The Cairo bulletin., 1908-10-06
NEED BIC NAVY
TO KEEP PEACE
SENATOR BEvERlDGE DELIVERS
ADDRESS TO LARGE CROWD
IN SEATTLE.
MUST PROTECT COASTS
Both Atlantic and pacifIc--Another
Reason for Big Navy is Econ
omy--it is Economy to
Prepare for War.

Seattle, Wash, Oct g. Senator
Beyeridae, of Indiana. addressed
large crowd here tonight on behalf
OF the Republican national ticket.
Beveridge talked on the navy gus s.
I tion He said Inv part:
We want this navy for peace, not
war Helpless men and nations have
less peace than men and nations VIII,
are prepared.
Mankind's hope for peace Is In
court of the nations such as the Hague
Tribunal has begun and ought to de-
yelop. The American peace program
at the Hague Tribunal should have
been adopted. and If the American
navy had been as great then as Ill
should be and will be In the future,
our proposals for peace would have
been listened 10 by the ether nations
with more respect. We must show
.cther nations that In any possible war
With America any hostile nation Is
hopeless because we are prepared ID
build navy SO great that we can, net
only outclass them on the water. brt
bankrupt them in their attempt to
when the nations Will be forced to 4
compact of peace. and an invineible
American navy win DO more than any
other Influence to usher in that gin |
day.
Matter OF Economy.
The second great reason for 4
mighty navy Is economy All tls.
world knows that Spain would never
have gone to war with us and that
Cuba would have been freed by dipl0-
macy II before the Spanish war broke
out we had had four more battleships
than we then possessed. That con
fict hung on the supposed strength
or our navy as estimated by other ma
tions. Comparing Spain's navy and
ours, before the war broke out. there
appeared to be a fighting chance for
Spain; and therefore her pride and
the interests of other European ma
tions decided Spain to risk the issue
OF arms. Only four more battleships
would have demonstrated that Spain
was outclassed, and so she could anil
would have found method OF settling
the dispute by diplomats and states.
men instead of fleets and armies. Yet
that war cost us hundreds of millions
If dollars and streams OF American
blood, while the bafteships which
would have prevented that war woold
nave cost us all told less than twelve
million dollars
In the battleship fight In the sen.
lte those who opposed us shouted
economy" but ii is economy" 10
ook ahead. 1t is economy" to pre-
jare for war so thoroughly that war
viii become impossible.
Must Protect Both Coasts.
All nations fust be made to see that
conflict with us means defeat for
hem. This can be shown only by
mighty navy. Both our strength and
,ur weakness is that the oceans sep.
rate us from our rivals; therefore,
iur security on land depends upon our
on the sea. II we have n
lavy that can destroy any fleet sent
igainst us no foreign soldier coull
and on our coasts: put If we have
lavy only large enough for one coast
md which therefore must be sent
thousands of miles from our Atlantic
shores TO our Pacific shores and then
Jack again. we invite attack from any
iation which thinks Il has cause for
attack.
Therefore out navy must be so
treat that a mighty feet can be STA
toned permanently IN Pacific waters
IS well as on our Atlantic seaboarl
'his is the basis Of the American navy
or the future--a fleet for both oceans;
feet for our western coast and
Get for our eastern coast. either one
I which can reinforced by the other
trough the Panama Canal when that
reat work shall be finished Every
1ficient harbor on tse Pacific slope
hould have floating docks where our
acific ships can be overhauled. ami
. leat two ports on the Pacific shoulI
ave great government snip yards
not only TO keep our Pacific
lips IN repair. but to build new ones
hen needed.
Beveridge spoke at Tacoma tbs