The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1915-07-22
Fate Ours
gs ne not Prepared. John Hays Ham
mcnd, Jr., So Warns.


mend, Jr., So Warns.
OF rF-FrR, July IA. at Is neces-
tia. taroughout our country there
n intelligent interest aroused relat-
9Ia'ngs military. If the results of
uperlous European conflict remain
els ay the citizens of the United
4. g + no definite policy be adopt
he a. will surely come when we
suffer Tie humiliation of China and
gi, a Belgium"
j: was one of the paragraphs of
hey gwen in a lecture on "War and
aa uy John Hays Hammond, Jr.,
d tae State Armory before 400
l.rs OF the North Shore set. This
r. u.s. aeen arranged as an aid to
ur fr The giving of an ambulance
q. North Shore residents to the
Il, 4mbulance Corps in France.
81 a0u,ance is estimated to cost
/, .r N.th the price of tickets for
--= - apiece, more than the
ST.. Mount was secured by the
, "a was most distinguished
% .led representatives of the
81 tn4 -rench Embassies, the sum-
BONES which are situated on the
lSu. Also in the audience were
q. Hrs John Hays Hammond, the
MS roe distinguished young cleo
.s'- SIS.
@g hammond was introduced to
5y by Major Henry L. Higgin-
VII jared that probably nobody
=: mre about electricity than the
r.. .'H hat he is also the son of a
. father who has won fame
0 eaglneer.
le a,ure covered every phase of
and in some cases Mr..
z FACED the history of weapons
-tC- f years before the Christian
at one point that Russia
.as4r nave ordered in this country
l- d roplane destroyer that will
FL t' put out the eyes (the aerial
:t oi Iermany, and if they accom-
t5, Jls war is won.
lHnre 10 the British Navy, he said:
tog-. j, is not parading much up
loen The North Sea, it is to the
.pi+a'lal energy of this fleet that
Niles owe the freedom of commerce
German annihilatiol and the i'm
SUPPLIES of war material flowing
ials 1yuntry. If England didn't
sSo.1lQr 10 France she would never
81 be valuable as the means which
Ultimately break down Germany's
Eve lower"
spoke If the need of great battle
as 'f"e only method we have to
'guas to action on the sea, and as
I ST. ighting by throwing things
% o'a.. now can we dispense with
l'alas and mobile gun PLATFORM"
ss5 pointed out that the submarine
meyer taAs the place of the battle
N"It rHlng this he said: Il be-
A7r"a Britain's merchant marine
,54- with vessels of higher
ID sumo armament, and with the
Ft's' personnel which they now
lLe truction of ships could be
.lsa'wey insignificant.
wy y L mere are a number of hy-
"a people who declare that the sub
~ Is >lreI Y going to take the place
y oaItleship. / am one of the
T. VI military scientists working to
NJ III -readnoughts, but l am at
aal1g to do it with all the advantages
W T,'rAlag from the shore gives"
hammond declared that the wire
wi aA' PRESENTS weaknesses for mill
s'e' because it is possible for the
10 intercept messages. He also
W., n 10 he people which has not in
y, It's house in order or which re-
y paper treaties and declarations
'Iufe5 sits in the judgment seat and
W. o1' The strong and wakeful inspire
!, 10 az directions" This quota
.5Yi sven Hedin is applicable to the
a. 9 condition of the people of the
'olalss. In the tremendous growth
W. have enjoyed during the last
n, our minds have been concen-
H., Pom he development OF internal
h. ny our country through geo.
g, ,s ISOLATION which we enjoy.
s, 1s 'dral that our interest in our
t Tense should have dwindled.
A. ~ obvious today that so-thought
,,s d the oceans constitute the best
i, y'l lnf INVASION. Men and NUM-
M W. handled with better ease and
ID, l'ef sea than over land, through
,r a'. achieved in marine architec-
H. n naval engineering.
nj PAD not awakened to the fact
Id gq Il, scientific developments has
M M .ae use of armies of undreamed
t,r,. and that TO fill the ranks of
is,ir aIles and to supply their needs,
siioat. resources of the Nation must
'4'ea In war to the cause of VIC
Nm nave nav orders in this country alone
sos IVY W. V00 worth of ammunition
Nd VI the Panama Canal. 1t is es-
sbo, ,dat for every man in the field
stedY uIu be man in the factory. 1t
n +, moreover, that to defend our
so, pn'.operly from an invading force
Jury must put 600, 900 men in the
ssli oo.Gvernment is advocating the
IN S; ia, of ammunition manufac-
Gonto S arsenals. Should this policy