The Washington times., 1921-07-11
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Please read carefully what follows reproduced from
the Sunday American:
''Let us discuss battleship building and safety.
'Foregn governments know that batteshps are prac-
cay obsoete at moment further developments OF ar
warfare may make every battleshp joke In the late
England and Germany kept their batteshps locked
in harbor afraid send them out English batteshps
protected by heavy ashed to their des
that approaching topedoes might hit the merchantmen not
the battleshp Battleships protection in modern
warfare; practically worthless for attack with sub
marines and mines opposing.
"Our Government knows, but only vaguey-our head
being selected politically and moved from business
desks nght-that the battleship is out of date
''But it PAYS builders to build battleships Hundreds
of millions invested in private shpbuldng plants One
batteship cost forty Millions with ten millions of
profit In the of business and profit battleshps will
be forced the Government long public opinion per-
mts until another war, and bombardng OF American
cities with poison gas and dynamite
Foreign governments Japan especially, are concen-
ratng fighting flying machines. The victorious allies
forbid the building of fighting ers in Germany and wisely
since their object is to keep Germany helpless
"Baeshps useful to protect transport ships
landing al army N enemy shores. That is ended.
"Japan would attack hawk attacks chicken
yard. The hawk flies down and flies awayno stopping
If did fight Japan Russia-and we might have both
together hands day, having deeply offended
bohthe United States of America would be the chicken
yard and they would be the hawks Their fighting bomb
ng gas carrying fliers would be brought within few
hours flight of coasts shipboard then released
the ancient hawker released the falcon from his wrist
sight of prey
"Those machines in the air would drop dynamite fire
bombs deadly asphyxatng gases cities and fly away
to their ships not landing few would be brought
down, but what cheap price for destroying
of our great cities and asphyxiatng the Inhabitants
"There is imagination theory about flying
chine warfare absolute reality and the only important
reality Armies will not be creeping like caterpiars
or thrown against rapid gun fire. when machine and
three in the air do against the enemy than
fifty foot regiments.
"War in the future will come from the air. just as war
until lately, by long distance guns. Any nation
unprepared for air fighting this nation is unprepared
will be the target Think ahead for moment, not back
ward, as some of our official defenders thinking.
Suppose day you read such headlines as these:
Los Angeles and San Francisco suffer terrific loss by
Thousands Of aeroplanes coming in from tho Pacific
work horrible damage
Items of thousands dead business and residence cen
ters wiped out Bombardment still continues Other enemy
air fleets flying inland toward Chicago
''You MAY such headlines-they may deal with
cities the Atlantic instead Of the Pacific Coast What
could be done about it, if such attack found us un-
preparedi
You could not meet that emergency with feverish air
craft building by doar-a-year patriots You tried that
before know The patriots squandered stole billion
of your dollars but gave you no flying machines
"Other countries getting ready slowly systematc-
ally, for air fighting. We must do the same.
"What would happen if machine its wings orna
mented with the rising sun, dropped down the White
House lawn, and polite high Japanese officer bowng ow
said On behalf OF august master the Mikado here
to tell the President what terms will cease lombard
ment of American cities We deplore unnecessary destrc
on and call attention to fleet of four hou
sand ships not yet in action
Our choice would be acceptance of any terms offered
mercess destruction of life and property until we did
accept