo
!, weeks, and, if necessary, for months a
: time. It is wise to build submarin
torpedo boats, as under certain circum
stances tan IS they " might be very useful: Bu
) our fleet of battle ships, or ships $
powerfully armed that they can infic
> the maximum OF damage upon our oppC
nents, and so well protected that the
e can suffer a severe hamnlering in retur
s, without fatal impairment Of their abb
il ity to fight and maneuver.
r, n Of course ample means must be prt
! vlded for enabling the personnel of th
= navy to be brought to the highest poi1
Of efficiency. Our great fighting shil
E and torpedoboats must be ceaselessl
- trained and maneuvered in squadron
" The officers and men can only lear
J OH the high seas.
Z In the event of war it would be fl
I better to have no ships at all than
u have ships Of a poor and ineffecti1
+ type, or ships which, however goo
y were yet manned by unframed and u
o The best officers and men in 20,
j. ship. could do nothing against fair
Is good opponents; and, on the other han
g modern warship is useless unless tt
Il officers and men. aboard her have b
come adopts in their duties. The mark
= an extraordinary degree during the la
n three years, and on the whole the typ,
l. of our battleships are improving; b.
n much remains to be done.
m Sooner or later we shall have to pr
'e vide. for some method by which the
will be promotions for merit as we'll
n for seniority, or else retirement of a
n those who after a certain age have n
a. advanced beyond a certain grade; viii
,e no effort must be spared to make tt
d service attractive to-. the enlisted me
re in order that they may: be kept as lo1
II as pGssble pos ssa in It: ReseIIation publ
h there are navvvards