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E I r UH s I HIttl v H 13 I hlll 1 the Ill peace It'll conference at The rime is I about to finish Its ft work Americans Ameri Amerl s om cans eluis am at m. gradually into shape lh ho he mighty fleet which lit m December CI will shirt atari t on the till lon long long- and quite dnn dangerous danger danger- ous voyage I around Cap Clil to San Francisco co and anil the he Philippine Islands Ito One Hollers again as ono oue did In Hl IMS j when the Hu passion stinted started ta t his J-J J fleet how nn on undertaking a u cruise of or such IlIch sucha a squadron Is when a a. country Is IR not as fortunate rhilla o-rhilla tl as that tho t has naval bases In him all an seas und and fortified coaling stations stations sta sta- everywhere e lere When Ihen the first troubles with the Jup- Jup tailed started the American fleet Cleet was nut I in a position to iu defend American interests inter inter- c ests ts ls in the thc Pacific ocean It was the then and proon probably l is at this moment allo- allo absolutely helpless In the ca case c of ot an un attack by the Japanese o fleet If H the for 01 It Japanese o were eager war Wat would not have been able to find any letter better time to strike a u plow blow than Just Just at ar 1 the tho moment w lien t llen time Ihl th pr great at I pence peRec enec conference met mt There Their Th re were ItoI how how- T I pr oter diplomatic and end financial tea U reasons which m lII dc- dc d the till cool and el level I statesmen of oC Japan n pr the their cr com complaint crim- crim plaint ln al against t t tho treatment of their m-I m in III the states of in such Huch a meek neek and humble Only after laO ha od l' the lilt recent treaty l with Hu jia la has as u a perfectly I fife Iilo e timid in III the lime Pall tic ocean In the till meantime lr fW ve ho merlon t In Is prepare J preparing In tug ing to III wend send Into tho thu 1 J an enormous us fleet I Is his far superior to time the Jap- Jap Ol In III to and und strength and amid thus thui AmerIca will apparently be bc in ht a a. more fa position that that is h to tJ say that the thc States will be supreme In the Pacific The newest St and strongest t battleships battle battle- ships d ld h by tho th ht States Stales Stal s are are going ln to leave the tho Atlantic for the Pacific Pa Pa- rifle None of ur the sixteen battleships which art are going east Js is more mort than tuna nine teens Vears old and I because e of tit r their theli size th hoy I are ale to lI be counted unions among tho the most powerful pow pow- 7 ow- ow erful vc e vessels K eN In 1 the worl Five p of or thorn then I are nr to U tons tom tech each Pi I tons long more moro than Ger Germanys Germany's newest afloat n 1 de deare e are RIp of vC 15 toils lOllI and tho itu sevEn lI tn smaller oms ints lunge between 1100 and ard toms J I n II t Uio ho of r f thorn arit 11 e u or UI UI tit to 10 the tho wai of n rn war of-war of or the ba l n class t tin 11 n the other side U It luu l bo h ad ld admitted 11 lIml till the speed of time the fleet fl et Is flu fai Lt from bohi being uniform rangIng from ruin I 16 G t I t-t t I 19 If 1 I knots knot J and in this lh the he e Iii liOlu l trio HI squadron lUll 1011 hu has an an uit uI iKi but lut one HI which 1 is not 61 Of r very lr gr great al in a battle Um Ol OK till nil other points the tiie lap t tm t. t to be he A Against lh lice tho 16 1 G battleships bat bat- lIr they ran eat shot how only J 11 Ii I wild wildan an slim uK aggregate tl li tonnage of iii 1 alt while the llio ll J ton H of if lie squadron on I Is I Ul Furl tint Must also at u remember reini r I dial ut hive l of the tho Japanese ships ore ere prizes taken from lh the Russians durIng the tune recent lec ut war Soil anil that It I Is quite they art are artof of nf much value Looking at ut the ha s of the second Mi-cond claa lla that class thal that is Iii to i tho ai- ai snored 4 lI again seems scents to tn 1 be ahead To Tim bi hI sure ure lh they have hate only n nine I no of ur those these to tp tl oppose the 10 of ot the Japanese but tilt till o m American es e sels arc cont robly luJ larger cl tl and anti more inure m powerful lW than the tn Japanese c. c their l' l ate aggregate n te lOnn tonnage o being heing tJ as tas of or r the thy Japanese and t b e they then arc c fat far speedier than I n r or of tin thi ami lr fp tp n a. a I in e fin f factor tok In than thun In 11 I Altor th T the leer pt luJ hijji it an rr 1 f t of ur 1 Luny mui Inure It I the lime ho Japanese Japanese- but thlu does docs toot not necessarily mean th l America I flit out victorious in him case of lr u a u conflict con cnn conI I filet or 01 that thai u t JI attack k i 1111 ham t n no off 4 sM ss my i Morn UJ I ol n nis i-nis is th th rr of f Ihu Ih In men inn and tIr tl skill of Iff time tho officers oC vs also Must enter Into limbo cn con con- and I mull h oar 11 ou must lust not nal for fort forget t that the JiU ane fiat t has ox- ox o-MN-nt o buses and nil all facilities 8 cI at nt hand The The- le lien II of or sending th the Atm Hemi t In 10 tilt till Incillo H s Hint t the I hulled l Hale S tat en ar are arp fully aware of or the tho iun of tho the political l-i l thin tito Va L East t. t and that thal the tho pan can government endeavors on L rf to t. gather ather there superior naval na At AI any rate It prepares itself lr for rill nil emergencies emer omer with Xer er mote care and torcHI eye eye- eyesight HI sight l ht thin thun dill did the till of ot th the r c r Sir t r when their tJ lUon was vas far tal moro moio em- em heal leal Immediately before tho limo outbreak of th the Japanese Jap war If it Is said all by t t-ho t he American n nan I II authorities that time HIM armada anna a. a IK is to return re re- I t turn lle rn at III the Ih end JIll o oi of through h time IC Tee sue c l' nal I. I but hul one ono has a rl right ht to doubt thi I h r flip Tho rho alJ ce c of or tit the flout fleet In fu 1 tho I f II will bf 1 00 tsi tJI I materially rokell the thu defense SC the of-the of thi- thi Sab yd l 1 of thI the tho d t St but il it does dol II t l I M tt J f all s will w 11 he bC loft lofton lUll on tin that coast tune nine lili a bc beshle Up the four II i t vs t lf In iii cours' cours of I two t 0 of M u which an lun ani i. i Ui r 1 sonn mi I er r than n the iti I nought t It Jt Is M very f iry lively li cI dint before lonu tun the d Staten will have built 1 Im it r. IU i Wille will Kl 0 o them A n strength th III In tho ALlan ALI AL- AL I lan l c. lle r. r ocean ot III t s 5 i As S long n tit tit tilt t anul Canul has bas riot not I Iton lug mutual co f lI lII tin tw two q fleets If separated by tho the I l th of the In I will wUl 11 be a u a difficult an and must maintain a Q stion strong m nv nays av avin in both boLh OC oceans One sees now how contI coridE force the least toast military nation b lii I tune till world to make mora and ami morn moro cot con c nI n- n cC 81 to lo militarism year f I WO |