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Show Kxporl I)l-tlillOil, fH No wonder tho naval exports aro bo- 4H wlldcred and complain that tho war lH has proved nothing. It has proved - iH only tho supremo value of hutnnn skill. " energy and daring, and that was prov-cd prov-cd when the first war pirogues clashed beaks In the Mediterranean before his- IH tory awoke. It has not proved that 'H torpedo boats aro useless; that battlo- ships are faster than cruisers; that BH cruisers aro more powerful than bat- -tB tlcahlpa. It has proved only tho Im- IB tneuso superiority of American sea- mnnshlp, drill, gunnery, endurance, B skill and onergy over Spanish. Tech- "" "'H nlcal problems will not bo fairly solved iB till nations equal In these things meet JH In battle. They nover will bo com- H plctely solved unless tho Anglo-Saxon '''iH world goes mad nnd British and Amor-lean Amor-lean navies crnpplo, and, perhaps not then. Commercial A.dvcrtlscr. |