The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-07-08
MUCH Comment
OVER PROPOSED
NAVAL VANCOUVER
TO DEMONSTRATES HOW QUICK.
LY FLEET COULD REACH
THIS COAST.
THE PRESIDENTS POLICY
May Give Japanese as Well as Other
Countries Something to Think
About.

OYSTER BAY, N. Y, July =
The significance of Rear Admiral
Brownsons addition to the some
what meagre information that has
come from President Roosevelt re-
garding the contemplated two-ocean
vancouver of the Atlantic battleship
fleet, is regarded here as having
been overlooked i'm the comment, ex-
pert and otherwise, which has since
been induged in on both continents.
Admiral Brownson came to Oyster
Bay Friday to take lunch with the
president, protesting entire ignor-
ance of the vancouver plans When
he left Sycamore Hill to take the
train for Washington. the admiral
had one though which he wanted to
emphasize it was desirable
and important to demonstrate to the
world how quickly the American ma
Wy could transfer its fighting
strength from one ocean to the 9TH
er. This was distinctly an addition
to the presidents prevailing state
ment issued through Secretary Loeb,
where the object of the manouver
was said to be an exercise movement
for the benefit of the navy, perfect
its training in fleet exercise on an ex-
tended scale, the purpose and effect
of the plan being for the benefit of
the navy alone. What came from
President Roosevelt through Admi-
raj Brownson Is decidedly different
and much broader in design. Presi-
dent Roosevelt has been consistent i'm
advocating as large navy as the
guarantee of peace between the Unit
ed States and all foreign powers will
permit. Heretofore, large navy
has been reckoned solely from the
point of view of the number of ships,
their tonnage, armor, guns and fight
ing capacity. With this idea the
American navy has grown steadily,
ship by ship.
To the somewhat uninteresting ar
ray of ships and tonnage, President
Roosevelt now proposes to give the
world a somewhat startling demon
stration of what the American navy
is capable of doing to protect either
or both of the extended shores of
the United States. AS Admiral
Brownson said: "There Is no time
like the present for such a demon
stration-a time when the United
States is at peace with every nation.
In everything, from the presidents
stand, regarding the movement, 1t
has been indicated that the fleet,
wherever it may go, is to be. brought
back to the Atlantic, and that the re-
turn Is to be as great demonstra-
tiOn of speed as the outward jour
ney"
While it is asserted with all as
surance that there Is no foundation
for apprehension immediate or flu
ture, between the Japanese, the
movement of 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
its ugmentation-a guarantee of in
ternational peace. 1t was stated to-
day that Ambassador O'Brien, who
had been invited to Sycamore Hill
the latter part of the week, will not
be able to confer with tire president
DeloTe SolHS W HIS HeW poSl III lo-
kio. The ambassador finds it neces
sary to devote some time to his per-
sonal affairs in Michigan, and will
not find it convenient to return to
the east before departing by the way
of San Francisco for Japan. 1t was
remarked that there was no occa-
sion for a conference between the
president and Ambassador O'Brien
other than that of etiquette.