Albuquerque morning journal., 1907-07-08
PeSSimiStic Germans Profess
to Believe Conflict Between
United States and Japan
Almost Inevitable,
ENGLAND PLACED IN
EMBARRASSING POSITION
Administration Insists Propos-
ed Movements of BattIeshipS
Is Purely in Interest of Pres
ervaton of Peace.
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IBy Morning journal Special Leased Wire
Oyster Bay \. Y, July THE sig
nificance OF Rear Admiral Brown-
sons addition to the somewhat mea-
ger information which has come
from President Roosevelt regarding
the contemplated two-ocean maneuVer
of the Atlantic battleship fleet Is re-
garded here as having been overlook
ed in the comment and otherwise.
which has since been INDUCED on
both continents. Admiral Brownson
came to oyster Bay Friday to take
lunch with the president, processing
entire ignorance of the maneuver
plans. When he left Sycamore HUI
to take the train for Washington, the
admiral had one thought which he
wished emphasiZed-that II was b.
sirable and important to demonstrate
to the world how quickly the Amer
icon navy could transfer its fighting
strength from one ocean TO the other.
This was distinctly an addition to the
presidents previous statements issued
through Secretary Loeb, wherein the
object of the maneuver was said to be
an exercise movement for the benefit
OF the navy, to perfect its training In
fleet exercise on an extended scale.
being for the benefit of the navy
alone. What came from President
RooseVtjt through Admiral Brownson
is decidedly a different and much
broader design. President Roosevelt
has been consistent in advocating a
large navy as the guarantee of peace
between the United states and all for
eign powers. Heretofore large navy
has been reckoned solely from the
point of view of the number of ships,
their tonnage, armOr. guns and flight
ing capacity. With this idea the
American navy has grown steadily,
ship by ship.
TO the somewhat uninteresting arr
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 one
or both or the extended shores Of the
United States AS Admiral Brownson
said. There Is no time like the pres
ent for a demonstration" time
when the United States Is at perfect
peace with the world. In everything
that has come from the president re-
gdrdlng the movement II has been in
dicated that the fleet. wherever IT may
go. is to be brought back to the At
lantlc, and the return Is to be as
great a demonstration Of peace as the
outward journey.
While II Is asserted with all possible
emphasis that there Is no foundation
for apprehension OF trouble. immedi-
ate or future, between the United
States and Japan, the proposed dem
onstratlon with the fleet can be look
ed upon In no other light than that
President Roosevelt intends to use the
navy for exactly the purpose that he
has argued its augmentation guar
antee of international peace. II was
stated here today that Ambassador
O'Brlen. who has been invited To
Sagamore Hill the latter part OF the
present week, will not be able to con-
fer with the president before going to
his new post in Toxic The ambas-
sador finds II necessary To devote
some time to his personal affairs In
Michigan. and will not find Il eonven-
tent to return to the east before de-
! parting by the way Of San Francisco
for Japan II was remarked that
there was no occasion for confer
ence between the president and Am-
bassador O'BrIen than the formally
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