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-Also. IL has hssn learned that bat
ne cruisers afo required 70 bring .
navy up to IL highest emciency.
Cruisers formerly were used - SCOUTS
and to hunt down and destroy the
merchant ships Of an enemy. Tney
were swift, but not heavy enough 70
take q place In the battle line wnen
large vessels were engaged.
A Sea Battle First.
THE modern cruiser, however. can
d-ht, being covered with armor ano
armed with large guns. Steaming 80
knots an hour, II can run all around
q feet Of dreadnaughts and pump
shells into them from . long distance
and from any angle. Our navy must
have battle cruisers, besides great
many submarines and aeroplanes. II
we mean to be in position where
we can protect ourselves against IN
jury. insult or dishonor.
TT should be always remembered.
Captain Weeks went on to say. tnat
our navy will be our flrst line OF de-
fense American ships will meet for
eign ships before there is battle on
shore. II the United States goes to
war with any nation In Euorpe or
Asia, the fleets of the two countries
will fight for the supremacy OF the
sea.
mo invading army will set out for
America until 1t 10 safe from attack BY
our fleet. So long as our aeet 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 It 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
fleet had fought and defeated our
fleet Nor would Germany or amy
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 is thoroughly beaten
by the allies. II the war 10 practi.
cally q draw at the end. the efforts
of all the great nations to maintain an
equilibrium Of power will keep them
entirely engaged for some time with
their own affairs"
do you believe that q trade war
against this country will follow the
restoration of peace in Europe?"
Such . war will come-there IL no
doubt of 1t. Loaded with debt, bur.
dened with taxation. Europe will turn
with energy and ferocity to the works
of peace. The factories In Europe, ex
cept in Belgium, Poland and Northern
France, have not been shut down nor
burned. Indeed. new ones have been
built Industrially. save In the places
have named, Europe is better stu
ated now than when the war began.
Facts to BE Faced.
Things have been speeded up in
Great Britain, Germany and France.
The factories. old ones and new ones,
are running They will be running
after the armies at the front have
been sent home, but instead of max
ing cannon and ammunition. as at
present, they will be operated night
and day in the production of goods
for the American markets.
call themselves Democrats or Repubi-
cans, ought to have courage enough and
wisdom enough to face the facts. Europe
Is going to take possession OF the markets
in this country il we do not defend our
selves You spoke Of an Invasion by SOL
diers. There can also be an invasion with
products.
ravor all Kinds of defenses-military,
commercial. financial and Industrial. And
right here at home | think some of US
need defense against fallacious Ideas. For
instance: This is a great business nation
and yet We hear many suggestions that
business be taken out of the ownership
and management which have developed II
and made it wonderfully successful 80
that 1t may be turned over to the national
government
Business ought TO be regulated. but we
that no more are being built, although
they are surely needed in some parts Of
the country. Furthermore. the time has
come when the railroads cannot borrow
money for short periods on as advantage
Gus terms as can other lines OF big busi-
ness. And yet transportation. next to
agriculture. Is our most important indus
try.
Would government ownership and oper.
alton improve the situation7
No. the situation would be made worse
State ownership and operation has failed
in France. Canada and other countries
Wherever II has been tried expenses are
increased and deficits created. On the
Western Railroad Of France the operating
charges Went, up . per cent In three
pIoyed-no workers on the tracks, enEi-
neers conductors or brakemen, but clerks
porters and other little politicians. places
for whom were found around the general
Offices and at the stations
Government ownership in the United
States would add ZOO, 900 mon to our OF
fce-ho.hing class and congress would AZ
their salaries. Freight rates I am sure.
would be higher than at present and the
losers and not gamers