Show I iOther Other Points o of of View il still von Ion snIP SHIP Statements which have e been Leen appearing from time to time of late regarding reS' th the the- American ambition to have o a great na navy are nrc all right so EO long IonS as tho the authority making them does not carr carry a 1 chip on Its shoulder Yesterday from front Paris appeared a a dispatch to tho the ef effect effect ott ot- ot t ct that tho heads of ot tho the na navy department presumably with Ith the tho approval al of or the executive o had In mind a a. program I of at still ship for Cor ship ton for ton with with Great Grent Britain Why I not not Certain Certainly we can afford It There Is no braggadocio n oclo about this But let us not forget torget Dor Dol Tag spirit spirit- spirit spirita a I phrase which actually originated In the German Gorman navy a score of at years cars ago ngo ari arid acid which led to tho the base baso surrender In the Firth of at Forth a month back If It wo we build bull ship for fOl ship with the other power ncr or two ships for tal one as we e might ht do without limping It will win be La not to challenge the tho other nation or undertake a a. policy of or aggression ass that would lead Inevitably to war but Lut to bo ho In a position to advance tho the cause Use of civilization cl and maintain n tho the standing of ot th the United States Slates with the rest of or the world A great American navy working In unison with the British an and French navies would be the one guarantee guarantee guarantee guar guar- antee of at a lasting peace better Letter than an elaborately constructed constructed constructed con con- paper league of or nations This nation together with the tho British empire controls tho the necessities of oC peace as well nit as a War Avar Tho The two together could make mako war impossible Im Im- possible b by their control of oC tho the worlds world's raw material an and anda a 1 nn navy to guard the Inlets and outlets of oC commerce Standing alone this country countr could dictate to the rest of ot tho the manufacturing powers PO so outstanding I Is Its raw ma- ma terla resources and In proof of at this we can cOon go back Lack only to the middle lo of at 1914 1 and Imagine what would have happened if It wo we had closed down dOn on exports of ot food tood cotton cotton cot cot- ton an and 1 metals But a great reat navy Is not to bo be built bunt In a year rear or five fire y or ten years car We Vc must have e a merchant marine as nJ a a. feeder With an exceptionally small navy p per pCr r population tion In piping times limos of peace It has been heen difficult to maintain tho the personnel Even Even now at the conclusion of at war tho navy Is ls calling for tor recruits nil nU O over Or r tho the country and anI this because for tor than more half a century we had neglected tho the seas an and permitted other nations to do our freighting If we do not weary In well doing In the coming com com- ing decade the flag will be bo familiar on the lie seven sc seas and 1 again aln we wo will wail become a maritime nation But the people must mut not ot go off are Su guard It Is a long Jong distance between the oceans we have 0 a a largo Jaro population Inland that tI never bothers with the tho o ocean ean and m Its ILM Influence upon A American character and nd commerce Always In Congress from these states there Is a 1 little ntH navy faction In re recent recent re- re cent years cars however howe the Influence of this faction lias has le lessened les les- and the faction will be kept In tho thc background until the tho lesson of or the the- great war has been forgotten The Tho allied tea Fea ea power dominated tho war It should b bo be tho the ruling force at nt tho the peace I congress Rocky Moun tain News Ne I 1 a h R |