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Show OCEAN MANEUVERS I OCIIEJPLIIiTS I Roosevelt's Scheme Ono .ta I Demonstrate to the World - I Our Naval Efficiency. H ADMIRAL BROWNSON SAYS I THERE'S NO BETER TIMF European Diplomats Are Inter- H ested, and Some War Pre- H ! dictions Arc Made. H m OYSTER BAY, N. Y., July 7. Thd H significance of Rear Admiral Brown-son's Brown-son's addition to thc somewhat meagre information which has como from Pros-ident Pros-ident Roosevelt regarding tho contem-plated contem-plated two-ocean maneuvor of tho At-lantic At-lantic battleship fleet, is regarded hero as having been overlooked in tho com' ment, expert and otherwise, which lma since been indulged in on both confi- VM ncnls. Admiral Brownson came lo Oys- tor Bay Friday to take lunch with the- I resident, professing entire ignorance of. the maneuver plans. When he left ?T?Ra,more irm ,0 lali "e train for ashmgton, the admiral had ono thought which ho wished emphasized that it was desirable and important to demonstrate to the world how quickly the American navy could transfer its fighting strength from ono ocean to tho other. This was distinctly an addition lo the President's previous statement is- sued through Secret ary Locb wherein! 1 the object of the maneuvor was said, to bo nn exercise movement .for tho' I benefit of the navy, to perfect its train-' ing in fleet exorcise on an extended' scale, the purpose and effect of the' plan being for the benefit of the navy, alone. "What came from President' Roosevelt through Admiral Brownsoui ih decidedly a different and mucli; broader design. President. Roosevelt' has been consistent in advocating a! large navy as tho surest guarantee ofi pence between the United States and all foreign powers. Heretofore a largo navy has beon reckoned solely from the point of view of the number of ships. their tonnage, armor, guns aud ' fight- ing capacity. With this idea thoAmer- ican navy has grown steadily, ship bv jH ship. Startling Naval Demonstration. Ti tho..somewhat uninteresting array of ships and tonnage, President Roose-velt Roose-velt now proposes to give the world a somewhat startling demonstration of what thc American navy is capable of doing to protect either or both of tho extended shores of the United Stales. Ak Admiral Broirason said, "there is no timo Iiko tho present for such a dem-onstltion,, dem-onstltion,, a time wheu tho United Stales is at peace with every nation. In eveo'thing that has come from tho President regarding the movement it has been indicated that the fleet, whor-ever whor-ever it may go, is to be brought back to thc Atlantic, and that tho return is to bo as great a demonstration of speed . as the outward journey. While it is assorted with all possi-ble possi-ble emphasis that there is 110 founda-tion founda-tion for apprehension, immediate or fu- turc. between the United States and jH Japan, tho proposed demonstration with the fleet can be looked upon in no other light than that President Roosevelt in- toads to use the American navy for ex- IH actly that purpose for which he has advocated its augmenUition a guaran- lee of international peace. IH It was stated hero today that Am-bassador Am-bassador O'Brien, who has" been invit- fM ed to Sagamore IIilI tho lattor part of- coiuer with the President before going, ' to his new post in Tokio. Tho embus-sador embus-sador finds it necessary to devote some' lime to his personal affairs in Miehi-gan, Miehi-gan, and will not find it convenient to' return to the East before departing Ivy' thc way of San Francisco for Japan. Tti was remarked that there was no occa-, sion for a conference between thc Pres-ident Pres-ident aud Embassador O'Brien other than the formality of official etiquette.'' |