Show AS S TO IO A XA NAVY Y England has escaped war because sho she was waa prepared for it O on the sea If It the same game con condition of preparedness had been observed ed in tho the army of or England lan there would never have been beena a 3 massacre cre of or Gor Gordon on nor tho costly and awful struggle in If It England had been as careful of its ann army as it has been of or its navy there never ne would have been a Q Black Dlack Hole of ot Calcutta nor Calcutta nor tho the need of or a re relief re- re lie lief hief of Lucknow In one ono respect the interests of or the tho I United States are similar to those of or England We e have haie land and people in distant parts of the earth We e have hove havea a a. great t sea coast and that on two oceans We Ve have tho Panama canal to safeguard More Ioro than an any other othor nation In the twentieth contu century the tho peace of ot the world will have to rest reston reston reston on tho the United States of or America With our present navy It will be Impossible to preserve that peace It will bo be Impossible to protect our own coasts It will wUl be utterly out of or tho the I question to defend our island Isan posses posses- us W With th the tho naval power asked for fOl by President ent Roosevelt nOose every one nn ansi all of th these so essential results can bo be secured War ar is the costliest occupation known to man Without countin counting the tho loss Joss of ot human lives the tho waste Is appalling appalling ap ap- ai- ai palling Counting that and mankind is appalled b by the tho stupendous price an unprepared nation must pay Our nation has grown With that growth new responsibilities have arisen We e can not expect to keep the national establishments establishment's charge down to the figure found sufficient fit fifty years yeam ago Nations are simply assemblies of or men And they follow the nature luman habit of or taking where the they can Time The United States must have on tho the Pacific Ic a a. fleet as strong as that thal on the Atlantic And then peace will be assured |