Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-08-13
TO CONSIST OF SIXTEEN CRUIs-
ERS AND AN EQUAL NUMBER
OF BATTLESHIPS.

Washington. Aug. 12.-Lost.
strayed or stolen one War
Scare.
This sign has not yet been posted
at the War and Navy Departments.
but II might well be.
What mas become of those fero-
cious Japs who were ready to fiy at
our throats; those eager dogs of
war. straining at the leashes. with
bloc ,-shot eyes and rrothing jowls?
And-w'rere are those bellicose patri-
OTIS OF our own, those gore-loving
sons of Mars who painted and
champed and paved the ear.h while
they waited impatient for tn, bugle's
clarion call. Where are thos- states
men OF cracker-box profundity who
trembled at their own conjurings
OF the yellow peril" and with dole
ful waggings of the head told us
OF the sanguinary struggle bound 10
come for mastery Of the Pacific?
PEACE SUPPLANTS WAR TALK
1t was only at the summer
solstice that hte land was filled with
wars alarms and perfervid ebulIi-
tions stirred our sluggish blood to
deliriums of excitement. The dog
days find us calm and tranquil. why
and whence this peace which has set
tied dnNn
ships that sail and the warriors who
go forth to battle under the sun flag
less menace than they were. or has
our own stern resolve to rule this
western ocean been sicklied DER by
the pale cast of thought and grown
weak and puerile with meditation?
Whatever Be the exclamation. or
whether the thing be explainable II
is true that from a militant people.
lusting for conflict and wiz nos
trlls a-keen for the smell Of carnage
we have fallen TO the sloth of peace-
ful things. with hardly a thought
above the summer social feuds and
monkey dinners Of our aristocracy
Departed Is the sound Of fife and
drum; the soft and sensuous music
of the lutte is more pleasing TO our
ears. Along our ten thousand miles
of coast no troubled dreams of hos
tile ships arise to vex the gam
bolings OF our idle rich Boston has
quit seem things at night. and at
the portals of the Golden Gate eter-
nal vigilance has deemed II safe TO
take a holiday.
HAGUE FURNISHES THE STRIFE
The only strife of which we hear
comes waited over Seas from where
the congress Of peace is I'm session
at The Hague Here at home the lion
and the lamb wander together
through fields of buttercups and
daisies. The little brown man is our
brother; our love for him and his
for us is brimming full and stopping
over. Ger the spirit Of our dreams
has come a change, and # come
sneaking Ger so quietly that before
we realized we were not at war we
found ourselves i'm wedlock.
Our fleet of mighty ships is going
to the Pacific. Il is true. but II is TO
furnish joyous spectacle for our
own and other people that they go.
They will carry a message Of peace
on earth good will toward man. and
the government at Washington fer
vently hopes the exhibition Of naval
strength will be so impressive that
the message will sink deep into the
hearts and minds OF all the world.
especially the hearts and minds Of
the Mikado and his advisers.
Indeed our desire TO convey
message is so earnest and sincere
that the fleet which Admiral Bob"
Evans is to command has been
augmented and added to until the
program now contemplates that he
shall have the most formidable