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Show A POBT-MOflTEM VIBW. A Ctlll.n l!iptl Hrltn uf Ualt.J Mm W.SIN Jl.r. Toln, It ib almoat iBeredlble that lb oablarda ihoutd ever hare roaahlerad Ctrrera'a fleet aupetlor to anything wo eould oend agnlnit II. yet tneli neme lo bo the com. If thy bellartd tbo resiparleona of the two narte raaibi by their newepapers they are logleatly correet In their eoneluduii Thete artlclea, aaya the Chteago Chronicle, written by HpaaUh nnral eiperla. appeal ttrongly hi a eiedulooa HNple and represent our wariblp i nbeolutely ralueleaa, while thalr own are almply marrnla. A. ile Cnnta, tbe moit popular naral wrllar In Salii, make a remarkable romparleon In l lllnalrarlon Naelonal of Madrid that In quite euRlclenl lo Ineplre lib! country, ineu a lib ronldenee He admlta that the UnllMl 8lnlM liar the larrer fleet, but ahow that It la prnrtleally aluele "It la innaneil by the drega of an almoat worlhleee ropulallon eilMlnata and releaaed condtta. For the moat jurt thete ore forelgnera without tho a!lMet y-trlollim. y-trlollim. The erewa. being animated by inotlret of eupldlly alone, nre ilea-lltute ilea-lltute of that pride nnd enthualaam Ihil control Hpanlardi" Kor IheM rcatone, Mr Canln coneludoe: "The reaull It, Iherefote, thnt If our nary la Inferior to the American nary In quantity It la greatly nnperlor lu anility, anili-ty, ulnro our aallora. In addition to their tranecendrnt bravery, which la unlrerinlly acknowMged, poueee illi-clpllne, illi-clpllne, enthualaam and ronlldenre, which the Yankee nr far from baring." bar-ing." Hating demonatrated the utter worthleM character nf tbe aallon who man our ahlpa. the rlral of Weyler nnd Mtinthtueen In the ait of lying goea on to compare the ahlpa of the two narles, ileeerlblng that nf Mpatn ne mod up or ahlp faultlee In cooetrue-lluu, cooetrue-lluu, armoretl and unned In mil tho quern regent'a taate, laarrele of ataprd, rerltnble thlnga of beauty. Worda aliaMt fall him when he make a aangutoary attack upon our ahlpa. lie declares that tbe battle-ahlpa battle-ahlpa Indiana. Oregon and Matea-ehuettte, Matea-ehuettte, wblili he calla "enileen of the flret clot," cannot go to aen with anything Ilka full coal bunker. If they abould lb "ware would wnah orrr them." They nre only aultnble for roaet cuanl. The recent calling record of the Oregon omewbil illa-creilll illa-creilll thl crtllclam. lie ya tbe ualtleahlpa California and rrnmylranli aro under construction, construc-tion, which will be newt to American). Iln dechme the Tctaa to be noofully deficient. "Her machinery It had beyond be-yond tepalrlng her torpedoboat tube am uaeleat. Alio la A bad lot." The only American ililp at which he epoaka kindly la the Ilrooklyn. Ho aya alio la fast and "can, therefore, re-fuo re-fuo tonjglil, at all," a point which the npanlaWrt. IbeCa'Tlbbfnri'apprar'lo appreciate. |