Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-10-15
SAYS AMERICA
lacks FIGHTING
MEN FOR NAVY
japanese Editor Says Coun-
trv,s Wealth Is Useless
in Time Of War,
CAN BUILD SHIPS
RIFT NOT MAN THEM
n,,,,,,, Love OF Gold and Want OF
Patriotism Are Asserted to
Prevent Efficiency.
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can,ember s. l9lo.-Continuihs MS
- ~ Tho United states as a havh'
s s..sr the editor of tho chuo koFon' OF
r.r,r,l Review. in his most recent al'i,le
,.s ,lsb, Of the vast wealth OF the
nln ..,,,n Republic, which. he says. wou'a
4, the event OF a great war. as
,s.-o would not he a sufficient hummer vi
MS, animated ~ patriotism TO hsht 'ne
battles. ,,n obi
,orIa,r writes this pubicist '"A. ~
.,,rdsrd OF Japanese naval ihcre"'e"'
..,,,d .,,rays he the Size of the Aincnca'i
49,, certain person approached and IN
.,,od ia oho,., the ndvisability or en-
,.r,nr into race OF naval huiia'ns WIZ "
n,ver like America. which he DESCRIBED as
~. r,.,es, nation on the face of the earth.
,o,,,,r, ant that II such a power once SET
Itself 10 the task, with the aid OF It's I'M
,,ersa wealth, c country like Japan could
never hone 10 win in the struggle ''''o -.
latter II persisted in, could tor her emu
o,lv in na,oual bankruptcy. 1t would re-
oure Great Britain or Germany ~ een'
With such an antagonist.
.To THE" says the editor, II replied that
America was truly as rich as my aciuaih-
lance had represented. but Mt the same
the Republic was In such n position that II
could not invest all its millions OF do'infs
in the building Of battle ships and mr.
mored cruisers, for the reason that, WINE
i, could certainly Guild ships 1t had not
the men 10 operate them. My friend De-
came curious and wanted to be further en-
lSh,ened on this point Thereupon an
swcred:-
's.It would be easy for America with her
tremendous wealth to turn out one hun
dred, nay n thousand battle ships. but she
cannot find the officers and mon with the
necessary knowledge to operate and utilize
them to their best advantage. Look, 70"
example, at the State In which the Amer
lean battle ship fleet. with the outward
semblance of dignity. made its round the
world tour. When II reached the Masel-
Ian Straits many sailors had already de-
serted and by the time the fleet got to
Chi!i aud Peru these desertlons had be-
come still more common, and the numbe,
OF men who thus abandoned their posts
might be counted by the hundred.
Vat ID
This fact but serves to illustrate that
the American people are not a race o.
fighters Probably as many as nifty pei
cent are either foreigners or descendant:
OF foreigners, and are lacking In publ,
spirit ard patriotism. They have not tn
ialntest intention OF serving In the arm!
or navy for the sake of their country
and even should they do SO they woul,
be but band of mcrcenaries whose &C
lions would always be determined by tn
amount OF their remuneration and the ma
lure OF the work assigned them. Seem.
That the circumnavigation OF the gloh
vas something quite out OF the ordinary
Wholesale assertions were the result.
this Is the case in time OF peace, we ca
readily conjecture what would be the COR
h!lion In time OF war;
Moreover, Americans have an inord
nate love of gold II there is money In
ming they will go for 1t and are quit
indifferent to the role of protector of the
country. Thus It Is difficult to obtain goo
oihcers, and even II some are forthcomin
we nation can never hope to got man
o. them. When It comes to the rank an
ne THIS difficulty is still more kecnly Eel
- sood sailors are not on hand good O
ON rrt p,HI Al ~
case OF head without body and limb
although. therefore. 1t will hereafter |
poss,o!e FOR America with her wealth
ousla ships, she will be building mere]
empty ships.
c floNidence has thus imposed hand
bs r upon America By making 1t hard II
ga, W secure the men. while Japan ca
sh,,. a' me men she needs, but not I,
b b",ps The Almighty would seem not
",,h h. GRANTED these two factors equally
I.' ~. OF the two nations. This limitntic
sn" S,s oy both of them In an equal degrc
InS' seihs the situation. we do not q,
sup.r,. 'ellca can bnild up her navy TO II
uteIlsasse standard and It is thereto
ne,s uI,h 70 say that Japan can easily cor
49,, neF IN this respect
'Hhrmi;ncnt the Ideal
cb,nv,, lhdulglns in all this ot,,bursl
aIyn,a.s''s the writer develops inlo ,
"cnm 81 tho limitation OF armumcn,
yor,. L aioii in naval increment IL II
taourh asss'lbln thing he reflects "a
peace ~, -, .'saments may be guarantee
human,,..l nv benefits that would accrue
70, ~, at large IL tho nations could b
n,a,,,, 'eF and agree to disarm, eth
He VI IN part, would be incalculah
ara !. iact that the finances OF Tho poWe
oeihs Jeopardlzed Nv Iii, nnnronri
cnn,I i ior armies and nayies, and If ,
nn,,s,, m''',l tiiis necessity we nigh, enc
,lIvss,s i'shien the popular burdens n
M these these funds Into channels of peat
whiuustrial development. the benetits
,.r sn cannot be Immediately cstimat,
,,Sonsress has been discussing tho n
.h ~. OF u commission to investign
~, question of universal disarmamc,
~, .a'''aave OF this movement must In
Z ,l%s.a'ed from genuine Americans
W,.a, veins iiows the blood OF Geor
I,n"a ans1pn and Abraham Lincoln. II
cs,,nae Lloyd George, the British Chm
a. ljnw. VI INC ExcheIuer. has said that 4
Of the world have succumbcd
m tonuisious disease OF wastin. mon
an nt.,ah'ehts. and yet Grcat Britain g
n,,a ".si'lls SO long as she has a vast y
neS,s ~ protect. Tho warlIke guarantee
io. "ee u 100 costly. and yet we nrc no,,.
yam. W 40 otherwise than resort 10
ns,ns o'u means of maintaining uniyer
,y,sn ere equally poWerlcss to do 9th
ia ,nhn upbuild the Japanese navy
n 10 10 ,h'ehance OF peace In the l,aci
ffso,s -, curse, our ideal to effect uuIyer
:el,y,,'aiu'eNtrand yet It is tho height
lily 70 advocate this NJ tha nra,,a,.'