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Show ADMIRAL EVANS WANTS BIG FLEET Seattle. Wash.. Sept. 19 Rear Ad i miral Evans, retired, arrived In Seat-! Seat-! tie last night In the course of his tour. I Replying to the criticism of the ex- j penae of a large fleet of warships in j the Pacific, Admiral Evans asserted that, as an insurance venture alone, It would pay the government "It has been figured," said he, "that : the cost of a fleet of ion battleships would not exceed one-tenth of 1 per cent of the property within reach of 12 Inch guns on the Atlantic coast." He pointed out that at the beginning begin-ning of the Spanish American war . property along the Atlantic seacoasl depreciated In value, and houses ex- I posed to tho sea could not bo rented at any price. Even after the Panama canal Is completed, the admiral contends, the United States should still keep a permanent per-manent fleet in the Pacific. Ho Insisted Insist-ed that the hazard of ships passing j through the canal during a war would j be too great. |