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Best general references: Forum, vol. 9, p. 326 et. seq; N. A. Rev. vol. 149, p. 52 et seq; McAdoos Speech in Cong. Rec. vol. 20, pt. 2, p. 1436; Report of the Sec. of the Navy...
...needs a large navy. - (1) In case of war between foreign nations. - (a) To preserve her neutrality; Rep. of Sec. of Navy, p. 32 - (b) To protect American citizens living abroad. Cong. Rec. vol. 20, pt. 2, p. 1440; - (2) If involved in war. - (a) to guard her coasts from foreign attack; Forum vol. 6, p. 370; vol. 9, pp. 326, 327; - (b) To protect her commerce. - (c) To prey upon the commerce of the enemy as in 1812; History of the U. S., Adams, vol. II p. 160. - (3) In time of peace. - (a) To add weight...
...navy of the U. S. should be increased as (1) It is too small to protect her interests. N. A. Rev. vol. 149, p. 57. - (2) Peace is more likely to be maintained if prepared for war. - (3). The navies of other countries of great commercial importance are much larger. Statesman's Year Book, 1892, pp. 59, 488, 549, 1079. - (4) It is more economical to support a navy for years than to suffer loss resulting from the destruction of our commerce in a few weeks: Forum vol. 9, p. 326. - (5) The navy cannot be increased from our mercantile...
...Interference in the past has been most unfortunate. - (a) Cuban Filibustering; Wilson; Rise and Fall of Slave Power II: 368-75. (b) War between Peru and Chile, 1881; Diplomatic Corres. in Ho. Exec. Doc. 1881-2. Vol. I, pp. 31., 921, 944. - (c) Chilean affair; Hart in Boston Herald...
General references: Nation, Vol. 33. pp. 348, 390, 461, 486, Vol. 34, p. 9; A. B. Hart in Boston Herald, Feb. 4, 1892. Thos. Talbot; Blaine's Foreign Policy in U. S. Campaign Documents...