Show TN I SAYS 11 S EXPERT EMIT t Ie League gue tze Island d Official i J p De Dc Declares clares dares One On of Our Our- Cruis- Cruis t It T ers Could W Wipe pe Entire FI Fleet FIet t Off Seas Sas HERE HEBE IS TI THE MEXICAN NAVY Cruiser Tr Transports General Guerrero built in 1800 tons Progreso 1907 1590 tons G Gunboats S S S Bravo and Morales built in 1 1903 03 1200 S tons each Tampico and Vera Cruz 1002 IDO SO tons Cruiser Zaragoza built in 1891 1801 and refitted in in n 1910 1010 1200 1200 ton tons Transport and pro probably abl four lour other steam era urs rs unarmed or nearly neatly so so 80 For Tor Harbor Service 1875 J 1874 4 Libertad 1874 All aro are old one funnel Laird built buil schooners of ISO tons tone each Special to to- The Telegram PHILADELPHIA PHrA Pa April 21 21 There is no eom comparison be between th the bunch of junk called by bj courtesy cour cour- tesy a Mexican fleet ct and Aud ov even n Admiral Admira Mayos Mayo's flying squadron rio now at nt Tarn Tain pho pico said a naval cx expert crt now eta tta honed at tho Philadelphia nay navy yan yard when asked what chanco the Mexican Mexica ships would ha have o a against Uncle Sams Sam's modern fighting machines Ono One second class clus' battleship or armored ar or- morod mored cruiser could rould make matchwood match woo out of tho entire Mexican C navy Dnn in in on ono afternoon ho be said 1 But But t there ere will wil willbe bo ho no such I happy chance offered Th The Mexican ships hi s will retire promptly t to tho the most secluded spots spot and the sha shah hal lowest water the thc they con cnn find finel and lie lio toW ow until the tho excitement is je all over o II And And I doubt if our our ships will waste wast any nn time timo hu hunting tin tb the Mexican vessels All AU of them together could not don deut dent tho the armor plate of th tho Arkan Arkansas I Ac Ad Ad- mit-al mit Dad Badgers Badger's cr's lla flagship bip The Mexican Mexica officers rs are poorly trained 4 and inefficient inefficient in in- efficient and th thc crews are worse the tb nati CK not taking kindly to the wa WA- ter On land they in make kc good od lo Ion long K Kra ra range o fighters being excellent marks marksmen men but at sea ca they thc are useless The They never have learned how ho to manage can calif non non especially at sea As 8 a matter maUT of oC fact fad from from- information gathered Rth on m my last cruise to to those waters I do not no not b bet a single Mexican warship hns has oven one ont big bilt gun JUn in int condition Th Tho largest hilliest Uie they ba have ore are old tyne cl eight eight- cannon and there are aro only R a f few of them tern For tho the most part the tho have oM type inch six guns tUDe One of nur modern orn cruisers ors if she he caught au ht this Mexican fleet any distance from shore could ouM around her at a cafe ide dint die tance J rd cl sink link every vessel one bone In b by byone one without the th Mexicans having a i chance to fight back H What our fleet will wilt do down clown there thero Continued on on page a 4 MEXICAN NAVY f. f Continued from irom Pa page e 1 is ia to blockade the ports port especially Vera Cua and T shell t the ta e towns town if necessary ary and cover coyer nd ro pos pos- ible i le landing Of tailors and marine The coastwise forts o of Mexico are jut just as much jol jokes es as their I fleet They are arc made of soft stone and sand awl and three thre or four shells from a a. twelve inch gun would reduce them to dustI dust dustI lC I I fancy fanc its it's only for the moral effect ef effect on tile the Mexican people that the fleet is bein being sent Admiral Mavo o cc could compel that apology with the die I. I ships he be has at Ta Tampico right now Mi Ii |