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Recent events show that the battleship's usefulness has passed its maximum point. A serious inquiry on the advisability of continuing the construction of mammoth cruisers has been made by the British Council of imperial Defense. Admiral von Scheer, who commanded the German fleet at Jutland, has expressed the view of the Fatherland that the surrender of its surface vessels contains little excuse for regret. Secretary Daniels has ordered for the near future a definite test of the battleship's vulnerability which may have an important effect in determining our naval policy. Public opinion everywhere seems adverse to pursuing...
...reason for the growing disfavor of the battleship is to be found in the revolutionary methods of sea warfare adopted in the world conflict, Submarines, airplanes and airships were the real factors, while the imposing fighting ships of the hostile navies were of far less service than in former times...
...survive would end up in the jails of America and Europe. Peace is not the product of documents, but the product of good will among men. The American flag implanted in the hearts of these children will be more effective for the preservation of our peace than any battleship--and all we ask for is the price of one battleship. The people of America surely have a greater sense of duty than to spend money on battleships while children are dying. It is the realization of this spirit of fellowship of man through the saving of these children which will...
...that when the embattled Cimmerians or Parthians or Lydians saw the charge of this heavy brigade, with its respective ears flapping like the weekly wash on a windy Monday morning, lifting its trunks as does the baggage-smasher before he drops them to the concrete pavement, and heaving its battleship-gray sides for lack of breath like a boat in a stormy sea, they--the embattled Cimmerians, Lydians or Parthians--dropped their spears and bows, and departed, swiftly but not silently, in the direction of Cathay or some port further East, where the climate is good, and warriors may enjoy...
...Harvard men are desirous of doing their utmost part in the defence of the country. No greater need, and no greater occasion, may arise. Such training involves slight sacrifice. On the contrary, it will give each man keen and intensely interesting knowledge of that great beast of war, the battleship of the first fleet...