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Show KxperU DlMttlaned. No wondor the naval oxpcrts.aro bewildered be-wildered and complain that tho war has proved nothing. It has proved only tho supremo valuo ot human skill, cnorgy and daring, and that was proved prov-ed when the first war pirogues claahod beaks In tho Mediterranean bofore history his-tory awoke. It has not proYod that torpedo hoofs are usoless; that battleships battle-ships are faster than cruisers; that cruisers aro more powerful than battleships. bat-tleships. It has proved only the Immense Im-mense superiority ot American seamanship, sea-manship, drill, gunnery, endurance, skill and energy over Spanish. Teoh-ntcal Teoh-ntcal problems will not be fairly solved till nations equal In these things meet In battle. Thoy never will he completely com-pletely solved unless the Anglo-Saxon world goes mad and British and American Amer-ican navies grapple, and, perhaps not thon. Commercial Advertiser. |