The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-08
DEMONSTRATION
 0F SEA POWER Real Object of Sending Ships
 to the Pacific WAR IS NOT THREATENED President Roosevelt Plans to Show Can Be Assembled In De-
 fcnse of the Country.
WAR IS NOT THREATENED
President Roosevelt Plans to Show

Oyster Bay. July 1.-The significance of Rear Admiral Brownson's addition to the somewhat eagre information which has come IF Sn. sident Roosevelt regarding the c O ,os- @o-ocean maneuvers of tue Att NJ v .ttleship fleet is regarded here c e g been overlooked In comment. O.. and otherwise, which has since cSo | indulged in on both continents Ad- } .llral Brownson came to Oyster Bay Frl- day to take lunch with the President, professing entire ignorance of the maneu- Yer plans. When he left Sagamore Hill on the train for Washington the admiral had one thought which he wished to em- Phasize-that 1t was desirable and in,por- tant to demonstrate to the world how quickly the American navy could transfer It's hghting strength from one ocean to the other. This was distinctly an addition to the Presidents previous statement issued through Secretary Loeb, wherein the ob- 1ect of the maneuver was said to be an exercise movement for the benefit of the navy to perfect It's training In fleet exer- else on an extended scale, the proposed effect of the plan being for the benefit of the navy alone.
 What came from President Roosevelt through Admiral Brownson Is a wholly different matter. President Roosevelt has been consistent in advocating a largo navy as the surest guarantee of peace be- tween the United States and all foreign powers. Heretofore a large navy has been reckoned solely from the point of view of the number of ships. their tonnage, ar mor, guns and fighting capacity. With thls Idea the American navy has grown steadily. To the somewhat uninteresting array of ships and tonnage, President Roosevelt proposes to give the world 9onlewhat siUltling demonstra ton oI what the American navy Is capable of doing to protect either or both extended shores of the United States.
 AS Admiral Brownson said: "There is no time like the present fish administra- tion, time when the United States is at perfect peace with every natlon." In everything that has come from the Pres:- dnet regarding the movement, 1t has been indicated that the fleet, wherever 1t may go is to be brought back to the Atlantic and that the return Is to be "as great q demonstration of speed as the outward Journey"
 While IL Is asserted that there Is no foundation for apprehension of trouble Tn the immediate future between the United states and Japan. the proposed demon- stration with the fleet can be looked upon In no other light than that President Roosevelt intends to use the American navy for exactly that purpose for which he has advocated it's augmentatloil-a guarantee of International peace.
 It was stated here today that Ambassa- dor O Brien. who has been invited to Sag amore Hill the latter part of the present wek. will not be able to confer with the President before going to his new post in Tokio The ambassador finds 1t necessary to devote some time to his personal affairs in Michigan and will not find 1t convcH- lent to return to the east before spring by way of San Francisco for Japan. 1t was remarked that there was no occasion for conference betweei. the President and Ambassador OBrien othor than tho formality of official etiquette.