The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-02-13


Ng the nast twelve years seema 10 m'
g Indicate that hard blows viii hayl
20 be given and taken before tho mll
ienlum shall arrive. nd ! you'd pre-
fer that we. as a nation, be in a posi-
toa 10 administer ihe blows rathe
than receive tbsm Therefore, ! wan
1ailIesnlps SIN hailleshlps Ta'
watchwor6 Of our country should b'
t'c1ce. and forgy.eizht bNt.lcshlp.
make this waichw0rd effective"
with this as 4 fcrewOrd. Admra
aobsey o Evans writes his yls'ss q
iho present national and international
situation. His article icnoxs
lEy Admiral A0blee ~ Evaus
This cruife Of the Atlantic feet nov
craving 10 close affords positive
nro0f on several points which at thil
flmc may b. 81 interest 10 lhe public
Particularly Is ihia the case, iirsf will
reference 70 the machinery OF cur ha;
|aships. she quality 81 which ha
aDm2times been questioned Forty
eight thuneand miles covered without
serious breakdown. during whish
heavy sales Of wind aud seas Of en- un
9sunl chnfuctar Nefe encountered
should pa ~ rest any doubt that mas
have been created "a lae spbllc mind
BY illccnsidered criticism
The target practice AT Magdal nr
bay. and afterwards The battle practice
ni Manila hay. should convince any
doubling ones thai our Rnn.p0lnier
arc al least equal To any in TIE world
Af own opinion "a That taking tbeu
81 whole they are iar and away ihe
1esi Char stand behlpd the guns of aHs
saw aiioI today
THE ability 81 cur oiIlcers te nAh
i'e ships and safely naYlgnta them un
Ger all conditions has neeH cleaill
shown ioY IN hla unprecedented erula,
ol iorlyeight thousand miles no salg
has laken ihe bottom aud therc hal
been no collision or damage of aus
Kind
Ail This Spells ths Word "Eflclancyr
Cur men have conducted ihems NV
II y way 90 reflect eradlt Oh tho navs
and the country. They have beef
we'll fed and clothed. and have been
everywhere commended by those cap
able 81 Judging FOR their excelent con
duct and ane. manly appearance and
bearing
An this seems. 70 me 70 spell tnt
nrd EFFi cfRasCY as plainly as pms
aIhle. and ! feel that ari well within
bounds when saY ghAt our Atlantic
fleel Il s. war machine. equal Il
an9 Mar machine 0i she same slzs
owned bT any other country.
And this natureily bflnss thg
thought. what are the new ships We
are 3 build now 10 be like as com
pared with those laid down hy fcf
elan powers
llp ID The present time our desigas
aaye claim been equal 70 th8so
stheF nations 81 better. but this. as Is
well known, haa heen ant Is today ia
nied hy some ol eur uWn people. e
sarush seuofaIly admitted 0y PROBES
alonal men "a other countries relo
Here 60 shipa designed nr built 81 thf
suie iima
Program spr New shiqe Cas Down.
When iho navy department this yea
aaked iof foag halileshlpa y 25.e0'
TONS each, plans werc submitted fren
Eae general hoard I0r vess Is the eaaf
al which have never heen designed III
any other country. Batteries OF welq,
sNeieelnuh Bftyedliher guns. war,
projected for each Of Them. end tie
afmuf protection was TO bc greater
than that ever before placed Oh any
baitlesalh
congreas. q rs Weldon elaed 0i
TWO such ships Instead Of rour anl
Nlsh lnla Ne mual be content ca
only say Without Ia sng way eFlt.eiz.
ing the action Of our law8nkefs. thai
regret this action, Cor q ihink we
should build as rapidly al possible
rather than be satisfied with the at
dlslon Of two batlleshIps per year
Much has been said In the press ~
ccuily about the larger guns carried
by foreign ships hs compared With oui
own On This point ii Is only noces
sats 20 say that the thiftefn'ineh gnn
rt one division Of the Atlantic nee
he the largest guhs ailual IN any nas
n tho world. and lh fflycaiibe
twelseIneh guns 10 be placcd on III
ships noN asked f0g win Be the mos
powerful ahcai anywhere
The story that he English wer
biildlng thirteen aud one.halflnch
gans for some of their ballleshlps ~
utterly without foundation No such
snn has been designed much less put
Il sefYlet The nfly-caliber guns
ihef are building are Just what our
litfnaliher gum Rlll he no hette
nd 10 worse
II opinion Is that We should long
asp have given w ibis fwclveinch