Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 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 BattIeShiDS
Is Purely in Interest of Pres
erVation of Peace. e.

iBy Morning journal special Leased Wire.
oyster BAY. y. Y. July The sig
niflcanCe OF Rear Admiral RroWH-
sons addition 10 the somewhat mea-
ger Information which has come
from President Roosevelt regarding
the contemplated tWo-ocenn maneuver
OF the Atlantic battleship fleet Is re-
garded here as having been overlook
ed In the comment ana otherwise.
which has since been INDUCED on
both continents Admiral Brownson
came to oyster Bay Friday 10 take
lunch with the president, protesting
entire ignorance Of the maneuVer
plans When ne left Sagamore Hll
10 lake the train for Washington. the
admiral had one thought which he
wished emphasized--tha ii was de-
sirahle ana important TO demonstrate
90 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 tho
object Of the maneuver was said TO be
an exercise movement for The benefit
of the navy, to perfect its training I'm
fleet exercise on an extended scale.
the purpese and effect Of the plan
being Tor the benefit of the navy
alone What came from President
Roosevelt through Admiral Brownson
is decidedly different and q much
broader design. President Roosevelt
has been consistent Ia advocating "a
large navy as the guarantee Of peace
between the United states and an for
eign powers Heretofore a large navy
has been reckoued solely from the
point OF view of the number of ships.
their tonnage. armer. guns and fight
a sl a.
American navy has grown steadily,
ship by ship.
To the somewhat uninteresting ar
ray Of ships and tonnage, President
Roosevelt now proposes 10 give the
world somewhat startling demon
stration Of what the American navy Is
capable Of doing to protect either one
or both OF the extended shores of the
United states As Admiral Brownsou
said There Is no time like the pres
enl for demonstration" time
when the United states Is at perfect
peace with the world In everything
that has come from the president re-
garding The movement 10 has been in
dicated that the fleet. wherever it may
go, is 10 be brought back To the At
lantic. and the return II to he us
great demonstration OF peace as the
outward journey.
W iitit u ~ ANnfi tFf VIII Nti ilNHHtHNA
emphasis that there Is no foundation
for apprehension OF trouble. immedi-
ate or future. between the United
states and Japan, the proposed DEM
onstration 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 augmentatlon--a guar
antee of international peace. II WAS
stated here today that Ambassador
O'Brien, who has been Invited to
Sycamore Hill the latter part of the
present week. viii not he able To- CON
fer with the president before going To-
his new post in Toxic. The ambas-
sndor finds q necessary 60 devote
some time to his personal affairs IN
Michigan. and viii not find " cnnven-
lent fo return to the east before de-
parting hy the way of san Francisco
FOR Japan u was remarked that
there was uo occasion for confer
cucp between the president and Ann
ba.44dur O'Brlcu than the formauty
of official gfiuuetfD