Show ON NEEDS OF NAVY p Situation Situation- Demand Demands Demands- That Bat Bat 4 s Remain Iii in in P Pacific Waters 1 FORTS MUST BE PROTECTED Things Which Might Happen If Armada Should Start Starton on Return Trip Copyright 1908 Lot Los Angeles A March 15 1 I believe h 0 a strong tron fleet Is c e cs Your You weak undefended Oat coast t tempt Japan to a u race ince var vai mill and amia bo ho the tho luc Il inc It- It a ii orld calamity w able ahle rc result V I A ni ci lean m Pacific c fleet is i till the only of or peace Rubin's Hus ns n's defeat was as due to lO her w en s in Pacific c America cannot afford af ni- foul ford a n which III future attempt at ut- batt I ch tempt te to lo i el n force jour Ue II th in lit the c ml might ht welt veil mean T. T 1 ln I famous fa- fa a- a moLts n 1 t. t In commenting on the Jane cable Henry the famous marine artist who has lived on board ships of oC the nav navy has associated with the officers cm arid and men and who vho perhaps has a n more intimate knowledge of orf the actual conditions In our new navy of tOlla today than an any other civilian living said There Is only on one thing that tyll vili take lake these ships away from your coast If It the tho navy yard ard politicians in th the East can cnn bring enough nough pressure to bear to counteract the weight of ot the tho protest of your our Western Vestern states states the the hoot Hect will return to the Atlantic Can Om They Do io It t But Bul I don't dont believe that navy yard politicians can cai do It It is too evident a proposition for tor even a politician to attempt to trifle with If It WOo vo wittingly we wittingly I Iare are going to put our OUi heads into a n hole which w we shall shah not bo be able to draw them out of oC It Is going to to- total to tal something some some- thing more than the scheming of ot small politician to do it A na n one better hotter than these s politicians ns realize the terrific damages to u us Uli as ns a nation the Inn landing of or an au enemy's troops on 01 the Pacific coast would work The hurt to o our prestige prestige pres pros tige the terrible Loss in values of or tho the securities of oC the country country- those country these aio arc I things thing which would be t felt lt by tho the politician aa as as well as by other men in tho country Also It must mURt be remembered il U public opinion is aroused to a n point where the navy department finds it itself itself it- it self compelled to see the fleet in tho the Atlantic there thelO will of ot necessity have to be a new flew Atlantic fleet flee This would entail employment of ot the full tulI complement com corn at all alt of the Eastern navy navy- yards aras So o after actor all the tho navy yard arll politician would suffer suffer- only a a. little Inthe in Inthe the tho absence of or these sixteen n shins ships from Crom tho lie Atlantic seaboard aboard s a aTho I The Tho dry drydock ock at Mare Marc Island must bo be tu rushed hc through to cOl con completion For- For lilt flit ru r IM REUTER DAHL ON NEEDS OF NAVY I Continued I Pare Paro One along this coast const must be constructed with a a. view to their practicable use Wo We must fortify Hawaii and forever prevent a possibility of or an enem enemy seizing It as a n coaling station and a naval base These are things too dead deadly se serious so- so rious to bo ho thwarted b bj nn any ono set or of men It Is not a case of ot should should should-It It ItIs Is a c e ca-e e of or must Mr 11 told of or a plan which has been already discussed In the navy b by which Secretary Metcalf's more or orless orless less s exported l or order iel for the tho fleet to return to tho the Atlantic could be he changed chung All Ail Il that it Is necessary to do doIr Mr Ir explained is for rOl the people people peo peo- pie of this Western country to combine combino com com- bino bine and present the facts of or the tho matter matter matter mat mat- ter before beCore the tho authorities In Washing Washing- ton tOil Wo 0 in the East have havo no idea of or how big you ou aro are here hero and how busy and how much in need of f protection protection- even o greater protection than we need In the thc Eastern coast cities Growth drouth of or tho tue West cM See how your our cities have grown t in lr the tho past ten years cars The average R Easterner East East- erner thinks of or Los Angeles as a n. small town It Is a gloat leat big city and growIng growing growing grow grow- ing at t a n. rate that no Eastern city I over dreamed of I I HI sn say there is greater need of the protection of or a a battleship fleet in these waters than on the Atlantic seaboard seah sea sea- h board beard ar l because on this Pacific const coast there thre are aro practically no land and To the sailor who understands the tue lay Iny of oC the la land d the case with which the Iho landing could be bo effected at almost any point along this coast Is almost laughable laughable-It If It Were not so o serious This country countr cannot afford aCCord to run run runn any n risk of or having these Pacific Pa Pa- due coast cities laid waste b by an in Invading tn In arm army The necessity of or tho the protecting battleship alon along this coast const right now Is Js greater than It will be five five- years from now in m my opinion For the present let every ery man bond all his energies to the keeping of these sixteen sixteen six six- teen warships In these waters Then let all of ofIS us IS get out and fight for the quickest possible completion of the theland theland theland land fortifications Think of oC It Does it not seem ridiculous to appropriate money for the construction of or forts when a a. hostile fleet e could ul 1 prevent their construction with no difficulty so long as there were no battleships to dispute them But hero here Is Jg even n a. stronger argument argument argument ment to present to Washington Ask yourself why this fleet under Bob Evans E ever er came around here at all There wasn't a n. great deal of trouble Now continue your imagination and picture what may happen as soon as this fleet Is Js well started through the Suez canal The same amount of ot trouble begins to brew again and when a cloudless sl sky begins to tal take e on the he cloud what will h happen Why h this fleet will have to o put about and double on Its course coursen J in n order to get on tho the scene or else ir if f It Is too far along it will have to repeat Its jaunt around South America Ameri Amen ca When it was deemed best In Washington to start start this fleet to the tha Pacific there Pacific there thero- vas much h 1 3 need for tor Us its presence here than there I might bo be the tho day da after its departure from these waters And never lose sight of the fact that hat once the ships tire nio through tho canal It would take tRice at least three months for them to come como back here Surely there is n nothing in the present situation to warrant ones one's belief bellet that thero hero would be no further reason for our presence along this coast line From now on In m my opinion the tho necessity ne nc- for this sort of oC protection will Increase Increase rather than decrease So now all you ou good people of or the West Vest get together and put up the he biggest biggest biggest big big- gest protest you ou know how to draft Let cr c every mans man's motto be Keep the fleet In the Pacific |