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Show big ships should be sent back to thj Pacific, the future theater ot International Inter-national rivalry and conflict. UNDEFENDED PACIFIC. The ordering of the battleship rieet 'to proceed from Manila to Hampton Roads was a mistake. The battleships should have been retained in the Pa- clfic. When the big ships reacbed. r Australia the papers of that colony said tho yellow peril had faded from view and they rejoiced that America I had displaced Great Britain In throw-' throw-' ing a protecting arm over the whlto race in that part of tho world Hut they rejoiced too soon. Tho warships which stood between them and an Aelatlc dominance were Boon tnero-; tnero-; after on a Jong Journey across tro Indian ocean and through tho Sues canal homeward bound. ; There was no talk of Japanese su !. rremacy on the Pacific wmlo Admtra' j Sperry remained in Pacific waters, but i with tho departure of tho fleet, the agl-i agl-i tatlon was renewed and c-en our na-! na-! val board has sine indulged in a pessimistic statement ot tbe defenseless defense-less condition of the Pacific coast, particularly that port of tho coast iu the neighborhood of San Pedro har- bor. j The eastern coast of the United States is well fortified and somo porta aro Impregnable, Tho coast clUes ao amply defended without a naval force. The return of the battleship fleet ; Eoomlngly la dictated not oa a strateg-lo strateg-lo move, but is to satisfy tno demand of eastern business Intoresta which ; supply tho nary. If a Booood fleet equally as poweis ; lul cannot be Udlt lor the Pacific, the |