Show OF THE CRUISE this has developed many things 0 import says army and navy alito chief of these idour utter lack ct anything approaching a systematic kavaf policy under existing conditions the cruise just made would davk maeon in war time tho of neutrality would have prevented our ships from obtain ing coal or food in any foreign port cleao to one hundred thousand tons of coal wro consumed in abla trip and to have made it in wr atme sixteen cof each carrying ix thousand tons of coal as cargo in addition to that must have accompanied the fleet and probably eight supply ships instead of two would have been required now wo the colliers and had war been declared last fall against japan colliers of requisite type and capacity could have been bought nowhere on earth the philippines and hawaii would have immediately fallen and our coast would have been scourged urged and america would have suffered the deepest humiliation of its history for japan when she strikes strikes quickly and fearfully england france germany and japan all have definite clearly defined naval policies neither russia nor the united states hav si any and to this many of the disasters russia experienced in her recent war may be ascribed england maintains a channel fleet an atlantic fleet a mediterranean fleet and an asiatic fleet each of its own prescribed strength and when at different times it has been feces sary unexpectedly to withdraw borne I 1 of the ships of these squadrons the greatest of anxiety and concern is manifested until these fleets are brought up to their prescribed strengths her naval strength must always equal the combined strength of the two next greatest naval powers germany has laid down with exact clearness what her strength in ships must be wo have no naval policy either in regard to how many battleships cruisers or torpedo craft we should have or how they should be placed and hawaii and the philippines remain unprotected |