The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1909-03-01


powder -ore sho-. more men 20 fire
.aem than was ever created since he
day when Of time.
'But how much rsre secure We
would feel had we ~ Pacific and
Atlantic and all American coasts
strongly protected. ! meant by that
coas. defense and warships near by
20 keep the enemy away. only in re-
cent yea-e have We had cause 20 fear
Tor The western cities For myself
do not fear for them now. But re-
Gently there have arisen certain ques-
tions tha, may bring forth friction.
Suppose -bere should come a con.
f'ict tomorrow How futile would be
or efforts 70 protec, Hawaii and the
Phuippines-that is for the moment
I believe thai congress should realize
our position in This respect We don't
care FOR war-please God may an.
other one never come. but one never
knows"
The admiral brought ont his scrap
book. 70 contained stories OF tde
fleets entou-ge from the time 81 left
Hampton Roads December J. 1907,
up % the present
The newspapers everywhere greet
ed me- with marked cordiaHty.' re-
marked he, az be turned the pages.
Here YOU will see what The press OF
Australia had 20 say Never in my
life did observe 50 much enthusiasm
for foreign fag Ny opinion is that
if w. ever get into trouble wes. n!
the Hawaiian group Australia would
cDme running along 70 our aid with
tho speed Of ne wind
But let's not tax about warof 'rou.
BILE or Of other things mat relate %
bullets and battle ships
"In AN we have Travelled $500
nautical miles Few were The acsi-
dents The mortality among such an
aggregation Of mon has been small.
Our vessels have Juet with no acci.
dents storms have rushed upon ms.
but We wcarhcrcd them beautifully.
Every battle ship YOU see before YOU
could turn its PROV southward and
90 around 'he Hor. again as sOou as
We coul racoal some OF The shi: s.
need their hulls secured. Some OF the
engines demand repairs. but at that
We could get along. We could shove
/ into san Francisco or san Pedro, or
go back 70 Gibraltar, just ps we went,
and as we came. with malice toward
none but at the same time taking
no back talk
Ell has been an instructive voyage
/ have no patience with those who
criitcisc President Roosevelt for hav.
/ ing ordered g. do not know, ! viii
not say no one knows, no one posi-
lively can say,-but II someone tells
YOU that the trip avertcd a scrap,
don't call him a liar
81 would not wish Ia have the
fleet divided. | know nothing of what
/ IS going on IN Washington. Surely
there can be no trouble pending, but
al the same time We should keep the
ships intact. Let congress build an,
other fleet as strong as this one. Let
the Pacific have one as big as the
| Atlantic. see no reason why naval
training schools, naval shipyards, dry
| docks. etc should not be maintained
along the Pacific coast all the way
from Portland 20 San Diego
This country must protect the
other republics lyihv south Of MS. We
can stand for no invasion according
20 the Monroe doctrine In time we
will have all their trade. We will
make their shoes, their plows, their
vehicles. thcir machinery OF almost
every description. our relations with
the South American countries was
never closer. And let us get even
nearer by having ships that protect
them II they should get into trouble