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Show A writer in the London National Review is alarmed over the German navy. He thinks it a menace to England because England distributes her navy all around the world, while Germany keeps hers concentrated. His conclusion is that "one lesson of the Russio-Japanese war is that the party that takes the initiative and attacks resolutely has on immense advantage and another Is that concentration of armaments is essential," It seems to us that the only lesson which Japanese naval exploits have so far taught is, that a war navy is useless unless it is properly manned and handled. For instance suppose the Santiago fleet had been in the harbor of Port Arthur when the Japs made their first assault upon that port what would have happened? Suppose the Oregon had been there, the Oregon, the Iowa, the Texas, the Indiana and Massachusetts, where would the Japs have been in an hour and a half after the onset began? |
