| Show DEEP HARBORS AND NO FORTS now that Con congress giess in its inspru inscrutable table wisdom has ordered the spending of it a large larca amount r of f our now none too ton r ready eady cash r as 11 for the digging or of deeper harbors harbora fand and ille tho improvement of our water ways way a it t should at least follow the act with its coronary corollary a pro pt islon of strong forts forta and modern armament ment for tire protection of these waters this new act of congress which has been pa passed pas sed ed in hasty of needs and over the veto of tho the president only makes our exposure to tile tho fleets of a possible enemy tho the more complete wo we are arc partly defended as it JR iff by bars ban and tortuous channels billich require to navigate but mith widened entrances and deeper anchorage wo we would put our at the mercy of such ouch P a eta aa those of england eland france germany italy and holland Iolla md were they to conio come in force so not only Is the bill inadvisable in tho the present juncture but IL 11 imports danger there Is no question as to the ultimate need of better belter be harbors and none as to their ultimate provision commerce requires them and much expense atilt 11 ll be saved the people to shippers in train from wreck arid and grounding of which we have had some bome borry in our harbor within a year but first we need protection for those harbors harbora our eyes have bon been opened to our weakness by recent events eventa and the MILE its formerly ro peaceful art attl 1 rude on tho the question of marvillis marvill ps and forts was waa untenable national interests I 1 muire an immediate and thorough provision for defense we may thank fortune that tile the peril of a war in which wo we but recently tood stood has been averted and that if we are to be em m broiled in arty any conflict wo we shelf not be found so eo utterly air aa we were a fair car ago affo for not only public publia sen aen ciment but official work has in tho the meantime made same progress there is IR an exam mi need of iter improved proved find and e guns we aro are not without I 1 the h 0 facilities for making them somo some buns have iti already ready been mali and a a very few lave have been cra cm placed but roost most of our harbors are guardell guar deml by obsolete of ma that under a modern tire would ill b inina destructive than preservative of the lit arrison since the waha mails would be broken into pieces and hurled about aboul the heads of the defenders def defer idem wo ive need laret forts more of at them and the senal for the th placing of less lees than a hundred direct tin lin runs guns to command on entrance trance to new york alth a number at other porta p orta Is extremely mod moderate erste consil dering our length of 0 trat ait bri find and th numb r of barbora to in b tl of mortal battelle bat too a and d dyn dynamite amito guns gun art arf parts parta of tho the fro r i 11 it I t tl 14 1 4 n 1 I shingi poem truel in their suggestion be 10 are the enemy desline uton tilt people certain to be cruel the ati firlit if ill go eo not noc to illa worthiest or kindest but bill to the strongest when it settles to a 0 more physical contest and every day unit that finds us unprepared la Is a day of loss losa and danger god knows athla mitlon docs riot not want war it tins has drunk of ftp cp PC of its bitterness arid and it preys prays to be delivered from more but there aye situations where 1 not I merely di dignity gritty and right but abaci lure lut e physical safety d on oil the ability to defend and strike washington cuir u ho remains the grandest figure in our history said raid trilly enily amon g other alic ise things than n there la 19 a r rank ank due the United states amoni among nations nation which will lid withheld wit tibel it if not net absolutely lot lost by a reputation for if we desire peace one of the most powerful instruments in our riming ity it masl bo be knon that we are arc at ill all times limes reedy ready for aar Broo brooklyn kYll vagle |
