The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1913-02-13
ADDITIONAL
BAT1LESHIPS
ARE NEEDED
GERMANY Is CASTING EYES
And STRENGTHENING POWER
EXPLANATION GIVEN Why THE
NAVAL OFFICERS ARE AL TIE
TINE URGING A STRONGER
NAVY HERE.

tae definite reason behind tie urgen-
cy with which Admiral Dewey and
the Sevy Department are pressing
conrgess FOR three battleships a.
year,
Ask any navy officer and he VIII
ten yoa, If he cares to speak frank
y, that our government fears arm
Sd confIict with Germany and that
this Is why we need more big ships.
England has for some time part
felt much alarm on account Of the
rapidly growing sea power Of the
German empire which threatens her
maritime supremacy; but there IS :
growing belief both here and on the
other side Of the water that Ger.
Mays preparations are aimed not
- England but a. ourselves, that
the shadow Of the Tsaton Is prepar
ing % fail upon TIC western shores
+ CT the At'a1fic because the easter
are too eorgested for her use.
But why2 Ne have 10 quar- TI-h
/ Germany relations between the TAO
nations xe1e never more peaceful
What should cause the outbreak =
sE4ch war? Look for the answer in
/ the Monroe Doctrine. The kaiser is
& getting ready 70 smash il and the
American people who worship this
doctrine even more than they 10
the constitution or any Of the other
history -hallowed institutions q The
past VIII be resentful Of such pro-
gress. Therefore. viii var follow. ac-
cer1ng 10 local military experts wao
have studied the problem FROM a
number OF angles.
7 IS not that the kaiser is looking
. for trouble: he would rather avoid
It Il possible. But there IS something
On this side Of the ocean which hs
wants. which Germany must have %
MAINTAIN is present position among
the nations Of the world and there
fire the fatherland viii hare y ngh,
for IL
Il
4 firms as great as Texas has a pop
uIation Of s8.000,00 Race suicide
IS unpopular in that country and era
dies there are filling a such rate
that more territory must be had
to accommodate the people. Unfor
tunately. Germany possesses no col
onies worthy Of the name and cal
the rest Of the world having ALREADY
been grabbed BIZ other nations) she
has long cast a covetous eye Oh
South America.
The only reason that she has not
4 long ago annexed a considerable Dor
I ton OF the continent to the south
| Of US is because Of the existence o
the Monroe Doctrine, which prohib
rs foreign powers from acquirin.
1ew territory in this hemisDher,
I and which would certainly lead Z,
4 hostiIties If any European nation al
4 tempted TO infringe upon il.
III Germany does not care for tn
4 Monroe Doctrine the least bit. \
la doctrine il means nothing 10 he,
4 Her ministers have been accuse
4 time and again Of breaking the MOI
4 al code, the decalogue Of all the Law
Of men - therefore Why should 81
respect such puny thing as tn
Monroe doctrine?
The answer is = she doesn't. Bu
she does care for the United State
navy, which, until recently, va
4 more powerful than that Of the fat
4 erland. The Monroe Doctrine is q
4 strong as the military power whic
backs it up, and not one bit stronge
This means that it is at prese1
rather weak, for Germany's sea po7
er is at present far stronger tina
our own. While congress has bee
hagglug over naval appropriation
the kaiser's government has bee
building battleships al the rate
three n year and We have been il
far behind
Ii you think that this Is an exs
gerael9a. look at the following 4
uea, lalaa from the latest reDg
II tle secretary Of the navy:
The only really effective reaur
vessels today are the so-c-IIad drea
n81s1ls Eae aIla1e--au shin
Trey have made all other and old
barzIesbips obsolete. We have Elk
Of them row ia commission; &C