The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-05-09
FRISCO GENUFLECTS
IN DEEP ALTERATION
Special to TIE journal.


San Francisco. May $.-"There'S
nothing to it, Gull, these boobs have
gone plum bughOuse over these neI @
gallant Jack Tars. See that goii yon-
der kisSin a sailor man-an him no
fighter, either but just a second mate
on a old merchant tub. Don't it make
you sick2 Amt we SOjers gallant
fighting men. too. as we'll as these
salt water booze fighters? An yOd
don't notice any COILS Il ssin Us or
anybody offerin' to stand treat. do We?
It's all a dinged farce. That's what
it is"
This vail of woe. coming straight
from the heart of a soldier from the
Presid o. was a hopeless protest
against the mental e&a6ition- of the
people of San Francisco and the thou
sands upon thousands of visitors who
Joined in welcoming the gerat armada
as ii made its spectacular entry
through the Golden Gate today. A deS-
Olate, fOrlOrn figure was tn land
fighter among the mob of thousands
which pressed about the water front
and cheered Justify whenever a naval
offer Or sailor appeared
San Francisco IS mad. stark. ravins
mad. over the arrival OF the feet.
Were ever sailor an old wOr d king.
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he would not find more willing and
enthusiastic subjects than those who
who gathered today TO pay tribute 10
the gallant officers and sailors WhD
have safely brought Uncle Sans
magnificent feet Of sPa-f @hjin@ m@-
chimes from the Atlantic 10 the Pa
cific
Never before during period OF
peace. in the history of America. has
there been such wild enthusiasm over
a naval event. such mad bUbbllnS-
over OF patriotism. such popular
and universal Upheaval Of the spirit
OF war. With the arr val OF the bal
tIeships the dove Of peace has taken
flight and the eagle of war IS brood
ing over what was recently Il deva
tated and stricken city
The old blood lust. which since
history began. has set man against
man and nation aga INST nation, flow
like wine through the veins OF the
bowling people who throng The streets
and crowd. thousands deep, about tn
water front The machines that kill
and the men who Stay have become
the objects of city's alteration Like
Romans of old eager for the slaughter
or wildly eNultmg over the victories
of cOnquer;ng iegiOnS. the bait en- d
for the fleet and its men, discusses
the possibility Of war with Japan and
sees, in nation. the r-oUd navy
of Nippon shattered and aInihil3te :.
by Shrieking shells from IT, engine !
of destruction that frOWn forth from
the battleships i'll the harDoI-
Bur IL i not the Turk n menace
of carnage and bio. ished. the veiaed
threat of war. the s--im shadow that
hides behind the i,-maCulate paint
and FURNISHED brass of the battleships.
that most immediately concerns the
fieet-mad San Francis ans. Fun and
fr-yolitv are the keNnCTes o. the dem
onsrration. Mars. the hiGeous god Of
war. IS afar off. and maybe but Il
vision. and IN the peaceful present san
Francisco IS wOrShipping at the snrlnE
of the gods Of merriment and JOY
Bacchus. too. has his deVOtees and. so
be il the revpler wears the uniform
of Uncle Sans sailor. all VII be for
given and forgotten.
Thousands OF peCpe have come
from distant cities in California. Ore
gon. Utah. Nevada and other stat
- Sc the feet and take part in the
frolics. School boards in scores Of Cal
ifornia cited had proclaimed TODAY
holiday il order that the children
might see the feet. and thousands OF
voUnr hopefuls with shining, well
scrubbed faces and eager eyes. suug
eled with their elders 10 see the bat
tleships. Everywhere patriotism va
ran1paDt Babes in arms bore hutter
ing ribbons OF red. white ana k'ue,
and old men sportiveLy disprayef
neclaieS and hat bands Of the national
cOlOrS