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TUESDAY
FEBRUARY 1, 1SD3
JS THE UNITED STATES DE
FENSELESS! Apparently in some quarters there
is a notion that that the United
States would be an easy prey for any
great European nation in case of war.
The New York Times, in referring
to the Hawaiian annexation question,
remarks that uit is true there has
been and is now, nothing to prevent
nny stong naval power from taking
possession of our chief seaports, and
holding them tc ransom, but that
would partake too much of the na
ture of pirac3 to be in accordance
with the spirit of the age." Then it
adds that "Germany might be moved
to such an enterprise, being, although
in most respects a modern country,
ruled by a mediaeval monarch."
Now let us see how this statement
looks when tested by facts. The
United States has more battleships of
the first class, more protected and
partially protected cruisers and more
gunboats than Germany, with a far
greater number of guns. German
has more battleships of the seoond
and third classes and more torpedo
boats than the United States. This is
liow the two countries stood relative
ly to each other at the end of 1897.
In the aggregate, counting in the old
style and unseawortby ships and
naval reserves, German has more
vessels, guns and men than the
United Slates.
In the number of modern fighting
vessels, with their armament and
men, the United States is ahead of
Germany. This would give the
United States an advantage over Ger
many at the start in a war on the
ocean, which is the only place that a
war between the two countries could
occur. The advantage, of course,
would be immensely increased if
Germany were rash enough to at
tempt what the Times thinks she
could easily do, to capture any of
our seaports. Moreover, the advan
tage would increase with the length
of the war, owing to the great supe
riority cf the United States over
Germany in wealth, inventive skill
and facilities for creattng, buying
and manning a new navj
German' stands fifth among the
nations of Europe in strength and
efficiency of navy, England, France,
Russia and Italy, in this order, being
ahead of her. The on'y nattou in
the world which would have any
chance to take 'possession of our
chief seaports" is England, and it is
exceedingly unlikely that England
could do it. It is entirely certain
that if England could capture New
York or Boston by a sudden dash
the would be driven out in a few
days.
In number and strength of vessels
and in the quality of her seamen
England is almost as far superior to
Germany as Germany is to Ilaj'ti.
Only one people in the world have
ever shown themselves the supenoi
or the equal of the British as fighters
on the water, and these were the peo
ple who defeated her in many bat
tles on the ocean and on the lakes in
the wars of 1775-81 and 1812-15.
In a war with the United States the
"mediaeval monarch's" vessels would
take especial care to st jer clear of
American waters.
The United States needs a larger
navy and more coast forts and men
to man them than it has, and it ought
to gel them at the earliest possible
moment, but it is not quite so do
fcnseless in its present estate as some
ignorant writers suppose.
England is making great prcpara-
tious to hold her supremacy upon
the seas. She has 117 war vessels
now in course of construction. Fif
teen arc battleships, twelve llrst-clas?
cruisers, nine second-class cruisers
ten third-class cruisers, six twin
screw gunboats, fifty-six torpedo
boats, eight light draft gunboats, and
one royal yacht. Many of these arc
nearly completed.
An emotional Madrid editor says
he can almost alintie Speaker Reed
in spite of the fact that he is a
Yankee. That editor is doomed to
be surprised when the Republicans of
the house arc ready to move in
Cuban matters.
In a recent letter from Washington,
D. C, to an old friend, Major, G. A.
Stmier, for twenty years United States
Consul at Singapore, says : "While at
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of the throat and chest giving me much
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monia early this week, and two applica
tions freely applied to the throat and
chest relieved me of it at once. I would
not be without it for anything." For
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