The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1908-01-18

A London cablegran1 to the st.
Louis Globe-Democrat, under date of
January II, says:
The fact that the United States is
to spend s7o.oo0,ooo on it's navy dur
ing the present year is greatly wor-
rying the British admiralty officials,
who for a number of years have kept
up the two-power standard-that is,
a British navy equal to that of any
other two powers. 1t has been con-
sidered by the British that in a two
power standard alone reposed safety
for the island empire.
Neither the exact amount nor the
ALLEGATION Of the naval estimates for
this year is as yet settled, but, speak,
ing at Liverpool, the first lord of the
admiralty, Lord Tweedmouth, made
an interesting comment on the OUT
look. His lordship remarked that the
navy must be of sufficient strength
to secure England's supremacy on the
sea. He said that. in no aggressive
tone, "we had no intention and no de-
sire to attack any foreign power. All
We said was that we must have COM
may go safely over it." He recognized
the great burden that was thrown
upon the taxpayer by the heavy cost
Of the navy, but Eve must not be
cheese-parers." Speaking in great
commercial gathering like that, he
asked for support and individual self
sacrifice to help the government to do
what they were obliged to do. He
and his colleagues were desirous Of
being as economical as they could, but
if they found that they had to make
considerable demands they must ask
the country to support them.
With the vast expenditures which
the United States and Germany are
making to place those powers on
first-class footing as regards sea power
Great Britain will find it extremely
difficult to maintain the pace, in view
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The dispatch of powerful Anleri-
can fleet to the Pacific still forms an
interesting topic of discussion in Eng
land, and, for that matter, throughout
Europe. Headings like this appear in
the London papers:
"The Rise of the Pacific Question"
'Is War Coming?'
New Departure by the United
States"
A high naval authority says: with
in the last DECADE the Atlantic, as the
center of Americas political and
stragetic interests, has steadily de-
clined, and the Pacific has as steadily
risen. 1t is hardly too much to say
that since the conflict with Spain the
menace of war, never q very heavy
one. has been dissipated along the
whole length of the Atlantic seaboard.
AS a possible cause of embodiment
between the United States and any
European power, the West Indies have
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lens they present are no longer inter-
national. but domestic.
again, the revolution that has ta-
ken place in Anglo American relations
is another and potent guarantee for
the peace and security of the Atlantic
seaboard. Finally, the practical ac-
quiescence on the part of all European
powers in the Monroe doctrine has re-
moved South America from the list Of
possible causes of war. No American
interest would be endangered if the
naval force in the Atlantic We're re-
duced to little more than a mere po-
lice squadron.
"on the other hand, within the last
ten years the Pacific has risen enor-
mously in the scale of American in
terests. Since 1898 the United States
has strewn the Pacific with stepping
stones from Hawaii to the Philippines.
She has built up an export trade to