La Junta tribune., 1908-10-17
nohtb. chulT. Of 7
OUR BATT[E.SH|PS
q 0issiacsat History. .Aahisg Msvs.
osa: - The usiseA Siasss-
Yasi1s Ocean Saved t. Ansries Ay
1sssss Policy VI Rspasiissa
Yarty.

1As prsseat weri1 cruise ~ ApsrI
80 warships 10 sss sf tie sssst inter.
sssfss. soportsnf sn1 far rsaeAiag yer.
sseDs sess Of any sdninistrstiss sipss
- Civil War. H,stery siAss apes TN
prov 81 Tie sssships sf THE sssa
1ssiy-s,s siiiIsss Of people have for
ossths sssa sifsaptiss to isterprss
~ asssoess ssd solve ths pn.blsa
ear sossrnmsst 10 sttsuptias 10 prep
ssiy sdjust BY this circumss Ieatinn os
ne globe when President Roosevelt
Sra annonss~a thst the feel Of battle
chips uss 10 make he long journey
fro0 the Atlantic to the racihc L~an.
the Democrats turned prophets of evil
asd predicted s,suy dissst rous things
would follow - . conssQuepce Of this
sspre 'sdsuieh move
As~aAs $50 Wsrsa Crssss.
The armada t,,ok liz departure from
aanpfon Roads. pSc IS. 1877 srt
after 4 ~holiy sncc~.sfui voyage .rouud
the Horn. Of about twelve thouss nd
miles u hropped anchor In San Fran
sisro Harbor May Q. 1903 The ships
that form the four divisions of The n~~t
IN this record making cruise are; The
Connecticut. Lonixians. Maine. Mis-
souri,. Georgia. New Jersey. Rh.de Isl
sni. virginia. Alabama. Illinois, krar
sarge. Kentucky. Ohio. Minnesota. Kan
sas and Vermont To which we're add
si III. Nebraska aud the wisconsin. al
ready In Puget Sound. thus Masking .
Sect of eighteen hrst class n,"dsrn
batilsships IN perfect conhiii"n
There we're sirssdy iu The Pacific
esd Oriental waters the hns srmorsd
ssuisers west Nirginia. Colorado. Ma
.yiand aud PernayIvsnis Their two
sister ships, The California and South
Dakota. were also on the Pacific. and
the powerful Washington snd T~n"es
sss west from the AtIautic TO join the
armada. thus making eight srm"rsd
cruiser. fo ~ added TO the eighteen
batti~shtpa In sdditios there we're In
the Pacific several protected cruisers.
gunbOats aud other lesser craft All
told there were ten hundred aud hfty
on,csrs aud nineteen thousand nvr hun
cred mes
In due time the main feet of war
ships resumed its western conrse and
will touch at the leading ports of china
aud Australia. passing on east by way
81 the west. and coming finaiiy to Mai
n and Gibraltar. where Il viii coal
and ultimately return to its starting
point at Hampton Roads. some time
early next February.
In thi. EXPEDITION tho Republican
party ha. q policy which projecfa itself
far into the future. but II IL an entire
misunderstanding Of the whole arh"nse
10 suppose that II 10 aimed narrowly
Or definitely At any single power II 10
enc Of those robust constructive ps'ii
siss Of the party gsuged on world lines
II IL mere Of notification than
threat. 10 all existing governneDfs
Welssss Nevth asA s~sts America.
Tue ewes of the world have followed
eur feet with absorbing interest One
Of the great advantages gained by this
cruise IL the cordial welcome ana c'"s~
acqua intance which II has evoked from
the governments and peoples of the
chief republics OF Latin America To
the Brazilians. the Argentines the Chi
lIans and the Peruvians. the mighty re-
subtle OF the north had been merely .
name or = 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 sonth American ports. Rnt
they were all visited by swift and
stately liners. flying the nsEs sf the
maritime powers Of Europe-
At every South American port the
Sect, our navy. our government. our In
stitutions. omr people. our aims. our
industries, eur trade every conceiv able
thing that is ours, have heen discnssed
~ they never were before. and that
without suapici"n Of our political snd
diplomatic Intentions. One business
ho,,ss 10 New York stafes thaf Its
gsuth American correspondents hss in-
creased fourfoId sincs the feet visited
8io Janeiro. In this ease II sesu,s that
trade may follow the battIesbips,
President neessvsIs en0sasss Msss-
oeae.
In n statement In Q speech he made
n 1t. Louis. President Roosevelt took
the public into his confidence to . de-
gree when he said: "Caiifornis. Ore
ron and washington have . coast line
which n our cosst line Just - emphss
teaily ~ the cosst line Of New York asd
Maine. Of Louisiana and Texas Our
Cert " going to its own homo waters
lp ths raci6c and after stay there u
will return to- it, own home watefs
n The Atlantic. The sest place for The
SsvaI s4Bcer to learn bis duties - st
sea. By performing them. and only BY
actually putting through voyage ss
this nat,ire. . voyage longer than sRy
enc BEFORE undertakes by ~ large .
Sect Of any nation. can ~ 6nd sut