Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-07-08
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 WHAT NAVY GAN D0
 - 'T- .- ~''x Two Ocean Maneuvers of Atlantic Fleet to Demon strate How Fast Coun- try's Warships Can Move
HINT TO JAPAN
Significant Remark of Admiral irownsou &l Importance of Show ing Facility ill Transferring Fight ing Craft.

Oyster Bay, July S.-The signif- cant of Rear Admiral Brownson's add .oD to the somewhat meagre in- formation which has come from Pres ident Roosevelt regarding the contem- plated tWo-ocean maneuyer of the At. lantic battleship fleet is regarded here as having been overlooked in con-
 ment, expert and otherwise, which has since been indulged in OH both continents.
 Admiral BroWnson came to oyster Bay Friday to take lunch with the president, protesting entire ignorance of the maneuver plans. When he left SagamOre Hill for the train for Wash ington the admiral had one thought
 which he wished emphasized-tha it was desirable and important to dem onstrate to the world how quickly
 the American navy could transfer it's l fighting strength from one ocean to 1 the other.
 This was distinctly an addition to the presidents previous statement is- sued through Secretary Loeb, where 1 in the object of the maneuvers was said to be an exercise movement for ] the benefit of the navy to perfect it's l training in fleet exercises 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 Admiral ,Brownson is decidedly a different and much broader design.
 President Roosevelt has been con 1 sistent in advocating large navy as 1 the surest guarantee of peace between the United States and all foreign powers. Heretofore large navy has been reckoned solely from the point of the number of ships, tke1r tonnage, armor, guns and fighting capacity. With this ideal the American navy has grown steadily.
 To the somewhat uninteresting ar ray of ships and tonnage, President Roosevelt proposes to give the world somewhat startling demonstration of what the American navy is cap able of doing to protect either or both extended shores of the United States. As Admiral Brownson said, there $ no time like the present for such , demonstration. The United States is at perfect peace with every nation. In everything that has come from
 the president regarding the move ment, it has been indicated that the feet wherever it may go, is to be
 brought back to the Atlantic and that the return is to be as great demon
 stration of speed as the outward jour
 ney.
 While it is asserted that there is l no foundation for apprehension Of
 trouble in the immediate future be-
 tween the United States and Japan. ! the proposed demonstration with the
 fleet can be looked upon in no other
 light than tha. President Roosevelt
 intends to use the American navy 10" exactly that purpose for which he has
 advocated it's augmentation--a guar
 antee Of International peace. i It was stated here today that Am ! bassador O'Brien, who has been invie-
 ed to Sagamore Hill the latter part of ! the present week, will not be able to
 confer with the president before going
 to his new post in Tokio. The ambas-
 sador finds it necessary to devote
 some time to his personal affairs n
 Michigan, and will not find it conven- tent to return to the East before de-
 parting by way of San Francisco fo'
 Japan. It was remarked that there
 was no occasion for conference be-
 tween the president and Ambassado"
 OBrien other than the formality of
 official etiquette.