THE AMERICAN NAVY.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 12712, 15 November 1904, Page 4

THE AMERICAN NAVY.

Following closely upon the American elections is the request made upon Congress by the Rooseve't Ac! ministration for aft increase in the navy list, which doubles M It is hardly correct to say that this IS a direct result of the Republican victory, for the victory was anticipated, and the naval estimate!! have recently foretold remarkable increase in every direction. But it is very certain that ; had Mr. Parker been elected the proposal to double officers and crews would' not have been presented. That the request will be agreed to goes without saying. Another step

•will be '. taken iii ] the conversion of the ;fifbtii' sa iaolated aftl iislf'Cfeiitred country into 0 gt^at jMd iMAtlMtiai. World-Power. l& tea iie big luanai. ii tM'eii' ln»i Wilt bis', able {& play her fleet at pleasure oa either the : Atlantic or the Pacific Cottt, v and to close to passage to aay hostile .squadron The inft&nihg' Of this cAhhttt^treU .be overestiniatiHi It will b*g into the maritime sphere another English-speaking P&Wer greater in naval strength than any foreign State. II America flings : her fleets against us the balance would incline to our enemies. If she flings her Saets with its, the rest of the world would ittunediately be outclosed. A & an ally or a neutral B he ■ will hold with us the balancing -of naval power. And all Englishmen are more than pleased .to see the Anglo-Saxon Republic preparing to vindicate her hereditary interest maritime affairs, for we would rattier depend upon' her r motives and purposes than upon this motives and purposes of any other nation in the world,