The Washington times., 1922-12-11
What KINDsof a Great Navy
Should DEMOCRACY Possess?
Why Not Navy supporting Combining Cove
Ownership of Ships With National Protection
and Commercial Efficiepcys

democratic dea that of useful abor-a well army earn
Ing its living part of the people, instead Of ne old king
style Of army established in dleness by royalty protect
royalty in power
Could not have navy well army democratic in
character not only seHsupporting but showing prof-A
NAVY AS GREAT AS THE WEALTH OF THIS COUNTY,,
WHICH WOULD MEAN AUTOMATICALLY AND ALWAYS
THE GREATEST NAVY IN THE W0RLD7
The navies of world have been hitherto the
niba of the South Sea Islands their They
had their small peace for traffic. and their WAR
CANOES for fighting and murder only.
The civilized nations called have had their bateshps
for and murder only-ther armored war canoes of
steel
The of United should establish
first navy of democracy and into public ownership Of
going vessels the most gigantic scale.
This nation should do its carrying carriers
great ships of high and high speed should each
have shore sufficient number and movable steel
decks to be used in Of attack
The Government should have lakes and
the highest speed earning living They could carry psssen
the mail They should be equipped with torpedo
tubes
They should have in addition of the
least irsized collection of the regulation
Of Steel drifting about salung, taking officers Newport
carrying statesmen junkets and waiting for break
out. ~.
Some battleshps crusers-and they might
well be made to their ivng-would be necessary for
while Necessary also always would be supply Of
marines and ahps spy the waters and tell the sub
marines which way to CO.
Does anybody doubt that John D. Rockefeller Ogden
Armour George Gould
owning about per per Of the wealth the
United sates-does anybody doubt that those men, they
owned the country would keep well defended and make
defense, the army and navy, pay their way?
any business could readily suggest plans for making
deens profitable The Posoce instead of hiring thousands
of brokendown automobiles wagons carry
the mail could and equip its motorsmlar to those
that this country is shipping to Europe in Thousands.
military authority has said that this country in Of
could not have the needed fighting wagons
Why not make the distribution of mail part Of the national
defense? would be easy build the automobile
that the mail wagon body could be taken off and quick
firing gun and gang of substituted in half hour
Even the submarinesand hundred of them would make
foreigners think hard before coming the sub
marines might partly at least their pay
When not occupied squirting through the periscope in
of warshps the might be occupied examining the
Hbottom of the water looking for signs of oil wells mines and
oher wealth That need humorous for Of the
Sbest oil wells out in the Pacific In England the
richest mines worked under the water There
wealth under the land that lies hidden by the than all
the wealth Of the land Our submarines might the
first go and look for ialways ready take
from abroad they happen Can you not
imagine Rockefeller keeping his submarines busy hunting oil in
the land under water and making them pay their wsy7
Suppose that the United States had an army of two or
lives drilling suficiepty and paid to drill doing the pubic
work on roads, canals, irrigation, drainage
Of five hundred great carrying ships each having
shore floats for target practice its supply Of big guns
and its well trained gunners. N.
Suppose that the United States had big flock Of air
chimes working at the development Of the flying problem used
peace times in the service Of the Weather Bureau spy
out forest resready in time to fly and the
enemy and back with directions for the submarine cap
tains
Suppose that this country had its lakes and rivers
great fleet Of the fastest boats equipped with torpedo tubes
with the torpedoes left on shore.
Do you suppose that under such conditions any foreign
nation would attack us7
Our Government could nay to others III
Let alone and shall let you alone We want nothing
that belongs you You can't anything that belongs
I'VE not military nation, We do not keep million
in deness ready to murder their brothers We have not
rot the very biggest latest fleet Of steel
"But have three hundred thousand well
paid well fed Intelligent workers. always In training because