Bisbee daily review., 1907-10-04

group of individuals, than a course of conduct which is insulting or hurt ful, whether in speech or act, to in- dividuals of another nation or to the representatives of another nation or to another nation itself. But the pol icy becomes infamous from the stand point of the interests of the United States when 1t is combined with the refusal to take those measures of prep aration which can alone secure us from aggression on the part of others. The policy of peace with insult" is. the very worst policy upon which H' is possible to embark, whether for a nation or an individual. To be rich, unarmed and yet insolent and az
 gressiye, is to court wellh.gh certain disaster. The only safe and honor able rule of foreign policy for the United States Is to show itself couTte- ous toward other nations. scrupulous not to infringe upon their rights, and yet able and ready to defend its own.
 This nation Is now OF terms of the most cordial good will with all other nations. Let us make it a prime ob- iect of our policy to preserve these conditions. To do so 1t is necessary on the one hand to mete out gener- ous justice to all other peoples and show them courtesy and respect; and on the other hand, as we are yet al good way off from the millennium, to kz4AI- -nl1EsalvesL Tn xnch shane as to make 1t evident to ali men that we desire peace because we think u is just and right and. not from motives os weakness or timidity. As for the first requisite, this means that not | ,Ix-f fe.e k.sS a whole shall act n the needed spirit; for otherwise the folly of a few h. dividuals may work lasting aiscredit to the whole nation. The second requisite is more easily secured--letI us build up and maintain at the high est point of efficiency the United States Navy. In any great war on land we should have to rely in the future ss we have relied in the past chiefly upon volunteer soldiers: and although it Is indispensable that our little army, an army ludicrously small relatively to the wealth and popuIa- tion of this mighty nation. should it- self be trained to the highest point and should be valued and respected as is demanded by the worth of the officers and enlisted men. yet 1t isl not necessary that this army should be large as compared 10 the armies of othE great nations.
 But as regards the Navy all this Is different We have an enormous coast line. and our coast line is on two great oceans. To repel hostile attacks the Qualifications. and not the Navy. must be used: but the best way to parry Is to hit--no fight can ever be won except by hittiRg-and we can only hit by means of the Navy. It is utterly impossible to i'm provise even makeshift navy under the conditions of modern zhrfare. Since the days Of Napoleon no war between two great powers has lasted as long as it would take to build a battleship. let alone a feet Of baftleships: and it takes inst as long to train the crew of a baffieship as 1t does to build it; and as regards the most Important thing of ali. the training of the officers. it takes much longer. The Navy must be built and all It's framing given in time of peace. When once war has broken out ft is too late to do anything. We BOW
 have a good Navy. not yet large enough for our needs. but of excel lent material Where a navy Is as small as ours. the cardinal rule must
 be that the baftleships shall not be
 separated. This year I am happy to
 say that We shall begin a course l which hope will be steadily followed
 hereafter. that. namely. of keeping the battleship fleet alternately sn the Pacific and ln the Atlantic. Early
 in December the fleet will begin it's
 voyage to the Pacific. and it will mum
 be- frtshds. among it. formidable