The Washington times., 1907-07-02
OBJECTION MADE
ON MOVING NAVY
TO THE PACIFIC
Large Interests on At
lantic Preparing to
Oppose New
Policy.

Inauguration of a new naval policy
Fhich looks TO transferring the great
attleship feet. together with a squad
on of armored cruisers to Pacific wat
RS. is expected to cause determined OF
iositlon Of some influential interests on
he Atlantic coast
Further. fl is fully anticipated that
enti-imperialistic opposition will become
ctive, and viii be aimed against what
will he regarded as a policy calculated
Il once TO embroil the United States
Fith Japan. and also 20 make the navy
a. astly larger and more expensive.
Notwithstanding these difficulties. the
administration is determined 10 carry
ITO execution the tremendous plan
Fhich was first and exclusively outlined
o The Times yesterday. The supremacy
the Pacific is not 10 be relinuuished
D japan. This country remained quiet
when Japan practically annexed Korea
lespite that we had a treaty of friend
3 hip with that empire in which we
Practically were bound to use our in
-iuence to protect the integrity of the
ealm. Japan was allowed to work out
Ter plans there. but there will be effort
Hereafter 10 prevent contamination Of
he same Japanese policy as to Man
huria and China.
Position of This Country.
The United States is especially well
stuated at present to renew its con-
ern on behalf of China, because Of its
ecent return to that empire Of the big
Indemnity which was owing to US. The
naim Of America to leadership. then. In
lehaf Of China's preservation, is strong
r than ever before, based on traditional
friendship, on recent substantial bene-
Its, on our rightful claim TO recogni-
Ion as Pacific power, and finally on
ne policy of maintaining 4 show of
mtncient force to maintain that posi-
don.
The voice of China must soon he
aised against japanese absorption OF
danchurta, or else be forever stflled
Nth an overwhelming naval force in
ne Pacific. the United States could
make the joint protest Of itself and
.hinaM effective. Without that force
is uncertain.
It may be said with all assurance.
hat the next friendly act of the United
states TO China will be negotiation of
treaty by which Pel1in will require
vi Chinese subjects TO be armed with
passports on leaving the empire, and
{. VII refuse TO grant passports to LABOR
rs designing TO go to the United States.
china VIII adopt the policy in short Of
1 preventing her peaSantry going to The
+. pnlted States instead of the United
3 itates excluding them from this colIr-
ry- The result will be the relief OF this
country, in main part. from the admin
strative problem of enforcing an exclu-
don law, and the saving Of Chinese
bride from the humiliation Of prosCrip-
con as an excluded people.
Will Oppose New Naval Policy.
That there will be vigorous opposition
~ politicians to the new naval policy
3 not questioned The navy yards on
he Atlantic coast Will be deprived for
J time of certain business. though Il is
Expected that in the long run they VIII
lenetit by the necessity Of building
q lew feet for the Atlantic. There Is lit
1e doubt that a great impetus will be
hven to navy expansion. and that the
atlantic States will press for a program
u development calculated 20 give them
b the near future a fleet of their own
For the time being. II is calculated
bat the cruisers Galveston, Des Moines,
Denver, Cleveland, and Tacoma WI
erve as 2 sort OF mosquito fleet fer po-
Icing in West Indian and South Ameri-
AN waters, and for the highly important
Newport and Bar Harbor campaigns OF
F. he social season The Pacific fleet OF
iXteen battleships will require 10 be
iomplemented by a squadron of armored
iruiscJS. the naval organization making
hght armOred cruisers the squadron
init which accompanies a feet Of six
cen bAitleships.
Composition of Fleet.
The cruiser squadron FOR the Pacific
gill be composed Of the Vesc Virginia,
Colorado. Pennsylvania, Maryland, Ten
lessee. Washington. Montana, and
Eorth Carolina. The Tennessee and
Washington are now on their way 10
he Fs cific coast These huge armored
ruisers ere larger THAN most Of the
lattieshIps that fought on either side
b the Russo-Japanese war. being prac-
ically as powerful as battleships.
AS basis for the development of. a
lew battleship fleet in the Atlantic.
herc will be the Idaho. Mississippi,
iouth Carolina, and Michigan. Along
With the battleship fleet and armored
ruiser squadron there will be main
aimed in the Pacific two torpedo flo
Ilas-
The problem Of maintenance Of the
tuge Pacific establishment cannot be
NerstateG. The Presidents naval rec
lamentations for next year will in
dude probably two 200OO-ton battleshi2s
the han-Dreadnought type
sut the great and striking feature of
is plan will be the demand for imne-
hate provision of dock and repair facili-