Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1915-12-30
LABRATORY PLANS
ARE ALMOST READY
Edison to Appear Before Naval
Committee to Submit Ideas.
TO MAKE STARTLING STATEMENTS
Has Been Given Inside Information
About Conditions in Department.


man of the Naval Consulting Board, is
soon TO appear before the Naval Com
mittee at Washington to explain fol
the first time the detailed plans foI
the Navy laboratory
Mr. Edison will be accompanied by
other members of the consulting board
Mr.. Edison is expected TO make a spe-
cial plea for the removal of restrictions
against trials for new inventions. He is
said to have been told that men with
ideas to submit for the improvement
OF the service are discouraged at the
Navy Department. and that no induce
ment is extended TO men in the sedvice
TO offer suggestions for improving the
ships, equipment or armament
Engineering departments of pros
porous manufacturing corporations are
considered lax when they fail TO offer
at least two or three new inventions
each month The lack of such enter
prise in the Navy has astonished civil
ian experts upon the consulting board
It is said.
Il am glad l resigned" said Henry
A. Wise Wood, chairman of the Ma
tional Conference for Defense. in dis
cussing his resignation from the con
with kilograms and letters of congrat-
sulting board. MY desk is heaped
ulation.' he continued. Il have been
praised for compelling Secretary Dan
iels,, by my resignation, to disclose the
suppressed report by Admiral George
Dewey and his colleagues.
The question is squarely before the
people. Do they want a wilson, Dan
iels navy, or do they demand a Dewey
navy? Are they going to be satisfied
with political defense, when they ask
for military defense?
IF they want Wilson-Daniels navy
and a political defense, | don't want tC
own any property in New York city
If the government is not going to pro.
tect that seaport, / don't intend to owl
property there in jeopardy.
Wilson and Daniels turned down
the recommendations of Admiral Dew
ey's expert board and asked for some
thing cheaper. Suppose we had sick.
ness in the family, held consultation
of experts who gave a prescription tC
save the life and the druggist said il
would cost So. Then suppose we said
No, give US something else, costing
about $26S. Would not we be Grim.
fealty? That is just what this admin
istration has done.
Where do we expect troublef II
tell you. Where politics conflict there
is friction. Trouble quickly follows
friction
THE German Empire has long want
ed to establish colonies in South Amer
lea The exclusion policy laid down OF
our Pacific coast as an economic pro
lection is bound. sooner. or later. t.
cause trouble with Japan
The Mornoe Doctrine and the ex
clusion POLICY are the causes for fric
tion- although both are sound doc
trines What are we going to do abou
it One man with few hundred
pounds of dynamite at Panama can Gu
our fleet in two in few seconds.
Il am convinced that Japan is pre-
paring-if not actually ready-to de
mand equal rights for her citizens
enter our Pacific ports.
This is a serious matter. / am no
going into any spectacular debate
with anyone But | am going to Civ
this country facts which demand dig
nified consideration. / am going Z
wage my own fight against our admin
istration's weak policy"