| Show THOSE STOLEN DESIGNS TH THE english naval office omae is in a so some 1116 what perturbed condition as well it may be over the fact that a trusted employed named rogers rogera I 1 a draughtsman has disposed of I a number al 0 designs which ware were supposed to be securely in the possession of thle the government ern ment the united states was arst charged with being the beneficiary it not the instigator ol of this piece of treachery but the fact that this ROV ern ment was suspected no sooner reached our shores than a denial ac compan compari fed by a spontaneous outburst of righteous wrath went up and effectually dispelled all such thoughts on oa this side of the water and soon found en dorsers on the other side so that we were completely exonerated almost immediately but it did not depend entirely upon this either for the investigation vesti vasti gation which took place at once and all who are familiar with british history and character know how bow f aret like its watib dogs are in such cases showed that not the united slates but russia the receiver of the stolen hoods goods I 1 there was a foundation for the tae suspicion against this country however for years our navy has been the laughingstock ing stock of the world 6 s lot of old leaky washtubs washtub wash tubs all it has ha q been call called d this condition has of course been more the result of carelessness and neglect than 1 ignorance norance and poverty 0 and now that it it has been beeh determined to construct a navy that will be at once the envy and the terror of the earth the fact that the best models were in demand here would naturally cause the power that had bad some of el them stolen to turn its eyes in this direction the culprit rogers was wa 8 promptly discharged but a at t bis distance we fail to se see 0 how that helps the be matter any |
