Bisbee daily review., 1907-07-14
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NEW YORK, July 1S.-Editorial ut- terances of many of the leading news papers of the country on. the decision to send Rear Admiral Evans Atlan- tic fleet of sixteen battlteships and two cruisers to the Pacific have been collected by the Herald The major ity of them are firm in the support of the administrators policy. few favor the policy but object to the manner in which it was carried out, and very few view with alarm" the procedure.
 Philadelphia InquiTer-Both the country and Japan very well under stand that it is to the interest of each to live on good terms with the other, and, while there is no foretelling the possibilities of the future and while il would be foolish to deny that We may some day or other find ourselves at war with Japan as with another na- tion, there is nothing whatever in the actual situation to justify or excuse the sensational croakiDg which in some quarters fills the air. There is no basis for the suggestion that the projected redistribution of our naval strength was inspired by the conse- quence of what has happened at San Francisco.
 Philadelphia RecOrd-It Is inst as well that the pretense of making the excursion a '"practice cruise" was abandoned. It is a great pity that the cOunsels that prevented this prepos- terous naval excursion a year ago did not prevail to precent it in 1904 So Jar from increasing our naval strength by concentrating ships on an ocean where the bases and other accessories are few and inadequate, it will be diminished in geometricaI ratio with the scarcity of these ad- juncts.
 Pittsburgh Chronicle Telegraph Aoki's view is the proper one. It is mere precautionary measure. Un- fortunately, however, it is with an eye on Japan that the precaution is to be taken. The attitude of the Japanese Government is quite cor rect. it is true, but the attitude of what would be called in England '.the loyal opposition" is of the beilic6se order and there is no telling to what step it might goad the government of the Empire or what it might take should it become the government.
 Pittsburg Despatch-There is nc reason why anything should happen when Japan learns there is to be an evolution of an American fleet in August or September. The right of the United States to order and to execute a naval maneuver has never been questioned so far as history re- cords, and it will not be questioned by Japan. There is just as much reason why an American squadron should be in Pacific waters as in waters of the Atlantic. There is no reason why the whole navy should be kept on this side of the continent when the country has large insular possessions and a very considerable commerce in the Pacific.
 Minneapolis Tribune-Heaven pre- serve us from war with Japan till we learn the elementary rules of the game. We are twice as populous and several times as rich as the Japanese. We have no army, but we can turn out an armed mob twice as big as hers. We have twice as many bat teships, half-manned. which we can ill with seasick Iandlubbers in case of need. We can raise or borrow ten dollars to her one and can probably make ten dollars go about as far as one of hers. We are superior to the Japanese in everything but efficien- cy, and what patriotic American both CTS his head about military or naval efficiency in time of peace. We should beat them in one year or ten. but it would be bloody and costly job.
 Providence JDurnal-Why should Japan mind the presence of American war vessels at the Philippines any more than at San Francisc or New York? For that matter, are not the islands American territDry. too. If an effective navy is the surest guar antee of peace, the way to demon strate that fact Is to increase our naval strength at the only point where there is any hint of war.
 Every Evening, Wilmington, Oel.) The dispatching of sixteen of our biggest and best war vessels of the Pacific ocean, will be seized upon by both this country and Japan that war between Japan and this country is imminent And who can say that hopes that such may be the case do not lie at the bottom of the admin istration s election? Tn the taking this stey what could more powerful