The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-30

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Its plot will soon become revealed
in It's true light as gigantic and at
the same time stupid. This will dis
courage those who might like to imi-
tate II. Even those among them who
disregard the moral aspect Of the OPP
GRAFTON must admit that II has been
not only a bad action out bad busi-
ness. which is not saying enough"
An important part Of the book Is
taken up with a discussion Of the
questions relating to the army and
navy In the United States. Some OF
the opinions Of NJ. d'Estournelles de
Constant follow:
THE fact Is that the real strength
Of the United States will lie. o in
a professional army and It's reserves
In process of formation, but in the
organization. which is still very far
from complete. Of the militia. Each
State has to create It's own and each
will try to produce the strongest and
best trained.
Here we shall undoubtedly have
future results Of the American spirit
Of emulation and also that Of coopera-
ton. which has already shown what II
can do. Each local unit Is designed
to meet w ends. II fulnls It's own
special duty and is also prepared to
contribute its company. battery or
squadron very much as II has It's foot
ball or baseball team. These aux
Hilary forces. which are well Differed,
well armed and we'll trained. will soon
become the country's real force-a ma
tional one, with a moral as we'll as a
material value.
at is the outcome Of sensible fore
sight n will be a decidedly more
serious proposition than a small num-
Der Of mercenaries who propagate in
%fectious diseases. as above mentioned.
or a multitude of plucky but un-
trained volunteers. The United
States were neither 30 rich nor so
we'll organized a hundred years ago
when they repulsed the English.
ut can he clearly asserted that tho
danger for the United States does not
lie in the army or in excessive ex-
penditure. but rather In being carried
away by the consequences Of an or.
SANITATION which. copied from thai OF
the divided States of old Europe, Is
in no way called for in the New
World. The danger Is in trying ~
outstrlp other countries in naval
power.
II do not propose to repeat wha'
! have 80 often said on this point; but
II is clear that unless there is some
2 lsorahl" explanation of the incrou-
ible departure from good sense to
which the military Powers of the Old
World hnvA Ufyan u.av tn hnfldir1
so many battleships ttoo big for their
ports and also for their crews, which
are becoming more and more difficult
to obtain. while at the same time
these vessels are d~efenceless against
submarine explosions and are exposed
TO attack from aerial CRAFTY, 1t is still
harder to understand why the United
States should have caught the fever
The United States have two oceans
TO protect them against any attack
and against all possibility OF the land
ing OF a hostile force. which is i'm
practicable. even in Europe. De
Tocqueville wrote long ago-and geog-
raphy hdE not changed since his day
AS follows: The great good fortune
OF the United States is not that they
i'"NV a 4 al NDIStltu-
ton which allows them to carry on
great wars, but hat they are so stu
ated az to have no reason TO appre.
bend wars for themselves .
The New World is so well placed that
man has still no enemy but himself IN
IT, The United States are still better
protected ~ their political federation
than by their geographical position
and they have thus a duplicate anl
impregnable stronghold that no enemy
from afar can affront.
Americans want n navy, Just as
they want an army; but II must be OF
the kind suitable to thei- requirements
ana not a seville cop OF European
na"ies. They want submarines, mines
and torpedoes TO protect their coasts,
and, for deep water. ships that can 90
anywhere, instead OF floating dungeons.
They want a nav that serves a def
mite purpose, acquires and imparts
knowledge, explores. policies the seas
and acts as the advance guard ~
scientific and commercial progress.
They want small and fast vessels 20
show h flag in all the worlds ports,
but they make a distinction between
these small vessels. which are signs or
life n health, and snowy squadrcns
OF big ships that are costly and dan
gerous to send even IN short cruises.
They now have three fleets. tire
Atlantic, Pacific n Asiatic without
counting those that will be formed for
tic benef of Central America. What
need Is there to send fleets on these
voyages? A visit paid by one or W
American warships to n foreign
try is a friendly and polite act; a dem