| Show OUR IS SHOWN SOM BY WAR SAYS SMOOT S SOne One of ot the tho effects of ol the European war var has h been een to emphasize the un- un preparedness of or tho the United States for tor forwar war var according to Senator Reed Smoot Senator Smoot arrived in Salt SnIt Lake yesterday estor ay after spending two months In the Hawaiian lelan Islands 18 Senator Smoot sal said said- I One effect of or this wicked Europ European Euro Euro- p an war will m bo be to call attention to I the of or our country declared should benator Smoot Wo Yo prepare preparo against a 0 not far distant war wor which I believe will come as f do othera others oth oth- cr ers era who are not of or the opinion that the European war is la the last one Our army a Im I'm and navy should be O brought without delay deJay to tho the highest point of or Everyone knows knO that tho militia of at the tho several Bt states tP is in deficient In cavalry and artillery In case casc of or war with a first cIa class power pow pow- er we would find ourselves with no reserves to assist our small and scattered scattered scattered scat scat- army And for tor tho the small force wo we have there is 18 practically no re reserve reserve re- re serve uniforms military supplies tents tenth t and other equipment and no reserve artillery whatever Our present naV navy is unprepared In Incase incase case of war for tor It lacks battlo battle cruisers cruis cr ers fast scout cruisers ammunition colliers and submarines Ine The resignation of Mr Bryan let Bryan let him rest in pence as was a no surprise to me It Is IA a culmination of misunderstandings standings between him and the dent We c no doubt will hear more from Mr Bryan Bran from rota the chautauqua platform about his b battleships friendships and fellowships I have o been boon wherever I visited if Ir I thought Mr Bryan would run a again aln for the presidency enc on the prohibition or peace ticket I have expressed sed the opinion that I do not bellevo believe he would for tor there Is moro more mone money for tor him on tho the lecture platform th than n In the pres pres- I was deeply Interested In the fortifications for for- or- or that are being being- made on the Pacific coast and particularly in tho the Hawaiian Islands s. s While h 11 0 at San Diego I made a thorough study o of lour our fortifications at that point and I agree l with Congressman William Kettner that San Dle Diego o would be better better better bet bet- ter off ocr with none than with the obsolete obsolete obsolete lete ten-Inch ten guns une the they have havo there thereIn In act In fact a modern battleship could de destroy destroy de- de c- c stroy them with f ease and never place Itself in reach of ot return fire lire There Is a wonderful ba bay at San Diego and andIn andin andin in order that I could get a pt perfect view of ot it H the proposed location for new fortifications and of the channel I made a n trip In an nn aeroplane I had hada a delightful ride of a little over half hal an hour some 1500 or 1600 feet teet high and It Is remarkable how clearly ono one can cnn see from that height the bottom of or the bay and tho the channel showing showing- how they have havo been dredged After Alter sailing Bailing all around the ba bay and ond points of Interest I felt well satisfied that the Unit United cd States should spend considerable con con- mono mone money In fortifying that most Important harbor We c traveled at ot the rate of ot about fiet fifty miles an hour and in m my first experience In Inan Inan Inan an aeroplane I can cnn well un understand how men become captivated with that kl kind nd of ot tro travel vel |
