The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1908-10-24
a Significant History Making Move.
ment by the United States.
Pacific Ocean Saved to America by
Robust Policy of Republican
Party.

the Civil War. History rides upon ia,
prov of the faaships OF this fleet
Eighty-five millions of people have fol
months been attempting to Interpret
/ the movement and solve the problem
our government is attempting 10 prop
erly adjust by this decentralization OF
the globe. When President Roosevelt
first announced that the fleet Of battle
ships was TO make The long journey
from the Atlantic TO the Pacific Ocean
the Democrats turned prophets of evil
and predicted many disastrous things
would follow as n consequence Of This
unprecedented move
Armada aud World Cruise.
+ The armada took its departure from
Hampton Roads, Dee. 16. 1907. and
after a wholly successful voyage around
the Horn. Of about twelve thousand
miles, 1t dropped anchor in San Fran
cisco IIarbor May q. 1905 The ships
that form the four divisions of the fleet
In this record making cruise are: The
Connecticut. Louisiana. Maine, Mis-
souri,. Georgia, New Jersey, Rhode Isl
and, Virginia. Alabama. Illinois. kear-
sarge, Kentucky Ohio, Minnesota, Kan
sas and Vermont To which were add
ed the Nebraska and the Wisconsin. al
ready In Puget Sound. thus making a
feet OF eighteen first-class modern
battleships ia perfect condition.
There were already In the Pacific
and Oriental waters the fine armored
cruisers West Virginia. Colorado. Ma
rylaDd and Pennsylvania. Their two
sister ships the California and South
Dakota. were also on the Pacific, and
the powerful Washington and Tennes-
see went from the Atlantic TO join the
armada. thus making eight armored
cruisers 10 be added 10 the eighteen
battleshlps In addition there were In
the Pacific several protected cruisers.
gunboats and other lesser craft. All
told there were ten hundred and fifty
officers and nineteen thousand five hun
dred men.
In due time the main feet of war
ships resumed its western course and
will touch az the leading ports OF China
and Australia, passing on east by way
Of the west. aud coming finally 10 Nal
Ia and Gibraltar. where IT will coal
and ultimately return to its starting
point at Hampton Roads, some time
early next February.
In this expedition the Republican
party has policy which projects itself
far into the future. but 1t Is an entire
misunderstanding Of the whole scheme
10 suppose that II is aimed narrowly
or definitely at any single power. 1t is
one Of those robust constructive poll
cies of the party gagged on world lines.
II is more of notification than n
threat, TO all existing governments.
welding North and south america.
The Eyes Of the world have followed
our fleet with absorbing interest. One
of the great advantages gained by this
cruise is the cordial welcome and close
acquaintance which it has evoked from
the governments and peoples Of the
chief republics Of Latin Amerlca. To
the Brazilians. the Argentines, the Chi
lians and the Peruvians. the mighty re-
public of the north had. been merely n
name or a dim figure. powerful and
honored perhaps, but not actually
known. For years there had been lit
tie or no visible evidence of the wealth
or authority of the United States. In
the chief South American ports But
they we're all visited by swift and
stately liners, flying the flags Of the
maritime powers Of Europe.
At every South American port the
feet, our navy, our government. our in
stitutions, our people, our aims. our
industries. our trade-every conceivable
| thing that is ours. have been discussed
an they never were before, and thai
without suspicion OF our political and
/ diplomatic intentions One business
/ house in New York states that iti
| South American correspondence has IN
creased fourfold since the feet visited
! Rio Janeiro. In this case II seems thai
trade may follow the battleships.
PresiAe.t Roosevelt Explains Move
ment.
In statement in . speech he mad'
| in ST. Louis, President Roosevelt tool
the public into his confidence to a de
gree when he said: California, Ore
gon and Washington have coast linz
which is our coast line just as emphat
ically as the coast line OF New York an.
Maine, OF Louisiana and Texas. Oui
feet II going 10 its own home waters
in the Pacific and after a stay there |
will return to its own home water
In the Atlantic. The best place for th'
naval officer 10 learn his duties is a
sea, by performing them, and only b.
actually putting through a voyage o
this nature, voyage longer than an.
one before undertaken by as largo |
neet of any nation, can we find on
Just exactly what Is necessary for us t
know as TO our naval needs and prac
tIce our officers and enlisted men Il
the highest duties OF their profession
Awakening of the Orient.
The Pacific Ocean Is recognized b.