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!.! i i f - I Only Afternoon Paper Dohvccn Richmond and Atlanta With Leased Wire and Full Press Dispatchoo LAST EDITION. ALL THE MARKETS. i.- f i RALEIGH EVENING TIME 3. VOLUME SO. RALEIGH, N. C, MONDAY, JULY 8, 1907. PRICE 6c. JOHN 2). ROCKEFELLER -v ....,,..'.. OIL'S EVIL DAY NOW RUSH THE WARSHIPS SET BY LANDIS TO THE PACIFIC OCEAN ...!': iii PULSES OF THE POWERS THE CRY OF WAR STIRS THE Paris, Berlin, London, the Hague All Question and Comment BERLIN SURE WE MUST FIGHT THE JAPANESE In Responsible Circles of Paris it is Hcllcvc(t-Thiit There Will He an Amicable Adjustment of All Dlfli cultlrs Hctwcen the Two Count lies, lint Part Oi' tin TYcncb Press Inli msil'v Tlint the Tension Is (ireatcr -.-..Than the American Public Have Hern. Led p Hiiievc London .Takes p. leather (ilooiiij View of the Si hi" lion and The. Hhsuo Is ''i.'lly Noml-ro W'ltb liepird to th- Outlook. (Special Cubl to. The TiniPs) Berlin. .Inly K. Thai, a eonllict be tween the Ur.ilod Stat";- and .lapnn is sure to conic I.; t h-t widespread opin ion in diplomatic and naval circles here' Wherever diplomats and naval men gather, tin discussion turin-. to tho derision of the United Stater, to move its fleet to the Pacific coast, and it i: generally believed by. -men who follow International affairs; close that, the n.nnoouvoi-'war not planned until ini'ttnrs had become more sori ous thai- appears on the surface. It. I:; believed generally that the leading statesmen In Japan ar;i' pre paring in contest with the United States ior th" control of the Pacific. Naval strategists regard the. possi bility of a war between Japan and the United States as the most inter esting subject of tho day. The studies that, havo been worked out. are, In tho main, unfavorable to the United States. Tho preponderance of tho American flec.i. Is freely admitted, hut the fact that It would have to seek a fight in Asiatic waters Is re garded as a handicap. IX M1MTAHV CHUNKS OK THK I'HKNCH CAPITAL. (Special Cable to The Times.) Paris, July S.n military circles the sending or the fleet, to the Pacific coast by tho United States is re garded as an act of .prudence;; guard ing against any .Japanese surprises, and at, the same time forcing Japan to show its hand. President Roose velt's orders are treated In various ways, tho sensational news reports jumping, tin the conclusion that the situation is inoro delicate than ap pears. There is a feeling that the people of the I'nited States havo not been informed of all' tho difficulties developing from tho anti-Japanese troubles in San Francisco, and that if they were given all tho facts the nianoeuver of the Atlantic fleet would bo better understood. In responsible circles this view Is repudiated and the opinion prevails that all difficulties will bo amicably settled. Tho possibility of complica tions was seen by Franco somo time ago when she tendered her good of fices with a view to having Japan and tho I'nited States come to an agree ment covering arr questions relating to the Pad He. IT IS ICMIlAKKASSIXfJ KOIl (JRKAT BWTAIX. (Special Cable to The Times.) London, July 8. Tho sentiment among Kurnpenn diplomats regard ing the difficulties between tho IJnitod States and Japan Is that tho former Is acquiring the enmity of Japan, which may prove a serious asset In event of troublo with any other na tion. The present tension Is exciting the keenest Interest, hut, the general opinion prevails that It will not reach the stage of warfare. This opinion Is based on the belief, that Japan must bank down because of the heavy debt she la carrying as a result of her Inability to obtain indemnity from Russia. - Oreat Britain finds herself In an embarrassing position. She Is obliged to stand between her ally and her colonies In tho matter of Japanese laws. Tho Trausvaal Is regulating the Immigration of Asiatics, subject ing them to tho rigorous examination upon entering the colony. In .addi tion, they are forced to record them selves by thumb prints the same as convicts, over which there Is much bitter feeling. This examination ap plies to. Japanese .an. well as Chinese and Indians. Australia has legisla tion along the same lines. The Aus tralian premier, Alfred Deakin, re peatedly said during hir. recent -visit to England that Australia was men aced by the inflow of Japanese labor. GLOOM SPRHADS OVKU rtiAt'K-MAKKKS' SOULS. (iiy Leased Wire to The Times.) The Hague. July 8. Delegates to the peaco conference regard the ques tions that have arisen between the I'nited States and Japan as most un fortunate, and the cause of them is out of proportion to ' grave results that may follow. T. -i delegates .be lieve that the question will develop a hostile fooling that will do little good to the reciprocal com nicrro re lations to whli !i friendly relations had opened vast fields. The sending of the Atlantic fleet to the Pacific ocean, it is feared-, will give rise to dangerous .popular excite ment, which Washington may not be able to allay. The Spanish representatives say that the United Slates has a hard problem lo solve. The Russians are confident that the prediction of Wllte that the next war would be between the United State;; and Japan Is about In be vrified. ..' The French,- Uuglish and Japanese believe t hat both governments' are sincerely striving, to -'reach, an Under standing and. that ."jingoism will have no offeei. t.i xi cii.ix(;i:s tiik TKXOR OF HIS RKMIRKH. (P.y Leased Wire to Th,- Tim s.) Tokio, July S. v'iseontit TaiiL the head of the opposition :i,fv in the house of peers, said tor .n ' ri.t his mind was not at all rlisti: "i by '"the plan to assemble a great 'battleship fleet on tho Pacific ocean. H" said that the United States, remind Hi be the" most civilized conn v. tl; not hack the San Francisco toollgaTcv and barbarously consider .la pars' tis' an enemy. - "Any number of wai-shii . come here,'" he said. "J pan ill ""f he as much alarmed as Hh"h-- IVrry came." On June nth, Tani was 17 1 i.'1 a saying that the treat me if .of .he Jnj -anese in San Francisco was. v ji l ei , and, should diplomacy .'ail to. bring abotint ah ndjusement, an appeal to arms was the only method lei;. He considered that the United States must yield to Japan, as it was spe cifically a commercial: nation. DKATH OK S. H. McRAIi, A PHOMINKXT IiAWYKR. (Special to The Evening Times.) FuyettcvHlc, N. C, July 8. S. H. MacKae, one of the most prominent lawyers of this city and referee In bankruptcy, died at the University Hospital In Baltimore yesterday ut 4 o'clock. Mr. S. H. MaeRae was a son of Judge J. C. MaeRae, ot Chapel Hill, and a brother of Mrs. Robert L. Gray, ..f Raleigh. : The funeral of Mr. MacRae took place, from St. John's Kplseopal Church this morning with military honors. ' ; STl'DKNTS OK I'KACK, Ite)iiestel to Meet at Presbyterian Church for Jr. Dinwiddle's . ' v Funeral. All present students of Pence Insti tute, including the preparatory de partments, and ull who have attended in former years under Dr. Dinwiddle or Dr. Rurwell, are requested to meet In the parlor of the Presbyterian Church tlfteen minutes before the hour for tho funeral services of the late Dr. James Dinwiddle. The day and the hour will be announced later. Ft'XKRAL "WEDNESDAY, Heinuins of Lute Dr. Jumes Dinwid dle Will Arrive Wednesday. On account of a mlseonnectlon of trains in Chicago, the body of the late Dr. James Dinwiddle, formerly presi dent of Peace Institute, will not reach Raleigh until Wednesday morning. It was Intended that the funeral should take place tomorrow, but on account of the delay, the services will be held Wednesday. . ... DEATH OF E. 8. QWEX. Remains to be Taken to Stamford, Kentucky. Mr. Kdward S. Owen died this morn lug at 4 o'clock at his home on north Bloodworth Btreet. . He In survived by a wife and three children.:.; Mr. Owen was thli ty-seve.i years of age and has been In bad health for some time. The body will be taken to Stamford, Ken tucky, this afternoon for Interment. MRS. C. E. HARRIS A WRECK VICTIM Flung Through Window of a Moving Train OCCURRED YESTERDAY Aberdeen Woman, Returning from "Exposition, Meets Heath by llehig Thrown Through Open Window of Lynchburg Pullman Car Falls On Her Little Child, Held by Hand, Unhurt Several Others, Injured. The rear Pullman mi So board train No. 41 turned over jus:t tills side of Klttrell about Sr'Jl yesterday after noon and as a result Mis. (.'. K. Har ris, who was returning tn tier home at Ahnrdeen from the exposition, was thrown through a window... and prob ably Instantly killed. Her., husband.' Mr,, ('. K. Harris,, and little daughter,' Mildred, were In the same car, and although Mr. Harris was bruised on the arm and hip, the child escaped un hurt. Mrs. Harris and Mildred, who is only ellit years old, were sitting on the same seat when those in the Pull man felt the car lurch und till, and Mr. -Harris was seated to himself on another seat. Crabbing her child by the hand. Mrs. Harris, who was very much excited, attenipteil to reach her husliand. but 111 the lurch of tin: car jvhs. (lung violently through an open window.-the-.Pullman falling upon her. Her body was -horribly, mangled and wrta oiil)t got out from under the Pull man by dirgging the earth away. The other Pullman did nut leave the tia'k. When the re ir coach was hoist ed .from Its trucks II toopled over. The coupling loosened ami allowed it alone to crash. The train was run ning at a rapid r:ite. Physicians Sent For. 'As soon as the train was stopped. Conductor L, N. Cain iinniediately sent the engine back to Frnnklinton for physicians. Drs. Harris and Hen derson returned on the engine and lent every assistance. Though nobody else was seriously In jured, several complained of the jolt. Mr. Harris himself received, .bruises on the arm and hip. As the car turned over 011 Its side, the passengers were compelled to climb out a top window. This all did. . . " : Hotly Itrought Here. The train arrived in Raleigh at 6:30 yesterday afternoon with the body of Mrs.'-Harris.- It was carried to the undertaking establishment of the It. J. Rrown Company and prepared for hurial. Mr. Harris and his dauchter Mildred will leave with It this after noon at 4:30 for Knterprlse, Ala., where It will be buried. Mrs. Harris Was twenty-eight years old. She had no other child savp little Mildred, who is eight years old. . Those on the Pullman. In the Pullman that was wrecked were: Miss A. W. Prout, Rai iiesvllle, Ca.,:Mr. and Mrs. (i. Seainans, Harncs ville, (ia.; Miss Cora Hrown and Miss Idell Kimball, Atlanta, Ca.; K. A. Fink. Portsmouth, Va. Mrs. Seaniuns was probably the most seriously in jured of all the passengers. None of the passengers save Mr. Harris and Mildred knew of Mrs. Har ris' fate. He saw her us she shot through the window. He said today that some thought she lived a while after the accident, but he thought her death must have been instantaneous. When all had got safely out of the upturned Pullman, passengers from the other coach, who had come on the scene, heard the distressing cries of the child. Search was at trice inade for Mrs. Harris and she was found underneath. With considerable effort her body was removed from under the fulmar..-.. Mr., Harris was terribly un strung, and when he registered at the Yarborough House In Raleigh three hours and a half later, great tears fell from his eyes. Little Mildred, tor., was weeping bitterly. This morning, however, childlike, the little girl had recovered from her sorrow and ap peared more "heerful. At S:t.1 some friends called for her at the Yarbor ough and took her out Into the city, where she remained until 1 o'cloek, Mr. Hnrrls' face and eyes bore c l dence of his great affliction. A Happy Chance. ..Col. Harry Skinner, of Creenviile, who was on the train, said last night that ft was the merest chance that he and Judge and Mrs. James I- Shep herd, of Raleigh, and Mr, and Mrs.. F. Aydelett. of Elizabeth 0y, V" not enter the Ill-fated car. They started to but decided to ride In tin- otlcr. I (Continued on Second Pivo.) ifv vWf t 111 m3i I ' ' ' lfcSi 43'-"-! ATTKMPT AT SUICIIH-'.. A Itl'.H HOT I'KillT AT lltl.MK. (Special to The Kvening Times.) , Salisbury '. ('., July :. s- I- te.l C.lassoiiy an 'employe of tile SouUiern Ilailwr.y, . is reeoverlng from a 1 un successful a I tempi to killl liinisi-lf Saturday night. He had , been ac cused of breaking' into- the Kniith di'al Hardware Company's store and took huge quantity of .laudanum and paregoric.; Physicians brought him about all right. He begged Offi cer Cruese lo Kill him when ar rested..' Reports jesierday Trout. .the coun try." were to 'lie effect that Tom I-oil, who was so badly beaten In :i light Saturday- w i' .1 Kerry liasiiiger, will recover soon and lias life enough to issue a wulTaiit for Haslnger and in dict liini for assault. Foil and his wile have gotten along badly and last week began suit for divorce. Foil having'. been all his life a hard ruse and an ex-convic'. Saturday he proclaimed his intention of .doing violence and went to the home ol his fiillier-)i-law for a pistol. I :ie old man, A. IT. Ncwsonie, refused and a young son gave him the weapon. He shot once and Uasinger came 011: the the uroiind. I hev fought so violently that Mr. New some hail to threaten to dissolve I hem with it Uiiil'e. - Foil was badly battered. There seems no doubt that. Salis bury and South Itiver are in the near future to be connected by rleclric railway. The project, large as It Is. is In the hands chiefly of the farm ers along the line an dlhe people of this cily. Salisbury capilnl in abund ance, and Salisbury engineers are looking towards the consummation of a deal that will give tho South River water-power to the 'company building the line and they will use it for tho. motive force of the cars, tl will be as much a frolght1ne us a passenger and would go to Mocks ville by way of Coolecmeo. The Sal isbury people who are interested fhi'k Ihere is no doubt that tills is i a tu'iir dream and expect lo handle all South Itiver and ('ooleemee lreiglit before many years or months. Fines arc lo lie imposed on. August the Third 1 THE STANDARD SICK ,, I "Trapped Into the Worst I'iUall l-.vcr l.ii: (iiml ered by. Its Own Re lief Thai It Could U.liill- the Federal Authorities." is (hi- M hv Cue (iov ernmcut Ofhcial Lvpresscs It. (liv Leased Wire tu ('hicago. .Inlv S.- Tlie Times.) Jmlge l.andis aiinounccd todav that lie will impose fines on the H'andanl Oil Company and t.lie t'iilia.so & Alton Railroiid for rclinting on Saturday, August. . . The represenlalivcs of the. oil trust, decline to submit anv lurlher evi dence 111 their own behalf.' declaring the court has alreadv exceeded lis powers hv imiuiring 11110 I he relations oi the Standard Oil ( oinnaiiv 01 New .Utscv and the Standard Oil ( 0111 pi.nv of Iniliana. II K. hclion. president 01 , llur I 111011 ''lank Line, a rebating sub sidiary, branch of the Illinois trust, was. called to I he witness stand by .1 udge Land is. and. forced to .''answer quesl ions. The Standard Oil representatives were ohviotislv disconcerled hv. the predicament.' 111 wliicu thev found themselves before the federal court. A government official todav declared that the big con; "I'll 1;k1 heen trapped into the worst pitfall It ever encoun tered hv Its own lionet that. 11 coi:id bluff tho federal authorities. lien 'Judge Lnnuis reached Ills conn room he. went at .once to his chambers and sal. for an hour, dic tating to his stenographer.. If, was believed' lliiit. he was prirpiir-iug his sentence iipon the trust. . .. I.Miminat ion ot I clton. ' When he reached-.'his hclieh. liow-eei-. lie called a witness. 'II .Mr. l-'cltnn.-' president of the I 11:0:1 lank l.nie ( nil 1 p:i 11 v . is in cccri. said Judge La 11 ills. I am read- to iiitesrion turn. l i'iton rose and went to the stand. I want to know. .Mr. Felion. said the court, "whether von have brought ' the I rathe.. schedules that I asked 1 I I will explain 10 the court, said I 1 1 011. "that nil the railroads in Ihe, country pity -si cent' to shipper who ship goods 111 their own cars. Did the Alton do that.; and does it refer to this in its 'public. -traffic tariffs? asked Judge Landts. appa rently surprised at the revelation. Lverv road does this, vour honor, said Fell.on. but it is not printed in the tariff schedules lie cause' tl Is listed as operating ex penses. Attorney .Moritz Ilosenthal jumped 10 his leel. : We want to know. In; began, wluit the contention ol the govern ment Is in this i-celit manor.. We want 10 know --. 'I don t know what Ihe govem nient s contention Is. interrupted .iudgir Liuidis. "I don t know whelh ei tlie government has a., contention, and I don t care. Mr. Rosenthal. Mr. Rosenthal was visibly 'per turbed hv ihe curt interruption of t he court. " I hen. 011 behalf of the Manilaiil 011 ( oinpanv ol New Jersey, as well as the defendants in this case, went on Mr. Rosenthal. I desire to make a replv to the court in regard to the inquiry of Saturday. Wo deny the! jitrisdiclion of this court. Wo hold that moHt of these defendants have never before been convicted or even indicted for these charges: that the will .. ..un ,t,,. 1,0 ,,,w.v, .... having never before rated. We hold that the companies should not be celled upon to answer such questions as wero asked lust iSaturduv. In view of this, we decline of our own cnllllon lo uiiUinlt nnvlhinv hv l-iv nflr defense to thin court. .Indue Landis bowed and set the date for sentence. M'.OHO IN JAIL I OK CRIMINAL ASSAULT, (Hv Leased Wire to The Times ) ('til Illicit, (la.. Julv S. Will Price, the negro who Saturday night com mitted an assault upon Miss Nillv Hurke. a la-vear-old white girl, about live miles from this cltv. Is In lull. No violence is expected hv the author ities. 1 lie victim of the atrocious act is said lo he in n critical condition 1 Extent to Which it Has Been Worked Terrifying HOW JURORS REASON A Innely and fowcrlul Sermon oil .Modern ersion ol the strange I'ire Curtailing the Power ol j .1 111 1,,-f .U Ill IWII' Oil 11 I OMl'lM! I'.iilaruinu; Pi croiiii'.ivos ol the Jury; In his sermon last night in I In- First ProshvH 1 i.in I'hureh. Dr. Moment gave some modern illustrations of -the sin of Xnclale ;md Abitru. who offered Strang' was I. 't.i be . ins; ..f of. the auiliiil live unto tlie l.oril. Tie: , text. . vitieus. Hl:l. Tin ir sin-; is apt nil s, na liiely : t lie impious woi li the human will:. Ilie tendeliey liunian : -heart to do.-'ii's :'. it . -)-s . tu;--.,. disregarding estalilishcd laws ''.' .. ' ' Iloth in .liiatters o'f stale niul In nial- I ters Ut- ri-ligion, ihere is a .'po,w.-' rful I ilisposit ion to ignore-' 'clear, i'-, posit ive j enact nielli s. siilist hitting t lieri'Tor ' men's own notions as to what .liiey ile- sire: not what righteous. 'lawY must be, ; deelar. - At .tile' pi e.e:it tilll. ill el 1: lers tile "unwritten law" , i taking I lie plaee of Hie . . code. Hut the "uuwriit, n iiien's w liini as lo lioV lust he- 'executed, .-Ho I wi'.at llle . dual luat s rapid! slaliahe'l law" i -i, v should antlioir.e 1 suite-'"-' ...!.-'- .'standard of justi in lie- ! ela res must In- done.: I A southern new. pa) I "Til" oxtvi.i't to whii-li law is now li'eing workc I i 'opime'iiing upoli a i has ,. said: unwritten. the 1 Is terrifying. " ece'nt- liotoiioiis I "trill. prominent ; nieniher of a nortli- ' ern I'.ar Assoeiat ion. : says ' . j "!t seetueil from the lieginnliiff lhai j ti.il h prosecution and defense; 'expected tic jury to he Ki'.-nliv inlluenee,;! in Us decision liy in.ilteis entirely outside ! the evidence and apart from what-the Maw .rcquired'or permitted them to de cide.". - , 1 rri,..t ., tl... 1 , 1 ... ... .. court quite .itt.-ii decides eases on its tun independent initiative, ignoring positive law I!, lievihg -that Ihe . bulge- knows the law and will stand for justice, "many of tlie states . have designedly curtailed his power, and at tlie same -time en larged the., prerogrative force iii his own court, while, the jury men un learned in law.' and '.often having but small regard, for Just lee is all 'pow erful, f"cllng. itself- hound by 110 law often hv no evidence. When such fads a: these ar. nsi.l- eteil. log-tlier with others, as mob law. perjury and .bribery. t is easy to ye llow work aide, a method ol justice the "uiiwrithten law" is. which is bin man's impious notion of what he wants justice to lie; not what slate enact ments declare it is. .. As high an official as tlie vice presi dent oi' tlie I "nil fit " Slates, said the other day: . "1 Mir I'aihers helieveil in a government of law. written hy the rep resenlal Ives of the' people, not m i f t -t-n! They knew . that wriiten law Is the life of 'libei ly: without written law there i-t despotism, which is lyraniiv.' The spirit of the lawless priests With their "sliatige lire" is the spirit, of these model n times in mailers of slat.' righteousness. In applying the sin of the 'strange lire" to religions things. Dr. . Moment -said -among other tilings, that christian science is lull a human notion, which seeks to improve on tic- revealed method, and. all laicli relig ious ...improvements', are all iibsolu" abominations to od. as was that ol the rebellious '.young priest. I fO PROVE THAT ORCHARD LIED I ISy Leased Wire to Tlie Times.) Iloise. Idaho, .luh V hen the llavwood trial was resumed at 111 ''lot k to.hlj 111- d( Ic lis hcan read ing the seventeen depositions taken at , sail 1' rain ha c. I ! depositions are offered to prove that Orchard did not attempt to kill I--. W. liradlev wnh a. bomb on November 17. 11)04. 1 lie . deposit ions cover nearly Jtin pages, all contradicting. Orchard's siateineni. that. Bradley's homo was wrecked by dynamite. -.', . All the San -Francisco ' witnesses 'de clare the explosion In which Bradley was Injured' was caused by gas. The delense considers thl:- evidence as most important and Ilia' it dis credits Orchard and tho Plnkerions. The reading will take all ol todav and possible lomiurow. mm UNWRITTEN LAW Admiral Dewey Advocates Im mediate Concentration of Squadron There THE WEAKNESS 8F OUR WES TEBIMFLEET SHOWN It Is Necessary, Savs Deivev, Hint We Sliould Sci,i' the Ralance of Power In the Pacific in t)nler to Keep Peace u That Ocean Ihe lArniy 1111 I like are of Atlantic t oast Helences Opinions of Oov- criiors ol ai-ious Stales on the Movement cl the .S(undron to Pa cific liters. lliv I. 1 Vil" to Th" Times.) Julv N. 1 he Aniencan t:iv interview with Ad v!io is now stopping : rings. N. ... in whic.it t ;io immediate, concen- New ork. prints a long llliral I lewev ill Kic!ificX'''H he advoeares' ! rat ion oi- tin I':m i';e. . He i h.itili'ship llect in the s in 1 .art : 'Ir I's I 1: v we haven t ships enongn to lieen . fleet in both oceans, luil- since we iiave not, it .seems to in:- that iii ihi' .ntcresls of peace it is 1 ic linsi iii. ; r; time that our fleet should he- in tl The admiral mile el'nise wa in naval niohili for- t he jiurposr -.. I'm llic." d 'clarcd the 15.000 : not. an cxeiiriaient and asserted it was o; beeping peace in all th" Paeifii by seizing as quickie lis possible the balance of sea power.. 1 Although Admiral Dewev does not ! believe t aat the country is likelv to .1-become seriously involved with anv I foreign power, he believes it neces sary lor the Lnited States navy to he paramount -in la ocean that has jumped into such strategic import ance since ihe Spanish and the Russian-Japanese wars. He laughed at the dangers and difficulties conjured up by those who oppose the transfer and said: Dig as thev are. they will go around as easily as the ferries cross the Hudson. It is simply a question of coal, and coal in times of peace is a question of money. ' Die I nguanled Atlantic. Ho relused to tremble over tne prospect ot an unguarded Atlantic coast. . I lie army can care for coast de tense, was his comment. In the transfer of the fleet Admi ral Dewev sees two possible effects ol great national importance. He believes it will urge the construction and equipment of a great Atlantic fleet with ihe ships now building as a nucleus, and he hopes It will stimulate and hasten the completion ol the Panama (anal. In all the In terview no only once made mention ol Japan, and that was in illustrat ing the. ease with which harbors like New oi k and Port Arthur could be defended. . : I his cruise or transfer, or what ever you like to cull it. is a mission ol .'peace. the admiral said. "I don t think it likelv that this coun try will become seriously involved with anv power. Hut if trouble s.iould come by any chance it Is well to be tullv prepared for It. We Must Hold the Halance of Power. It is necessary for us to hold the balance of sea power on tho Pacific. I lie delenses on that coast are not up 10 the standard of the Atlantic. I hat the nation which has thin power would control trie situation w as proven in our war wILh Spain. ' When his attention was called to 1 lie criticism In certain quarters be cause the fleet Is rounding the Horn lo a Purine coast base, instead of sailing through Suer. dlrectlv to Manila, the admiral did not luck rea sons to support the nvv boards recommendations. He said: i would sav that iiiiIobh the dan ger was most imminent, it would not he advisable to. concentrate it large fleet, with Hundreds of officers and thousands of men In Philippine waters. Tho climate Is not right, as I know from personal experience. An enemy might, take the Phil ippines and Hawaii, but as soon as we nieel them 011 tho sea thev would have lo give them up. Trie very presence of our sea force In the Pa cific will serve every purpose." Admiral Dewey said that Admiral (( unturned on Second Pi fce.)
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