WORLD CRUISE OF
OUR BAnLE-SHIPS
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pre, world rruts of A uteri
ran warships la on of the lu.wt inter
eating. Important ami far reaching jwr
formamv i.f any adm lulu rat Ion since
the Civil War. History ridea uKn the
pruw of the fligahli of this flpL
Eighty live million of people have for
mouths Iweu attempting to interpret
'he movemrnt aud solve the problem
our government Is attempting to prop
erly adjuat by this circumnavigation of
the globe. When President Uoosevelt
first announced that the fleet of butt!
till was to make the long journey
from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean
the Ieuiocrats turned prophets of evil
and predicted many diaaitrous thing
would follow as a conaeuueuc) of this
unprecedented more.
Ara,a4a Wrll Ovale.
The armada took Its departure from
Hampton Koads, Dec. !. 1907, and
after a wholly successful voyage around
the Horn, of about twelve thousand
miles. It dropped anchor In fen Fran
elsoo Harbor May 6. 1008. The aliipa
that form the four divisions of the fleet
In this record-making cruise are: The
Connecticut, Louisiana, Maine, Mia
sourl. Georgia, New Jersey, Rhode 1st
and, Virginia, Alabama, Illinois, K ear
ear je, Kentucky, Ohio, Minnesota, Kan
sas and Vermont. To which were add
ed the Nebraska and the Wisconsin, a!
ready In Puget Sound, thus making a
fleet of eighteen first-class ' modern
battleships In perfect condition.
There were already In the Pacific
and Oriental waters the fine armored
cruisers West Virginia, Colorado, Ma
ryland and Pennsylvania. Their two
alster ships, the California and South
Dakota, were also on the Pacific, and
the powerful Washington and Tennes
see went from the Atlantic to Join the
armada, thus making eight armored
cruisers to be added to the eighteen
battleships. In addition there were In
the Pacific several protected cruisers,
gunboats and other lesser craft. All
told there were ten hundred and fifty
officers and nineteen thousand five hun
dred men.
In due time the main fleet of war
ships resumed Its western course and
will touch at the lending ports of China
and Australia, passing ou east by way
of the west, and coming finally to Mal
ta and Gibraltar, where It will coal
and ultimately return to Its starting
point at Ilnmpton Roads, some time
early next February.
In this expedition the Republlnn
party has a policy which projects itself
far Into the future, but It Is an entire
misunderstanding of the whole scheme
to suppose that it Is aimed narrowly
or definitely at any single power. It is
one of those robust constructive poli
cies of the party gauged on world lines.
It Is more of a notification than a
thrent, to all existing governments.
Welding North and Sooth America.
The eyes of the world have followed
our fleet with absorbing interest. One
of the great advantages gained by this
cruise Is the cordial welcome and close
acquaintance which It has evoked from
the governments and peoples of the
chief republics of Latin America. To
the Brazilians, the Argentines, the Chi
lians and the Peruvians, the mighty re
public of the north had been merely a
name or a dim figure, powerful and
honored perhaps, but not actually
known. For years there had been lit
tle or no visible evidence of the wealth,
or authority of the United States, In
the chief South American ports. But
they were all visited by swift and
stately liners, flying the flags of the
maritime powers of Europe.
At every South American port the
fleet, our navy, our government, our In
stitutions, our people, our aims, our
industries, our trade every conceivable
thing that is ours, have been discussed
as tney never were nerore, ana mat
without suspicion of our political and
diplomatic Intentions. One business
house in New York states that Its
South American correspondence hss to
creased fourfold since the fleet visited
Rle Janeiro. In this case It seems that
trade may follow the battleships.
Fraf4ea Rooaevelt Explain. Mare-
mast.
In a statement In a speech be made
In St. Louis, President Roosevelt took
the public Into his confidence to a de
gree when be said: "California, Ore
gon and Washington have a coast line
which Is our coast line just as emphat
ically as the coast line of NewTork and
Maine, of Louisiana and Texas. Our
fleot Is going to Its own home waters
iu the Pacific and after a stay there It
will return to its own home waters
!a the Atlantic. The best place for the
naval officer to learn his duties is st
sea, by performing them, and only by
actually putting through a voyage of
this nature, a voyage longer than any
one befere undertaken by as large a
fleet of any nation, can we find out
just exactly what Is necessary for us to
know as to eur naval needs and prac
tice our officers and enlisted men In
the highest duties of their profession."
Awiknlig at the Orient.
The Pacific Ocean la recognised by
all far seeing state men as the theater
ef the world's coming treat strusjtlea
for military ami commercial mastery.
When China awakens, to the degree)
that Jiau Is tutw aw eke, eveota pee.
g the Maer of the Imegliiatloa to
e mi-he will take ptii-e,
. In the palliative and Itciii'tWut
rlTot t tlile ctuSmi Uiuy have cm China
nud Jitpait, there ran I but one opin
ion. While liicle ha in was little con-
ivrnnl alMiut (he rumora to the effect
l.uil J ii m ii a ns about In deatvild Upon
the riiiiljiiiii', or imMtiny to make a
d nioiiolr.it Ion ii.T our I'Ni'lriV i-onM, yet
he did denlie, and perlme Is In a
Hllion to hilt. that the (mii Ikior
piilcy lie ma Inl. lined In China. Japan
lute Mirriilly never beeu quite reeoll-
lili-d to (Ida polli')', aud la autd ! have
uorked to entiitilinh lu China the m1I-
ry or "spheres or innuenee. To mis
America, with rHiroeaii nations, stren
uously objected end doe still object
This 0en I'oor policy ate tut as a
world monument lu diplomat' to t.i
constructive genius of the Iteputillcan
party. William Howard Taft la lu full
sympathy with thla eoiiMrui-llve policy.
Mr. Taft on hla last trip to the
Orient ass glveu aurh an enthusiastic
reception at (Shanghai, China, as waa
never before accorded to any visiting
statesman by nittctala of the Celestial
Kingdom, On that occasion Mr. Taft
miiile a aeech which, lu spite of Its
geulal tone and cautious phrasing, waa
at once recognised aa of the ulgheat
International Importance. Hald he:
-WK WOCI.D IIAVK TUB III U I IT
TO ntOTEST AT HKIXU KXCLl'I
KD FROM TIIK TRADK OF CHINA
BY It K A SON OF OCR I NHI STENCH
ITON TIIK POLICY OF THE OPEN
DOOR. The acquiescence lu thla hII-
ry of all the nation Interested has
been so unhesitating aud emphatic that
It Is hardly worth while to NMvulatn
as to how far the United 8tatee would
go In the protection or Its i ninese
trade. This feeling Is likely to
find expression In the action of the
American government The l.nlted
States and the other powera favor the
Open Door, and If they are wise they
will encourage the empire to take long
ateps In administrative and govern
mental reform."
So we have not far to aeek for an
other very powerful reason for this
world cruise of our fleet. Mr. Taft
simply announced In diplomatic lan
guage that thla rruise is intended to
say that the Open Door policy will be
maintained at any price. He la In
thorough sympathy with the alert con
structive policy of the Republican
pnrty. lie Is one or Its ciiier exponents.
Perfection of Dl.rlpllne.
This world cruise of the mighty ar-
miulii of sixteen ships of the line bus
been, and is being, conducted with a
precision worthy of the fine traditions
of American senmnnHhlri which senks
the highest praise. Every man, from
oflieer to common sailor, has felt th.it
the eyes of the nation at home were
following him, and thnt however mod
est his situation, lie must bear himself
worthily ns an American sullor, In the j
stoutest squadron that ever flew the
Stars and Stripes.
There Is no nuestlon but that this
cruise will lie noted by all commenta
tors of the future as one of the most
remarkable happenings of any age.
Even though the American people have
not fully understood tho significance.
when all the facts are known. It will
be found to have been one of the dis
tinctive acts of statesmanship of the
present Republican administration. Mr.
Taft is the man to continue this his
tory-making policy of the Republican
party.
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COCKRAN ON TAFT.
There is a remarkable unanim
ity of opinion of Judge Taft in
all parties and In all sections.
Men pay tribute to his remark
able ability even where party pol
itics may exert such an influence
as to demand the espousing of
the rival presidential candidate's
cause. As an illustration XV.
Bourke Cockran in an Interview
at Boston the other day said:
"Yes, I shall support Bryan ; he
Is the best candidate the Demo
crats could put up. Taft, how
ever, is the greatest and best
qualified nominee ever offered In
any republic in the world. He is
a greater man than Roosevelt,
and when surrounded by the
same environments that made
Roosevelt great will prove a big
ger man. Taft Is a wonderful ad
ministrator, the greatest the
country has ever seen, and Is a
wonderful worker."
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INDEPENDENCE
OREGON
Demooratle Inaon.iatcaar.
The Democratic leaders have been
for years making loud declarations
against corporations and trusts and
railroads and have, nevertheless, In
stituted no legislative steps In all this
time for the purpose of restraining
abuses. They are now Indignant that
the Republican party, In earrylng out
the promises of Its own platform, Is
putting Into practice the principles
which they, with a snpefb self-complacency,
claim are really covered by a
Democratic patent. lion. Win. H. Taft,
at Greensboro, North Carolina.
Saelety la Soan.
In spite of the general comfort, there
have been made manifest by eigne net
to be misunderstood, a quickening of
the public conscience and a demand for
tho remedy of abuses, the outgrowth of
this prosperity, and for a higher stan
dard of business Integrity. Bvery lover
of his country should have a feeling of
pride and exaltation la this evidence
that oar society la still sound at the
cere; Hon. Win. St. Tan, at Columbus,
Ohio.
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