Show I PRAISE FOR THE NAVY War Department Not Handled W t Ability London Aug 15The Times this morn Ing in a special article reviewing the operations op-erations of the HispanoAmerican war says The fact that the war was brought to such a speedy bnd was due primarily manly to the single cause of Spains naval collapse The vigor shown by the American can naval authorities and the high Quality Qual-ity of the naval officers qualities inherited inherit-ed from the mother country sufficed to counteract the effect of Anfericas fects Americas un readiness The manner in which a large number of warships and auxiliary vessels were rapidly equipped and manned together to-gether with the conspicuous ability with which the great naval force largely extemporized ex-temporized was supplied and handled is extremely significant I is Impossible to speak in the same terms of the military measures The causes of the failure of the war department to rise to the emergency emer-gency are not yet fully known I will be interesting to see whether the American people will demand a investigation |