Show AMERICAN OS IN N P J WILL WLL WILLI I I D fOR WAR nines Mines Will Vin He e Placed Around Them to Protect Coasts and Ships Prom from roin the Sixteen B battleships Will Go 60 to Oriental Waters I Irown When Japan and Russia were quarreling the brown rown men en s sent nt in a knockout blow before the Russian bear heal knew they had decided to fight In other words the army and navy of the Czar were not prepared for war and got such a bad start they never caught up The United States does not intend to leave even a possibility pos pos pos-J of f getting trapped like th that t. t So up hurry-up orders orderS' have been given to prepare all the harbors in the Pacific ocean belonging to the United States for war a and d put submarine submarine sub sub- I marine mines in th them nl to k keep ep foreign ships at a at safe distance distance dis dis- dis tance in jn c case se of w war Avar r. r SL Sixteen teen powerful battleships ar are are to be sent to lo Oriental Ori- Ori Ori Oriental ept l waters vaters to see how things look O OAKLAND KLAND CAL JULY 9 SEC SECRETARY OF THE NAVY METCALF DEPRECATES S THE WARLIKE WI WARLIKE ASPECT ASPECT AS- AS THAT H HAS S BEEN GIVEN THE HE ORDER FOR TH THE CRUISE O OTHE OF THE GREAT BATTLESHIP SQUADRON SQUADRON SQUAD SQUAD- I RON RO RON FROM THE ATLANTIC TO TOnIt THE nIt PACIFIC COAST THE SECRETARY SECRETARY SECRE SECRE- TARY TARY- SAID LAST NIGHT THAT THE PROPOSED ROP OYE T WAS WAST THAT T OF or A PRACTICE PRACTICE CRUISE AND THAT THE FLEET WOULD N NOT T B BE KEPT IN IN THE TIrE PACIFIC PERMANENTLY PERMANENTLY HE DECLARED THAT THE LENGTH OF TIME THAT THE FLEET WOULD REM REMAIN IN ON THE WESTERN SIDE OF THE CONTINENT CONTINENT CONTINENT CONTI CONTI- I NENT HAD NOT YET BEEN DE DE- aIDED I With considerable emphasis the Secretary Secretary Secretary Sec Sec- voiced his bis opinion that the warlike warlike warlike war war- like interpretation that had bad been made mado in in connection with the fleets fleet's movement move move- ment meat w was s not justified 1 by the facts In fact the widely published reports sug suggesting esting hostile preparations seem to be bea a source of irritation for lor the 1 head of the l navy avy He said laid The Tho The fleet which will be moVed from the Atlantic to the Pacific this winter is coming to this side merely on a practice cruise The fleet will consist of sixteen or more vessels not Dot more than twenty and its sta stay on this side will not riot be permanent Stay There here Indefinite Of Of course the fleet will not come here turn around and go ri right bt back again How long it will remain in the tho Pacific c will be d determined at the proper prop prop- er time There is s no DO sound reason or excuse for all nil this talk by the public and through the press of an attempt to overawe the Japanese by a a. a warlike navel naval display I do not Dot believe that the newspapers are justified e or right in so so construing and coloring the the cruise of the warships to the Pacific Every year the Atlantic fleet has been snit snit-on s sint ht on a cruise Last year rear it was sent to Guantanamo This year I will order the fleet to the Pacific The long cruise will give the men men and the vessels vessels ves ves- sels a a. thorough test and improve the efficiency of both iI CHICAGO July Tuly 9 A A dispatch t to the Tribune from from Washington says sas There is is to be no delay upon the part of the War department in in utilizing utilizing ing the appropriation made at the last session of Congress for fort fortifying ying the American J rican dependencies in the Pacific ocean ocean In order that tha th tb J. J keys ys ta to these sessions may inay be put in condition for defense as rapidly as s pO possible sible the department department de department de- de is arranging for the transportation transportation transportation tation of ordnance material purchased for American coasts lo o Hawaii and the Philippines and will replace it at once with funds which beca became le available July 1 The appropriation included for the construction of sea seacoast coast coast bat bat- batteries batteries batteries teries in in the Hawaiian islands islands and for the same purpose in the Philippines For accessories was granted and for the construction of mining etc necessary for forthe forthe forthe the operation of submarine mines was authorized For Tor the purchase purchase purchase pur pur- chase of submarine mines mines and the necessary necessary necessary essary appliances to operate them an appropriation of was made Mines Miries for Pearl Harbor It is understood that orders have hao been issued to the transport Crook to tomake tomake make a special trip to Honolulu and Manila l The transport will carry mines for Pearl harbor in Hawaii and Olon- Olon apo in bay the two points which would have to be defeated defeated in the event of war The army strategists are are re locked in ina ina m in ma a fierce fierce- struggle over whether Manila or bay shall U be more strongly fortified Gen Good has denounced the proposition to protect Subi bay at atthe atthe atthe the expense of Cavite ite This joint board however believes that is the themore themore themore more important strategic point and it itis itis itis it is the pace place that according to plans would receive the most attention Some of ot the experts believe that in the event of war ar Cavite and Manila should b be i abandoned I |