The daily sentinel., 1908-05-13

media for reaching her, and there is
today no way in which she can de-
| fend herself save with the establish
ment of navy which shall cSrt-o,,
| those two ways of attack. She stands
| at the head as a peace nation, but so
| long as war is TO come she should be
| so protected that she can win. 1t is
| not only that she shall possess on
paper a navy as strong as any other
navy, which she does not today pos
| sess; but she should have the mar
gin which shall tend to prove to that
other nation that she can win with
out ever going to war to find out. 1t
was because her navy was, on paper
approximately the same size as that
of Spain that Spain went to war with
| her. Four. or at most five vessels
more in our navy, and there would
have been no war with Spain. So
| when congress trifles with the matter
Of whether ii shall be two great bat
tleships or four, it is trifiing with the
great international question of peace
or war.
We Are Out Ciassed.
The navies of the earth are for the
| purpose of protecting the coast lines
| Of the countries to which they be-
long. America has a coast line OF
10000 miles on her Atlantic coast
alone. and the three great maritime
nations of Europe-Great Britain,
France and Germany-have a COM
bined coast line of less than 5000.
we are becoming a great produc-
ing nation. and for the transportation
OF our products alone we must have
the protection of the seas, not alone
by courtesy. but by right Our Allan
tic ieet today consists only of five
ships. Great Britain has rs, France
81, and Germany 27. True. our fleet
has gone to the Pacific ocean. but on
ly because it had to go. And if we
take chances with the control of thc
Pacific ocean we take chances with
the integrity of the country. This ma
tion is going to be driven through the
dregs and the humiliation of defeat
TO the control of that ocean unless 1t
takes it in the proper time and way.
The history of the world has
shown that republics have always
been the prey of monarchies. Repub-
lies are new and they do not build so
permanently as do the older forms OF
government / am not here to alarm
you; but say that while we think
we are safe from the monarchies OF
| Europe, we are not safe from the
monarchies of Asia"
japan Is Anxious.
In his discussion OF the San Fran
cisco incident Air. Hobson most eff
fectiyelv told how Japan Jumped at ar
opportunity TO pick a quarrel over the
school affair, and he gave the audi
once the "i1side" Of how the court
we've ~1rrtc1 r rendering q de-
I c.sion ia the matter for ferr of an
tagonizing japan and having her al
war with us when We could not sue
cessfullT combat her Just now.
Humiliatas Us.
Talk nbout glaranteelng personal
liberty TO cuba and the Philippines"
he said Why you can't guarantee
il to yourselves here at home. This
means that this Ration-the greatest
on earth-will have to submit again
aud keep on submitting to the ulti-
nahum OF that alien race"
The 7peakar told how japan has
been IN active preparation for war
ever since her mastery of Russia:
hc" her alliance with Great Britain
was for The purpose of war on this
nation; how the supremacy of Japan
| in the Pacific. with America deferse-
less. made This alliance a necessary
one FOR Bfitains own protection.
This alliance. defensive and of
fensiVe IS for the purpose, of fiehting