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More practical is Mr. Allinson's suggestion, in his carefully reasoned discussion of "Sea Law," that the only solution of the submarine controversy is an agreement that all merchant ships shall go unarmed and submit to visit and search, there by making it utterly inexcusable for a submarine to torpedo without warning...
...offers an excellent opportunity for any man who has a liking for the water to become familiar with Navy methods and drills, to see something of the coast and enjoy short cruises over week ends, in both small boats, torpedo boats and large ships. For further information apply to LIEUTENANT L. F. GATES, 1102 Barristers Hall, Boston, Mass...
...keep our position under the Monroe doctrine as protector of the South American republics, they act as colonies. As to our love for England, the war scare last December did not show it. As to our navy, the present rate of increase is not adequate. As for torpedo boats they must be classed with the sea-going navy. Furthermore a large and immediate increase in the navy is demanded as an insurance for the property invested in the coast cities...
...rebuttal Carleton said that the Harvard men had had an interview with Admiral Belknap, who said that torpedo boats are a part of the sea-going navy. "We have proved," he said, "that war is a possibility at any time, and this justifies an adequate system of defence which is a sea-going navy...
...about 360,000,000 scattered over an enormous territory, without railroad communication, without roads, and without even a national feeling or spirit. Her army numbered about 350,000 available men, poorly equipped and poorly drilled. Her navy consisted of 5 battleships, 9 harbor defence vessels, 56 cruisers, and 43 torpedo boats scattered along the coast. The Japanese have a population of only 41,000,000, with an available army only slightly smaller than the Chinese. Their navy consists entirely of cruisers, about 35 in number. The whole of Japan was ready to launch itself into the war as a concentrated...