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Show A POBT-MORTEM VIEW. A CartBImn Expert Writes or Calls Btat Warships as JKcra Tub. It sWns almost Incredible that tho Spanfards.'shouid, over havo considered Corvora'a fleet superior to anything wo could send against It, yet such seema to bo tho c&so. If they, believed the comparisons of the two. navies mada by their newspapers they aro logically, correct In their conclusion. Theso articles, says tho Chicago, Phronlcle, written by Spanish naval exports, appeal strongly to a credulous people-' and represent our warships ns absolutely, valueless, whllo tholr own aro simply marvls A,, do Canta, the most popular naval writer In Spain, makes a remarkable, comparison In La Illustracton Naclonaj of Madrid that la quite sufficient to inspire bja country? men with confidence. Ho admtU that thei ynlted SUtes has the larger fleet, but shows, that It Is, practically valueless. "It Is manned, by the dregs, of as almost worthies! population criminals and released ponvjeti;-' For the most part theseare "fpreIgrierawjthout tho slightest pa-trlqtUm. pa-trlqtUm. Th'e crows, being animated by' motives of sppldlty alone, are des-. tlrute of that pride and enthusiasm that control Bpanjards." For these reasons, Mr. Canta concludes: "The result is, therefore, that If our navy Is Inferior io the American navy In Quantity it is greatly" uprlor in qual-ty, qual-ty, since our sailors, In addition to Jholr, transcendent braveryVwhlch Is universally acknowledged, possess dls-blpllno, dls-blpllno, enthusiasm .and confidence, which the Yankee are far from bavin bav-in " ' Having demonstrated tho utter worthless character of the sailors who man" our ships, tho rival of Weyler nnd Munchausen in the art of lying goes on to compare the ships of the two navies, doscrbpg that pt Spain as made up of ships faultless in construction, construc-tion, armored and armed to suit the queen regent's taste, marvels of speed, veritable things of hdauty. Words almost fa"! j" "h.lm when he makes a sanguinary attack ipon our stiips. He declares tha the battle-; ship's Indiana, Oregon and Massachusetts, Massa-chusetts, which he calls "crulsere of the first class," cannot go to aoa, with' ahythlnYllka full coal bunkers. If they shouj'd'tbe "waves would wash over '(hem" 'Vhey aro only suitable, for1-coast guard's.'' 'Xho recent salllnB record of thV Oregoji somewhat discredit dis-credit this erttlelsm: Ho says the battleships California and Pennsylvania are under construction, construc-tion, which "will be news tS Americans. He declares the Texas to" be, woefully dencleht. "Her machinery is bad beyond be-yond rCpaljlnl-her'torpedobo&t tubes ara useless. flUq fs a' fiad lot" ' The 6nly Amerlsar ship of which ,he speaks kindly U the, Brooklyn He says she is fast and. "can, 'therefore, fuse to light at all.' a point wh'ie the 'Spaniards In the Caribbean appear tq appreciate. ' - c. |