Show about coast defenses that sea should be is clear but tl e idea ihde this country is I 1 because it hicls eccli de tenses Is an error 1 ho history 0 liar that lew coast cities have been bombarded from the a the war ot 1812 this country wis as defenseless ai it is no n and yet did not bomb ird aay sea coast town 1 here Is a heavy expense with bring modern guns and the chance of doing a city like new borte much throwing shells idilo it from great distance Is so small that ei emy would not fiend lime in U it kind 0 warfare I 1 or el aps to approach very close to tl e city would be dangerous on account of torpedoes it bt wise for the government to con strong at all our principal coast cities but tl e lack of such defenses does not place this coun try at the mercy of angland Ln gland or any oil er foreign lower estern mining orld |