Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1907-07-20


Atlantic fleet to Pacific waters have
been theoretically worked out by the
naval general board. But these de-
tails are necessarily subject to con-
slant change resulting from the with
drawal Of battleships from active COM
mission on account of having been
declared Anticipated or in need Of re
pairs and the substitution of other
ships just going into commission and
fresh from the builders hands.
The opinion of the officers on duty
today is that the route most feasible
for the big ships is by way of the
Straits of Magellan.
1t is BELOVED now that the route will
be about as follows:
Leaving New York or Hampton
Roads in the early fall, the fleet would
probably steam straight to Culebra,
where coal would be taken on. The
next stop will be Rio de Janeiro, and
from that point the vessels would not
alt until they reached Sand Point
l the Straits of Magellan. Here
in the coal supply would be re-
rewed for the run to Callao, Peru. The
next stage would be from Callao to
Panama and from that point the ships
would proceed without stop to San
Francisco. 1t is belived that after
reaching Peruvian waters the move
ments of the vessels would be much
more deliberate than up to that point.
Although the reason for this state
ment is not officially obtainable, it Is
apparent that the explanation is to
be found in the fact that the battle
ships will be within easy reach of
San Francisco; in other words, they
could, in an emergency, arrive at that
port before any other fleet could.
Admiral Evans, it is expected, will
start with 16 battleships, besides as
many Golfers. The armored cruisers
Washington and Tennessee, which are
now in French waters, are under or
ders to Immediately reft and proceed
to the Pacific coast to form part OF
the armored cruiser squadron to be
assembled there. 1t is possible that
they will be detained and accompany
When Admiral Evans arrives off
the coast his. fleet will be increased by
the addition of the battleship Ne
braska, newly completed and simply
waiting the rounding out of her skele
ton crew The battleships Wisconsin
and Oregon, now at Bremerton navy
yard, Seattle, will probably have com
plated their extensive repairs by mex
March, so that they too may be added
to the fleet, which will comprise 1!
battleships, besides the armored ant
protected cruisers of the Pacific fleet
The Pacific Fleet.
The armored cruiser squadron o
the Pacific fleet, which will have
head quarters in California waters
will be composed of the Washington
and the Tennessee, sister ships, 1850
tons, "a guns, speed % knots, AM
the California and South Dakota
1850 tons each, 22.5 knots, Is guns
almost complete, with officers yet t
be assigned.
Rear Admiral Charles H. Stockton
, will command the armored cruise
! squadron, the Tennessee being hi
= flagship.
1t is expected within a few day
President Roosevelt will announc
just what his preferences are in tn
: carrying out Of the plan Of the nav
department for sending a monster ba
: tleship fleet to the Pacific.
1t is said that the president toll
Root and his other cabinet adviser
that he would not permit Japanes
to force this government to positio
irritable to them both.
Professor Grosvenor Talks.
; Professor Edwin A. Grosvenor {
Amherst college, an authority on il
ternational law, gave out a statemer
!. in reference to the sending of tn
II United States battleships to the P;
: cific.
1.-THE United States desires peac
with all the nations of the world. W
> nothing so endangers peace as unpr'
paredness for war Our whole Pacif
e coast and our Pacific possessions al
I. today practically defenseless. TIL
n dispatch of battleships to the Pacif
+ threatens none. There is in it no mel
s ace or provocation to Japan or an
n other power. 1t is merely prudeI
act-a putting of lock on our froI
: door.
I'VE have no preference or desil
ever to attack Japan. If war eve
comes between us the affront wi
come from her. not from ourselve
Up to the present an unfortunate tr
= ditional hobby has centered our nav
!. in time Of naace in the Atlantic or Il