Show THE FACE inac FACTS I 1 1 I still think that in strips alone we were the equal of france or germany find and much the file sn superior perlor of japan our officers are the ablest in the world our crows ore are tile the most no nation gicca its officers the training that is IB given to the inn naval officers or of the united states and ami the men in our ships coming from farnia farms and vil lages in large part are the finest morally and physically a bloat in my lays flays back in let us ua say bay the sailor bailor on bhore leave wil wh returned to hla his ship sober was keelhauled keel hauled or punished by ills his mates all aliat liat has changed intoxicated are see no more on tho the streets our men are siber serious lind capable when an estimate of any navy Is id made the personnel na as well as the ships must be consi considered derel lessons ot of the war so I 1 had thought that only great britain excelled us as a naval power at the outbreak of the war in europe since the war star started tod france and germany have geen building ships our rank just now therefore Is uncertain but bin we have a good navy SUP still it should be much larger has the war taught the world any naval lessons continued on page 0 6 concluded j UKU d A great many it has hai shown the value of aero aeroplanes planes which are now known as the eyes byca of the fleet they tire lire very necessary as aa scouts leaving tile deck of a vessel they van can easily locate the enemy and are therefore of the greatest possible use la in the events that occur before a battle 1 the submarines too it has been learned earned are of a real and practical arvice all officers think they havo have bennie a permanent addition to every navy but there thee Is some disagreement as to their general utility fan can a swarm ol of submarines for I 1 instance go to sea meet a fleet and destroy it the question que atlon cannot be answered until such an attempt has haa been made and either failed ailed or succeeded 1 I 1 asked one of the highest military authorities in the country it if 1000 submarines mat inca along with mines could safeguard the united states against invasion the mines to blow up the eno ene off shore if any happened to get that near the submarines submarine met the rest and destroyed them before they came within striking distance of our coasts the answer was that such a measure of protection tec tion an invasion of the united states would to say the least be made very difficult you see no ono one can tell as yet what part the submarines will tako take in the wars of the future their us uses e are slowly being developed and wo we cannot know what they are arc capable of doing until the french or british fleet moots the fleet of emperor william alo aljo it has been learned that battle cruisers are required to bring r v navy up to its highest eni cleny Cru formerly were used as scouts and to hunt built down and destra mor merchant chant ships of an enemy were swift but not heavy to take lake a place in ili the battle line when largo large vessels were engaged A sea battle pint first the modern cruiser however can fl ht bt befurt covered with armor anil and armed with largo large guns steaming 30 knots an all hour it can call run all around a fleet of and pump shells into them from a long distance and from any angle our navy must have battle cruisers crul sera besides a great many submarines and aeroplanes aero planes it if wo we mean to be in a po position siLlon where we wa can call protect ourselves ours olvea against injury insult or dishonor it should be always remembered captain weeks went on to say eay hat flat our navy will bo otar our first line of defense american ships will meet fur eign ships before there hero Is a battle on shore bhore it if the united states goes to war with any nation to in or asia tile tho loeta fleets of the two countries will tight fight for the supremacy of the sea no invading army will set out for america until it Is safe frow attack by our fleet beet so long its as our fleet la Is afloat no army will venture to start for our shores moving troops from ono one country to another Is an immense undertaking even when it Is safe to do so 0 four hundred large ships for example x would be required to t transport rang an arm army y of 0 men from japan to tho united states armies tr tra vellna avelin by water have to carry their own ammunition and horses japan would not send large troop ships out in to the pacific unless its fleet had faught and defeated our neet fleet nor i would germany or any other country in europe attempt an invasion of the he united states so long as our fleet aeeti docks cleared was waiting in the atlantic Lc looking oking to tho the east bast I 1 can call see no probable atle danger that is likely to occur in the th enear near future unless the a aro are thoroughly beaten by germar unless germany Is thoroughly bert bec ii by the alli allies it the war la is practically a dra draw at the end the efforts of all tha gr grffta at nations to maintain an all equilibrium of I 1 power will keep thui entirely eo encased trod for some soma time lime with their own a ira you dellovo lel tove that a trade war against this country will follow the restoration af pf t pence peace in europe such a war will como come there to Is n no 0 doubt of it alti loaded with debt burdened with taxation europe will turn furn with energy jand tand ferocity to the works of peace the factories in europe except in belgium poland arid alid northern franco france have hav not been shut down nor burned indeed new BW ones have been built industrially save lo in the places place I 1 have hava named europe Is better situated now cow titan than when tho the war began facts fact to ba B faced things have been speeded up in great rest britain germany and france the factories old ones and new ones aro are running they will be running after the armies at tho the front have been abent home borne but instead of making cannon and ammunition as at present they will be operated night and day in the production of goods for tho the american markets all americans no matter whether they call themselves democrats democrat or cans ought to hav courage an enough 0 ugh and wisdom enough to face ace the ilia facts europe in going to take possession 0 of I 1 the markets in this country if we do n not ot defend our belv elves you spoke of an In vailon ion by sot dlen there thera ciz can also alio be an invasion tn ulon with i raver avor all vanas nina of dote derenge noes mm military tary commercial financial and industrial ana and right here at home I 1 think some om of us u need d defense defens p aguin jit ideas for 1 inanc n S t a n c e this his in 1 a great business birl neja nation ant anil yet we hear many that business busl nei be taken out ot of the ownership and management which have cevelo developed d 1 ft t and made tt it wonderfully sirl 0 o that it may ba b turned over to ta the nat national tOnAl government business M ought to be re but we have regulated if the I 1 e railroads g a 0 0 vigorously that no more are helne being built although they are surely surel needed in some lome parti a ta of surelle lu fm r tha cou country more the t time hi has e come 0 m w when boon the railroads cannot borrow m money 0 ney for short hort periods on as a advantageous terms terina ap m can anther lines of bit busi buil ness and rot yet transportation next to agriculture IB a a our most moat important industry would government ownership and operation improve the situation no tile the situation would be b mide made tron state ownership ana ani operation has ha failed in france canada mid and other countr lea es W wherever 11 brever it has hag been tried are increased and deficits created on the western railroad nall road of france the operating chaw went up BO 50 per tent cent in three years yeara akore ore than ihan 5 2 new men were em ploy edno workers on the tricks track angl conductors conductor or brakemen but clerks clerk porters porter and other little politicians politician for whom were found around the ro rr orral aral ral 0 e R a and d at the he stations Klat lona T government 0 v er ament in the united states mates would abild men to v u of flee fice holding claga and congress con gresa would cx heir va larlis rates rain I 1 am ture sure would be b hacher then than at L t present and the th the wen wh who 0 work would be k lien and nd not calner |