Morgan County democrat. (Versailles, Mo.) 1900-1906, 1904-12-09

Sd'c, Ives iiUm ~" peril. OF the sea In
,hc wa,'rs over wh "a thc United Stl'es
tas Iur.sd. ct On br upon an American
vessel tn recognition should bc cx.
tended to cover ,iSos Of conspicuous
bravery ana scli sacrifice In the saving
OF III" IN p%rIvat" cmploymcnts under the
Jurisdiction OF III" United states. and
particularly In the land commcrce Of the
nation
Wal in the East.
The war which now unfortunately RACES
In the far cast has emphasized In striking
fashion the new possibilities OF naval war;
fare Tie ,"Sspns taught AT" both strategic
ana t~acti'at, ana are pDItIcaI as w"n as
military IT." experiences Of the war have
shown IN couciusiv" fashion that while sea
going and sea keeping torpedo dcstroJ "ts
are Indispensable. and fast lightly armed
and nrmor"d cttISrrs very useful, yet that
the main reliance, .he main standby, In any
navy worthy the rnmo must b" tie great
ba.t,"ships, heavily armor"d and heavily
gunu"d Not "A Vsssian or Japnnes" battle
ship haS been sunk by a torpedo boat, or
by gUnnr", White among III" loss protected
ships C:uiSot after cruiser has been de-
strOycI whenever the hostile SpIadrUns
have gotten within rang" Of one aLothcr's
weapons. There VIII aiwayS be u large Nod
Of usefulness Tor cruisers. especially Of he
more Formidable" typo W" need 10 increase
the nuTIb"r Of torpedo boat dcstroy"rs.
payirg 'rSS heed to their having a knot
or two -~Stta speed than to Their capacity
10 Keep we seas Tor weeks, anu II i't'S-
shrS, 70 months ~ II ilW" IL Is "'S' 10
phi'd s"phl"tlh' I"fI'dp p"hiS M """'r
certain circumstances they might be very
uA''u' i'"' most al az We h''I u" continue
builiiHg our fleet Of hutt.oslius. OF ships
80 pO"H fuliy armed that hey can !niiict
u h''''''"'' ~ "'"hE' uI"' o"l "iI"'-
"hlh. aN' 80 "'l PROTECTOR thhl t"'N 'ih
suiiti !! HeV'l' IhmW'tlub IN i'tH'h WIN
.ttt -. LF Iut. a. 1 20 ..
1"h, " n", ,rn'r' :" 81, rnn," '' - nn,
means .et,st be- provided for enabling the
personnel " H., navy to be brought to the
highest puil 4 OF efficiency our great igLt-
ing ships o1t torpedo boats must be cease
l.ssly tratINI aud mnuuuycrcd In squad
rons The tiIprrs and men can only learn
their trad. thoroughly by c.a cess prac-
tlro on the igl seas In the event If war
II would be IA better to ha,, no ships at
all than to h,v. sIlpg Of A poor ana In.f.
recti,c type. ,r shlps which. however good,
were ,o, m,l rod hy unframed ana UNI
skuIrI crew, rho l.gt .ulrcts and men
In n u,or Avn, coma ia ,o,hl,p npnIus,
fnirl, rood ,It.i.ufn. md an no oiLcr
hand a ,uofa'". v,,-lIu IL u.c oss u,lcs,
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como liant. /, u,I, IutL.s AHA. mil.
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"'"PPiheo'
In the phiippino Islands there l,, bccn
during the p,,t wear , continuation al,
the slcndy progress which IA, Obtained
over .irc. our truuug jrruI,,Iv p,, IN,
upper hrd OF the INSURGENTS. m. Phil
lppinc ,cppl". or. to sneak NOR. accur.
at.ly. the many tribe, and even ,,c,,
sundcrrl from On, another NOR. ar loo,
/ sharply. who go to make M the u.onI,
OF IN" Philippine lsIanls. contain MANY
dement's of good. and som. cIcucnis
which we have a right 10 hone stand for
progress At present they ar. utterly
Incapable Of existing in lnlnprudcnco at
all or Of building up "A civilization OF
their own | nrInly believe tina, we can
help tn"in to fis" higher and higher IN
'ho scar 81 clVHI~lilpn ANA of capacity
l"f N'Ii government. ana ! most earnest
~ h'l' lhh' IN IN" 'hh ih"y VIII DE able
10 A''ih' II not 'h'li'iY alone, yet IN
SOM S"'h f'in'''t 10 me United states
'7 : "n' no" atahh'' rms 'hd ~ nor yet
II N'ti, ana u may De Ihloilh'''Iy post
l'h'h u our people are Ippl'Sh enough TO
urn 'h' attention. 81 we rtllplh"5 away
'l"n' we pt'nl'hn7 Oh "'h''Vihk moral
ana n''''f''' prosperity, 81 WORKING Tor
,,, ,",,rn ,nniIs, !" ,, S"..' "."'",'
rrlguo, for 4 complete lndopondcnrc for
which they ar" aH yet totally unn'.
'bI tho nilAr IurI ,ir pnut1. ,,is,