The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1908-06-01

departed on it's peaceful trip around
the world. 1t is a good time to con-
slider the toast responded to by the
Secretary of the Navy, Victor H. Met
calf. at San Francisco, "The Navy, the
Strong Right Arm of the Nation"
"The strong right arm symbolizes
that on which one can depend in time
of need, in time of adversely, in time
of trial, in time of struggle, in time
of progress. Over and over again mas
it been demonstrated that navy is
not strong right arm" OF natlon'
No nation has attained its complete
growth and development by means OF
its navy. These can come alone by
internal forces and not from external
force.
The Persian nation, $500 years
ago. became strong, with many prov
inces connected by system OF military
and most roads, one of them 1,7OO miles
long, After a time Persia sought to
conouer Greece-the Japan OF that day,
and built a big navy OF tr1reme poats
of that period-with three banks OF
roWers. one above another-only 10
meet it's overthrow at Salamls. IN que
season, Alexander of Macedon lea tne
Macedonian phalanx through PERSIA
and grated the culture OF tne ne"
West on the stock of the old East ny
nlanting colonies whose industries
snrang up and thrived, and were inter
related by a common language, anu
linked nv a common Greek literature,
thereby setting the world a mixing,
and forming the first basis OF our MOD
Prior to this Tyre had world Wlde
maritime commerce. She scattered an
alnhabet to all nations. She used the
PREDECESSOR of the Suez canal and gain
cred the products of Africa, Asia ana
Europe in her ships. When driven
from her rocky stronghold she trans
n1anted her commerce in Carthage, that
became mistress of the seas. Carthage
colonized Spain and sought TO over
throw the Grecian colony in Sicily by
means of a navy, only to arouse tne
latent powers of the growing Roman
nation and be blotted from the face
of the earth by the Roman leglons.
Rome came, saw and conquered.
She absorbed the commerce OF the
world and made colonies OF cltlzens,
"free-born" like Paul. She connected
them with each other and with herseh
nv highways that still exist, 1ornu-
lated an effective system Of government
and promulgated a system OF law that
is the basis of modern Jurisprudence
Rome gave us the second basis OF our
modern civilization.
Then came the Saracen to the soutn
and the Teuton to the north, and Rome
lost her power. The Teuton developed
the Frankish nation, that beat back the
Saracen in Spain. 1t became great
under Charlemague, who was croWneo
as Emperor by the Pope in SOO AT MS
death the outlines of modern France
Germany and Italy grew out OF MS
empire. The Teuton was imbued Win
respect for woman, love or nome
sense of the Importance OF 1ndlVldual
men who were represented IN the gov
ornamental councils. The Teutons I'M
pressed a sense of personal worth anu
representation, adding strength ana
fexibility to government OF the people,
thereby forming the third basis or our
modern civilization.
At the north the Anglo-SaXon Drancn
of Teutonic people was building up the
maritime commercial nation OF Eng
land. At the south the marriage or
Ferdinand and Isabella resulted in the
strong nation of Spain, whose Inherited
Carthagenian spirit of adventure IN.
spired the revival of commerce around
Africa with Asia, and led to the
discovery of America, placing Spain In
the forefront of nations. Philip or
Spain desired to subjugate the leu
tonic burghers of Holland and the
growing commercial power of England,
and he sent forth mighty navy-the
Invincible Armada. This was pro-
PEELED, not by chained galley slave row.