Spray courier. (Spray, Or.) 1???-19??, 1916-04-06

~ great mnny IL has shown INC
value 0f aerOpLanes, which are nov
known as the eyes OF the llect. They
nre very necessary as scouts. Leay
Ing tho deck OF vessel. they can
easily locate the enemy and are thcrO
fore OF the greatest possible use ID
Che events that occur before battle.
THE submarines, too. It has been
learned. arc OF q real and practical
! service. All officers think they have
( become permanent addition 10
every navy. but there is some dis.
| agreement as 10 their general utility.
Can O swarm OF submarines. for m
! stance. 30 TO sea. rncgt fleet and Co
( gtroy III Tho question cannot I've
answered until such an attempt has
been made and either failed or sue.
ceeded.
u asked one Of the highest military
authortieg IN the country If 900 sub
marineB. along with mines. could safe
guard the United States against In.
-yagion the mines 10 blow Gp the enc
mics ships OF shore II any hap.
ponod TO get that near. the submarines
having met the rest and destroyed
hhNAH URiOlO thFF tblbV WAtHtu
distance OF our coasts. The answer
was that such measure OF pro-
lection, an Invasion Of the United
statcs would, 20 say tho least. be
made very difficult.
You Gee. no one can tell as yet
what part the submarines win take
In the wars OF the future. Their uses
are slowly being developed, and we
cannot know what they are capable OF
doing until the French or British
fleet meets the leet OF Emperor
William.
Also, 1t has been learned that bat
tic cruisers arc required to bring a
navy up TO it's highest efficiency.
CruiBcrg formerly were used as scouts
and to hunt down and destroy the
merchant ships OF an enemy. They
wore swift, but not heavy enough to
take place in the battle line when
large vessels were engaged.
A Sea Battle First.
THE modern cruiser, however, can
f~ht, being covered with armor aud
armed with large guns. Steamlng 80
knots an hour, 1t can run all around
a feet OF dreadnaughts and pump
shells into them from long distance
and from any angle. Our navy must
have battle cruisers, besides q great
many submarines and aeroplanes. II
we mean to be In q position where
wc can protect ourselves against in
jury. insult or dishonor.
1T should be always remembered"
Captain Weeks went on to say, that
our navy will be our first line of de-
fence. American ships will meet for
eign ships before there is a battle on
shore. II the United States goes to
war with any nation In Euorpe or
Asia. the fleets of the two countries
viii fight for the supremacy of the
sea.
NO invading army will set out for
America until 1t is safe from attack by
our fleet. So long as our feet is afoat.
no army will venture to start for our
shores Moving troops from one coun.
try to another is an immense under.
taking, even when 1t is safe to do So
-Four hundred large ships. for ex.
ample. would be required to trans.
port an army OF 250,000 men from
Japan TO the United States. Armies
travelling by water have to carry their
own artillery. ammunition and horses.
Japan would not send 400 large troop
ships out into the Pacific unless its
feet had fought and defeated our
fleet. Nor would Germany or any
other country In Europe attempt an
invasion OF the United States so long
as our fleet. decks cleared, was wait.
ing In the Atlantic.
Looking to the East, can see no
probable danger that is likely to occur
in the near future, unless the allies
are thoroughly beaten by Germany, or
unless Germany In thoroughly beaten !
By the allies. II the war is practi /
cally draw at the end, the efforts
Of all the great nations TO maintain an
OF power will keep them
entirely cngae for some time with
their own affairs"
do you believe that a trade war
against this country will follow the
Of peace in Europe?'
Such war viii come-there Is no
doubt OF it. Loaded with debt, bur.
1ened with taxation. Europe will turn
with energy and ferocity to the works
1f peace. The factories in Europe, OK
,ept In Belgium, Poland and Northern
France, have not been shut down nor
burned. Indeed, new ones have been
quilt. Industrially. save in the plaresI
have named, Europe is better sta.
lted now than when the war began.
Facts to De Faced.
Things have been spceded up In
treat Britain. Germany and France.
rhe factories. old ones and new ones.
Iro running. They will be running
.fter the armies at the front have
'cen sent home, but instead Of maxi
ng cannon and ammunition, as at
resent. they will be operated night
nd day in the production of goods
or the American markets.
All Americans. no matter whether they
al themselves Democrats or Republi-
ans ought to have courage enough and
'isdom enough TO face the facts. Europe
going TO take possession of the markets
l this country IL we do not defend our
elves. You spoke of an invasion by SOL
iers. There can also be an invasion with
i Tavor all Kinds of defenses-m!iitary,
financial and industrial And
ght here at home l think some of US
eed defense against fallacious IDEAS For
,Stancn: This iS "a great bVSipaSS |