Show San Francisco Chronicle I When war with Spain Will Imminent I Ithe the torpedo boat Somers was bought b by us ug from the government The administration was probably In 1 In the a as much by bythe bythe the tar fear of the boat Calling into Inlo Spanish hands hande as al It was 1118 b by the of adding the craft to 10 our own on NaV So far a as our has hll gone Kone with this tor toro o bolt boat up Ip to date It would have been fur fr better for tor us ue to 10 have let Spain se secure e eure cure ure her She has hll been a toy The Germans showed their In ceilIng her She never was seaworthy She came to grief In attempting to toIro Iro cross the tle Atlantic under her own steam wu was detained In an English port because ot of the outbreak ur If ho until the war ar waa AI over then over or on the deck or of vessel put In the Brooklyn navy yash to lit be r repaired and strengthened ant and recently emerged from there Ihre to be t sent beck back agaIn alln or more mON repairs because of of this the discovery o ot new evidences structural weakness She I Is now out again and running the risk of at an ocean had to 10 We have no such trouble with ot of our own design delIn and construction |