Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-10-04
GIVES MORE
REASONS FOR BIG NAVY
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NN'HAiHhtu from rage F1Np).
can possibly be assumed by any man
Is mat OF clustering, of Dragging. OF
insulting or wronging other people
WINE yet expecting 10 go through life
|uhchailehsed, and being always will
liis 10 BACK down and accept mmilia.
pioh II readiness 10 make good is de.
nandcd.
Games and Decent
wen, all this is just as true of a
hutton as OF an individual, and In deal.
ing with other nations we should oct
us we expect a man VINO is both game
ana decent TO act in private life. There
'r lew thlnSS cheaper ana more oh.
lecuonablc, whether on the pnrt of
'hc puDiic man or of the private man,
Oh me part OF a writer or of n snool,.
~ an individual or group OF indi.
Vidlials, than course of conduct which
Is insulting or hurful, whether i'm
speech or act. TO individuals of nnoth.
er mutton or To the representatives
OF another nation or TO another mn.
'ioh Hseli. But the policy becomes
infamous from the standpoint of The
INTERESTS OF the United States when
IL Is combined with the refusal to
lahe 'hose measures of preparation
winch alone can secure fouhrdu M nj
asgression ON the part of others.
Peace With Insult" POLICY Bad.
pollcy OF peace with insult =
me very worst policy upon which il
Is possible to embark, whether for II
nation or an individual. To he rich
nuarmed' and yet insocnt and ag.
81 essive. is to court wel-ngh certain
disaster The only safe and honorable
rule OF foreign policy for the United
states Is TO show itself courteous to.
ward other nations. acrnpllous mot
10 infringe upon their rights, and vet
able and ready TO defend its own.
lhis nation is now on terms of the
most cordial good will with all other
hauons. Let lis make II n prime oh.
'Ject OF our policy to preserve these
coalitions
ITO do so it is Necessary ON the ono
hand TO metc out generous Justice
TO all other peoples and show them
courtesy and respect; and on the
other hand, as we are yet good way
OFF from the millennium. to keen our
selves IN such shape as TO make II
evident to all men that we desire peace
because we think it is just ana right
and not from motives of weakness or
timidity. As for the first requisite,
this means that not only the govern.
ment but the people MS q whole shall
act in the needed spirit: for otherwise
The folly of n fow individuals may worl;
lasting discrcdit to the whole nation.
The second requisite is more easily
fccured-let us build up and maintain
at the highest point of efficiency the
United States navy. In any great war
on land we should have to rely in
the future as we have relied i'm the
past chiefly upon volunteer soldiers:
and although it is Indispensable that
our little army. an army ludicrously
small relatively to the wealth and
population of this mighty nation
should Itself be trained to the highest
point and should be valued and re
specicd as is demanded by the worth
of the officers and enlisted men. yet
1t is not necessary that this army
should he large MS compared to the
,armics of other great nations
Reasons for Great NAVY.
''Rut 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 ut
tacks tho Notifications. and not tho
navy. must he used; but the hest way
to parry is to hit-no fight can ever
be won except by hitting-and we cal
only hit by means Of the navy. 1t is
utterly impossible TO improvise even {