Show ilium MIRAL SEBREE MAKES pLEA FOR GREAT NAVY ri That If America Is Ia to World Power Sea fv Strength Must Be Improved tho the necessity of at an nn adelt ade ade- lt t te navy Davy with mth which the tho United fa would be bo ablo able to withstand d an au lek ck ek of any five nations and a as the tho po peace assurance aurance was wa the tore Ye of ot an address given before the hen bets of ot the Bonneville club dub in their dinner Saturday night in the tel I Utah by Rear Bear ar Admiral Uriel Unel Se Se- 9 p United navy retired Admiral Sebree a address WAI wal more the order Of a B heart to heart talk an In after dinner diDner oration His JIb th 16 Ira ea and aDd the manner manDer in which ho he tUned the establishment and main main- nee lance of the American navy Ve eye met with more than approval by byC I C diners arDen Th The only real assurance peace to any nation natio JI said laid the tho ad ad- piral iral II is ic is a navy Davy large enough nough and anti bong ron rong enough so o that no other r country ay y talk back with safet safety If It anyone thinks that war ar with nth me mo of the thA great eat European powers power is possible or that we have has attained a b oy by which all international can bo be settled at peace con- con rentes they arc are either cither ignorant or do doi i realize the present condition of in in- national affairs Until the tho strong stron nations become so sated that they will carry earn out in ind ind ini d i faith all aU treaties treatie of I arbitration Ta n will nil not Dot cease Since our existe exist exist- to e a as a nation tation we have hac had about of ot five of or ore year year ear war to every years ice em e Yet since the organization of e Ha Hague e pe peace e conference more moro than years earB ago aJol more has been done dono ward the establishment of peace none ong nati nations than in nil all time before the tha ultimate object and view peace societies is the tho total abolition wax war and notwithstanding their ef ef- iris na to settle fettle arbitrarily all difficulties e ere e have hae been several wars amon among ber nations since the advent of the tho Ice c s societies cleties fan addition n to an adequate navy nay Ad- Ad ITI iral made a plea for American vessels with which to handle he American bu business nels Fifty years ago ngo ore than half of tho the ships at sea Ilea boro bore borea tie a 8 American flag and carried Ally lly all our imports and exports But oo c zenith of our merchant marine was as Cached ached leh d in 1850 Since that time timo weye wo we wove ve ye been going down until toda today one onen nc an n hardly find finel an American merchant osiel esiel in foreign loreign ports Wo We arc are now riD aying millions en each eath h year vear to foreigners or freight mostly En English an and Ger Ge- man maD We Ih uel hayo havo a nav navy 8 stronger than an any ot r nation nahon in the tho world c. c ex- ex x- x pPE lan Admiral aid to mil it nation prevent an military an from Attacking us us Until recently QU wo were i in naval strength th rare no now hird third and going oin down rapidly I dont don't think hink we we will ever vcr have hn a war with ith England but hut tho the same game cannot be bo said of Germany German Germany France Francc or Japan n. n 4 S If It we c intend to carry earn out the Monroe Mon Mon- roe doctrine which i it is just as strong find and nd no stronger tron er than thaD our nn nav navy if wo we intend to guarantee tho the neutrality of the Panama canal if we intend to to pro pro- oct ed our citizens citizen at home and abroad C we intend nr to restrict Asiatic ration if we intend to do rio our share eg ono one of the hi big and aDd enlightened na na- ions of the world in attempting to kc keep p peace face we wo must keep up III an adequate I Ivy IT r. a lion Hon William U. U King acted as of the dinner runner Before in- in r tho the speaker of the tho ovenin Fudge in paid a glowing tribute to resident Wilson and the thc present Demo Demo- ratio administration |