The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1907-02-08
AN ADMIRAL SAYS
AMERICANS COULD SWEEP
THE JAPANESE NAVY
FROM SEA.

aelo oi Manlla Day angry at CoWsr
ardice of a Certain High OFF,
cial Who Has Acted as if
Afraid to Fight-Oth-
..-. er News.
Washington, D. c., Feb. Adds
miral George Dewey is reported to
be very indignant at what he terms
the cowardice of certain high of
fetal, who has "acted as if he feared
Japan" The fighting hero of Ma
Mia bay says we could get our ma
Wy into eastern waters in six weeks
and that within two weeks after its
arrival there 1t could sweep the Jap
anese navy from the He does not
believe there will be trouble but if
there is he would not consider Ja-
pan foe to fear. He says that Ja-
pan might seize the Philippines and
possibly Hawaii, but our navy is
amply able to cope with the Japan
ese navy and that we would quick.
ly retake the islands when we got
ready. --.
Admiral Dewey thinks San Fran
cisco has nothing to fear from q
hostile fleet.
SIN the science Of warfare" he
says, "It is ridiculous to- suppose
that foreign nation would attempt
to take one of our seacoast cities.
Should Japan capture San Francis
co it would require her entire navy
to hold it, and her forces would be
cut off from all sources of supplies
and surrounded on the land side by
the entire military force of this ma
ton"
Admiral Dewey believes that we
do uot need more coast defenses but
like trus sailor pins his faith to
the navy, which he wunid have
steadily increased in strength. He
says also that if war has to come it
will be well to let it come soon, as
delay will only favor Japan.
There is some spe culation here as
to how President Roosevelt will re-
ceive Mayor Schmitz. who departed
Sunday with the members of the
board of education for Washington,
of whom he is reported to have
spoken rather coutemptuously re-
Gently, aud who is suspected of
wishing to share with the president
the glory of settling the Japanese
school question without recourse to
war.
As for the president he is saying
nothing, but 1t it is believed he is
doing a"powerfup lot of thin king on
the subject.
Wha ever he may feel like doing
| il is evident the school board will
stand by Schmitz and any persist
ent attempt to ignore him in the
NJ gotiations may result In the fall
ure OF the ratification Of treaty:
The Washington Herald seid this
morning:
''At the-vsry moment when the
administration and the California
delegation were in agreement, when
self-restraint and the preservation
of good humor were necessary to
insure the continuance of harmoni-
Gus relations, Senator Perkins,
leader of the California delegation.
delivered a semi.public address in
which he predicted that war was
inevitable between japan and the
United States Friends of Senator
Perkins are chagrined md humiliat-
ed over this un xpected outburst
and cannot understand the motive
that actuated it. 1t was said yes
terday that his prediction would
have come with bad grace at this
time from any member of the Cali
fernia delega tiop. but the fact that
Senator Perkins is part of the treaty
!. making power of the government
' actuates the ofense."
: Senator Perkins today by way ot
extenuation said that he had moi
predicted war. He thought any
serious difficulty between the two
countries could be settled by arbi
= tration without resort to war.
Tacoma, Wash, Feb. 6.-Prose
q cutting Attorney Macintosh ha
i fled an Information charging Ches
J. ter Thompson with being dang
J. erous person and asking for his de
Q tention at the penitentiary at Wal
!. Ia Walla. Chester's father, VIII
8 defended him at his trial for th
: murder of Judge Emory, will fgh
o. the present proceedings.
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