THE SCRANTON TBIBtTNE tsATUBBAY MOEXDJO-, FEBRUARY! IS, 1896. He May Be Our Next President. Possibilities in ' The Event of Wan ACKER'S Sketch of the Career of Senator William B. Allison, of Iowa Great Britain's Naval Strength Compared with That of the United States. mm mM wi t Prom the Chicago Record. When Abraham Lincoln had become famous a newspaper man asked him about his early life. The great presi dent, with that pathetic smile for which he was noted, repeated the line from Gray'8 Elegy: "The short and simple annals of the poor." Senator Allison, asked the same ques tion, might make the same answer. His beginnings, also, were amid humble 5 fJ. t W. 1). ALLISON. surrounding. lie, too, was'cradlefl In tho wilderness, and for him. too, boy hood and eurly manhood were struggles with poverty. Senator Allison's father went from Pennsylvania, to Ohio, settling near Ashland. That was in is;:), lie and his wife labored hard and were happy When they could call a lug cabin, In a tittle clearing, their own. In this cabin the future senator was born, March 1S29. Of Scotch-Irish 'Ancestry. The Allisons were IScotch-Irlsh, that Is Scotchmen from the north of Ireland. The Bods, from whom came the pres ent senator's mother, were of the same blood. They settled In Pennsylvania in pioneer times. They helped to make the Keystone state. The second gen eration rendered a similar service to Ohio and the generation to which Sena tor Allison belongs rendered the same brave service to still another state Iowa. The Allisons came originally from Scotland. They went Into the north of Ireland and helped to build those vast Industries which afterward aroused the envy and the resentment ot the English manufacturers. It was to crush their industries that the Kngllsh government passed unjust laws and imposed on them undue and unendurable taxes. Because of these burdens began the great . Scotch-Irish immigration to America. Before the middle of the eighteenth century thousands of fami lies had inude their way to this country ito make new homes In a new land. They were for the most part poor, but they were all sturdy; they were men and womerf who were willing and had the physical strength to labor. ' - Vn,ti.Irl.h l.i ItnniilJIII These Immigrants overran the state it Pennsylvania until the peaceful Avunkt'i were, piitnumuered by them. 'l ney invuueu every section 01 ine 'smith, and many of them found their way Into the New England states. They .were scattered, In fact, throughout the states, adding everywhere a desirable leaven to the population. What they have been to America need not be re counted here. Not only did they bring over sturdy bodies and strong hearts, but they brought with them a religion which seemed especially fitted to their hard surroundings In America. They had been covenanters and Presbyter ians and they remained covenanters and Presbyterians In America. They were of all Protestants the most sturdy. Of the Allisons there were three branches In America: one settled In New Hampshire, another In North Carolina, and the third, of which Will iam Boyd Allison Is the most Illustrious representative at the time present, set tled In Pennsylvania. John Allison, who headed the Pennsylvania delega- . tlon to the convention which nominated Lincoln and who served afterward as register of the treasury at Washing ton, was a descendant of the southern branch of the family, though he was born in Pennsylvania. In her interest ing life of James G. Maine, Gall Humll ton mentions the Allisons as living In Chester county, Pennsylvania, sne , mvi that tho Innd nt "Jumps Allison and P.lchard" "ran along the old road and up to Andrew Galbratth's and near the Donegal meeting house, till in the second generation the family sold it all and went west, to be represented in our dny by Senator Allison." In the same neighborhood lived the Buchanans, who gave a president-to the United States; the Brownlows, who became fa mous .through Parson Brownlow, and nvany other families whose sons and daughters have become noted In State and national history. The famous Kev. Zr. Allison, schoolmaster- and scholar tt the Pennsylvania before the revolu- Should be Looked Into. THOROUGH INVESTIGATION REQUESTED. A BOLD ASSERTION. ' Ever since Prof. Koch startled the world By promising to cure consumption with the Koch lymph snd bis complete failure to do so, the people have been looking for some discovery which would prove an absolute, certain cure for that dread disease. Over quarter of a century ago Dr. R. V. Pierce, chief consulting physician to the Invalids' Hotel and Surgical Institute, put in a claim . for a medicine, which he had discovered and used, in his extensive practice, that would c rr nincty-eigln per cent, of all cases of consumption when taken in all its early Stages. Time has proved that his assertion was based on facts gained from experience. xjim Tj.i.i,h n;... Itt A many thousand people in all part of the world, and Dr. Pierce invites all interested to send to bim for a free book which gives the names, addresses and photographs of many prominent people who have willingly testified to the marvelous curative proper ties of his Golden Medical Discovery." He has also written a Book of 160 pages on "Diseases of the Respiratory Organs, 1 'which treats of all Throat, Bronchial and Ltini diseases, also Asthma and Catarrh, that will be mailed by the World's Dispensary Med ical Association of Buffalo, N.Y., on receipt of six cents in stamps, to pay postage. Consumption, as most everybody knows, Is first maaifested by feeble vitality, loss wua Buuy ucri n ' iy, ... uiunuil DTcaining,. or Diccaing iron lungs, waen . 4nwtitratlrM nmvM that tubercular rl. hMfta Ihm (iwmm in the ltinff-a. Tr la : earnestly advised that tue " piscovery " be ul .-.,1 .1.. 1.,- mim,r-m f 4l. disease call thereby be easily avoided. ,i fa n,i, mm, mmtm nttm trfrttM mnm the grip, pneumonia, (" Inns; (ever "), ex hsusting fevers, and other prostrating dis eases, it has no equal. It does not make Xfat like cod liver oil and its nasty com L I. I 'J . 1. . M i tlon, was another representative of the family. At School In the Woods. William B. Allison grew up like other country boys. He was sent to the dis trict school house in the woods at an early age, but as soon as ho was old enough to do even light work on the farm he waa compelled to work In the fields during the summer months. How ever, he made remarkable progress. He was especially apt in Bpelling and mathematics. During a recent visit to his home in Dubuque Senator Allison showed the writer a precious relic of his school days, a writing book contain ing 150 pages, filled with solutions to problems In the "Western Calculator." the great text book of pioneer days in Ohio and other central states. Young Alllfon was fortunate In hav ing a gooi," teacher David Klmui uy who afterward became a bishop in the Methodist church. This teacher early detected the latent power In his favor ite pupil und did everything to encour uge both the boy and the boy's father In regard to iU schooling. Klmberly "boarded around" as wus customary with school masters In those days, but he managed to spend most of his Sun days at the Allison home. To the In fluence of this thoughtful, earnest and pious man the future senator owes much, Allison in College Life. Tho boy. ' having made remarkable progress and giving Indications of fu ture usefulness, his father sent him, at the age of. 16, to nn academy at Wooster, O. He remained In that school two years, after which he was sent to Alle gheny college atMeadvlllePa.. through the Influence of some acquaintances he had made at Wooster. While at Alle gheny young Allison and Cyrus K. Hol llday, still living at Tupeku. Kan., kept their own house and cooked their own meals and their year's schooling In con sequence cost them' but little. Allison remained in the Meadvllle school one year. Then he taught school for' one winter, an experience which proved to be very helpful to him. He went next to Hudson. O.. where he attended the Western Reserve college, remaining there likewise one year. That ended his schooling. Having completed his education, the young mun turned his attention to the law. His father had filled the ofllce of country squire, hearing and deciding small cases. At these hearings the boy had often been an interested listen er. These experiences led him to think of the law as a profession. He returned to Wooster and In the ofllce of Hemp hill & Turner began to read lllaca stone. At the end of two years he was admitted to the bur and entered on the practice ot his profession at Ashland, Ohio. , ' Accident Took II I in to Dubuque. . But law cases were neither numerous nor greut in Ashland, which was a small place. In 1854, in Bpite of the fact that he was poor and had apparently small prospects in life, he married Miss Anna Carter, the daughter of Daniel Carter, a man of prominence in that day. It was this extra responsibility which soon thereafter turned his thoughts westward, first to Chicago, which was then a struggling town of less than 60,000 people, and then to Iowa, which he foresaw as one ot tho empires of the west. "It was largely accidental," he said recently ot his coining to Iowa, "but 1 like to think that there Is a Providence even in accidents." His brother had preceded him to Dubuque, a city which was then the terminus of the Illinois Central railway, and In consequence the distributing point for a large land and water traffic. The traffic ot St. Paul and Minneapolis and the rest of the northwest was by way of Dubuque. These, added to the mining interests of the city, made it the most conspicu ous among the cities of Iowa, and like wise the most promising. It was In this way that the) family which had been represented in the mak ing of Pennsylvania and In the making of Ohio waa to be represented In the making of still another state, one more In the westward succession of states, whose foundations were laid In the sacrifices of the best men and women In the nation, and whose superstruc tures has since stood as a bulwark for the union and for safe, economic and patriotic government. ' Allison Was Twice Married. Senator Allison was twice mnrried, but his life has Been two long bereave ments. His first wife was Anna Carter. He brought her as a bride to his Iowa home, where she died In 1SC0. He mar ried Mary Nealley in 1873. As a young congressman from Iowa he had met her in the home of Senator Grimes, which was the social and political cen ter of the Iowa delegation in Washing ton. When he rnarried her he was serving his first term In the United States senate. She had been carefull:' reared and finely educated, both at home and abroad. Mrs. Allison was practically an In valid before her marriage, due. It Is be lieved, to an attack of Roman fever abroad. Everything that love and skill could suggtst was done for her, to re store her to health, but in -rain. In 1881,-. when Senator Allison was offered a seat In Garfield's cabinet, a neat next the lamented Blaine's, he declined it. The politicians said he preferred the senate. There wa an "Insuperable personal reason," as he expressed it, and that was his wife's health. Mrs. Allison never mended. She died in August, 183. A NATIONAL NI-CESSITY. Professor VVaterhoiise, of St. Louis. The Nlcarague Canul Is Imperatively needed as a means of national defense. I if late the foreign relations of our coun try have been aehouxly disquieted. Only a few duvs ago a leading Kuropeun Jour, nal asserted that tho L'nltud States navy was too feeble either to vindicate Ameri can rights or enforce the .Monroe policy, How long will the richest country on the face of the earth permit su.rh a reproach to be deserved, how long will It continue, the impolicy which leaves our shores unprotected and exposes our mrirltimo cities to the gravest peril? A single bom bardment might destroy values Hreuter than the entire cost of our coast d.-fenaes. With Its boundless resources anil with a sagacity that ought to guard avalnst even distant dangers, the United Htates should build forts and fleets that will ef fectively protect Its frontiers. With no spirit or aggression, with no omblion fur conquest, with no desire for arbitrary die taton, our country should be fully equipped with the means of maintaining its rights and Its honor. The power of self-defense prevents the attnek which feebleness would Invite. In every land the sun shines on American citizenship ought to bean absolute guaranty of safety to our countrymen. A few years auo. fat the time of our International difficulties with Chile, an American battle ship was unabie to sail from Bun Francisco to Val paratso without supplies from a foreign coaling station. If our western sea ports were assailed, how could our war ships reach the Pacific coast without the hlp of states that mlBht perhaps be Indis iposed to grant it. but an isthmian water way would enable our men-or-war to avoid the land detour around South America, to be Independent of the doubt ful assistance of foreign states and to sail quickly to the defense of oor Im periled seaport. There are always possibilities of war. Our recent embroilments with Chile and Italy and our triple contention with flr-jat Britain, relative to the seal fisheries, the Alaska boundaries and the enforcement of the Monroe doctrine In Venexuela, de mand that our republic should always toe prepared to redress Its wrongs and vindi cate its rights. It la the duty of cautious and - sagacious statesmanship to provide our country with efficient means of main taining its rights. The Nicaragua Canal would grant Invaluable facilities for naval defense. , J3C-UNITED STATES SENATOR ' PHILETUS SAWYER. From the Chics ;o Times Her.il 1. (By the Courtesy of H. H. Koblsaat HIGHER POLITICS. To Popularize I-'reo Libraries. There Is a movement In New York In favor of the formation of small free li braries In public school buildings. The legislature Is asked to make an appropria tion for the purpose, but a fur better plan Is suggested by a leading newspaper, which says that If school principals wero nuthorlzed to receive gifts of books for library purposes and raise funds by ap pealing to benevolent cltisens enough books and money would be obtained to Introduce the school library as it perma nent feature In educational life. The need of counteracting the cheap, sensational and mischievous literature generally read by children Is recognlr.ed everywhere, and legislation vannot deal with 'the evil. Much good may bo expectel from this hew filan, and every Rood citizen would doubt ess take pride In making it a great suc cess. In this connection the excellent re sults of the Detroit plan, devised about six years uko, should not be passed over. The Idea was to put Into the hands of school children, by means of the public library. Instructive and entertaining liter-a-ture. The books are chahgrd once In eight weeks, or five times a school year. The circulation In 1S9. was between 75.li)0 and 100,000. This literature has largely dis placed the pernicious and semi-criminal matter. And not only have the children been benetlted, but the parents of many of them have been Introduced to good literature. . I'nof flolnl Cabinets for Mayors. There is much public Interest In the remarkable experiment ot Jotdah Qulncy, the present Democratic mayor of Boston, He seeuis desirous of unprovlng every branch ot the municipal service, and, meeting with little Intelligent support .In the common council, he has hit upon the plan of a private, unofficial cabinet, com posed of leading business men. This ex extra municipal cabinet, whose members have no votes and receive no salaries, Is oonaolted by the mayor with respect to all Important questions of municipal ad-' mlnistratlou and legislation. Borne of the members are Democrats and some Repub licans. The associated board of trade se lect two members, while the Clearing House association, the Real Estate Ex change, the Chamber of Commerce and similar bodies select and send one mom ber each. It Is said that not one ot these unofficial advisers of the mayor could be Induced to serve the city in the common council or board of aldermen. They de spise practical politicians and cannot neglect their lmportnnt private duties. There Is no doubt that this curious plan will he tried under the most favorable conditions, and, if it should prove success ful, it would doubtless commend itself to the executives of other cities suffering from corrupt or ignorant politicians, -ill.:- Mississippi Prison Labor System. A number of states are perplexed over the prison labor question, and they may find considerable instruction in the Mis sissippi plan of employing convicts on state lands under official control. In ISM, when the leased system was terminated by n. constitutional provision, agricul tural lnhor wa decided upon by the board of control as tho best employment for the convicts. Three large tracts of land were purchased and several hundred convicts were put to work on them. Large net profits - have resulted to the state from the experiment, and the ad vantages of the system have so Impressed the board that it has recommended the purchase of sufficient land to provide nil of the convicts with employment. Or ganised labor Is less opposed to this pUn than to any other, while the farmers will hardly oblect to the "competition of coq vlct labor." Mississippi has demonstrated that the state can employ Its convicts upon Its own lands without danger of financial loss, , . Hill for a Jury of Txpcrts. The New York State Medical society has. prepared a bill which It regards as a solu tion of the dlfllculties encountered under the present crude way of presenting ex pert testimony. Without violating the fundamental principle of trial by Jury, the bill provides for a special jury of ex pern before which the court sends the medical Issue presented, for Instance, In a polsonliiK case. Just as It sends other Issues before special Juries. The regular petit Jury would decide upon the responsi bility of the accused for the presence of the poison, while the expert opeclul jury No matter how violent or excruciating the pain, the Rh-umatlc, Bedridden, In firm, 'Crippled, Nervous, Neuralgic, or prostrated with diseases may suffsr, RADWAY'S READY RELIEF Will Afford Instant Ease. For headache (whether tick or nervous), toothache, neuralgia, rheumatism, lum bago, pains and weakness In the back, spine or kidneys, pains around the liver, pleurisy, swelling of the Joints and pains of all kinds, the application of Radway's Ready Relief will afford Immediate ease, and Its continued use for a few days effect a permanent cure. 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Sold fry alt would decide whether the existence of the poison hud been proved, if the defense Is insanity, the speclul Jury would de cide the question then and there, and the rextilar would simply decide upon the existing of the facts constituting the al leged offense. This system wluld do away with the abuses of the present mode cf presenting expert testimony and with the farce of hypothetical questions. Drastic Measure Aimed at Lynchers. One of the first laws passed by the South Carolina legislature at the present ses sion is one directed against lynching. Its provisions are very stringent, and there Is reason to hope that 'the lynching evil will be greatly abated, provided white Juries do their duty. The county where a lynch ing occurs is made lluble for damages to the legal representatives of the victim, and the officers who failed tW protect the 'prisoner are to be tried for misdemeanor and, if found guilty, removed from office and made Ineligible to any position of pub lic responsibility. Tho enforcement of this law clearly depends ot the Justice of the Juries. It is said, however, that the arrti-lynchlng sentiment has lately gained much headway In the state. It Is true that under the new law the heirs of a criminal may occasionally reap a re ward from the crime of the lynched per son, but this fact does not outweigh the larger considerations necessitating efll cadous unll-lynching measures. Plagree Plan Successfully Copied. The Ptngree plan of employing poor per sons on vacant city lots' has proved sue. cessful In Long Island City. The commit tee's report for the season of 18HS shows that In ttplte of many untoward circum stances remarkable results were achieved, Two hundred and sixty-one persons were supported on 128 acres, the committee pay ing the people 8 cents an hour for their work. At the end of the season there was a balance on the right side of the ledgor, and the profits were distributed among the farmers. The scheme was practically a farm school. The work was carried on on the co-operative principle. At first the scheme was regarded with some distrust, and applications for land were received rather slowly; but after the crops begun 10 appear, applications were recelvefl at the rate of fifty a day. The land was do nuted by public-spirited citizens. THE LEADER OF THE SENATE. John Sherman Not a ttlch Man, Although He Has Enough Laldby to Keep Ulm Out of the Poor llouso. . Senator Sherman, of Ohio, according to W. K. Curtis, the Washington cor respondent of the Chicago Record, Is still regarded as the ablest and most Influential man on the Republican side JOHN SHERMAN. of the scnutA The Republican caucus showed its confidence In Air. Sherman's ability by placing him at the heud of the committee on foreign relations, which Is the most ltn;rfrta 11 1 xl all the committees of the Semite at the present session, und the speeches he has deliv ered thin winter demonstrate very clearly that he still retains his physical and intellectual force. Mr. Sherman is not worth 4,0nO,00Q or $5,000,000. Like many other public men, he has been bitterly attacked by demagogues and others who have not been as fortunate financially as ho. I think the same rule prevails universal ly among humankind. He is worth in the, neighborhood of $0H),000. and his money lias been accumulated by care ful economy and by prudent and Judi cious investments. If Mr. Sherman had used the opportunities offered him to make nmney by the use of his ofllce, power and knowledge, he might have been richer than the Vanderbllts, but those who are familiar with his career cannot be convinced that he ever took advantage- of his position as secretary of the treasury or chairman of the committee of finance to advance his own pecuniary interests. . In private life he has lived unostentatiously and economically. He has no expensive habits, and Is generally considered pretty close. In other words, he appre ciates the value of money, and has shown practical as well as theoretical ability In financial matters. The greater part of his fortune was made in real estate speculations in the city of Washington. Many years ago he foresaw that the growth of the city would be toward the northwest and purchased large tracts of land in that direction at a very low price. City lots for which he then pnld at the rate of 1 and 2 cents a square foot are now selling at tl.i'iO and i per square foot. He still retains a considerable portion of this property, anil the price keeps advancing. He also made considerable money in the oil and gns fields of north western Ohio. Mr. Sherman has been for twenty-five years a director In the Pittsburg, Fort Wayne and Chicago railroad and has Interests In banks and manufacturlngestabllshmentsat Mans field, where he lives. If reports are true Mr. Sherman Is not worth as much money as &r, Glavela While nobody believes for an Instant tlmuthe United States and Great Brit ain will again light each other, the possibilities of such a conflict, brought into prominence by recent differences, are an interesting study. Some Inter esting facts from official sources fol low, acknowledgment being made to the Chicago), Tlmes-l'erald, which. In reply to the questlonv"If war were de clared tomorrow, where would the first gun bo fired?" says the experts-agree that it would be a sea fight, and they rgree that the first gun would probably be- fired in the Caribbean Sea. If it Is to be a sea tight, how are we prepared for it? -Mow Is Knglund prepared? These figures will toll you: The United States hus in commission Blxty-four vessels, thus: Battle ships.,,.'.......; s Cokst- defeuee versels..,! Hi Armored cruisers . 1 Vim rmorc'-j cruisers ., Protected cruisers ..' la lun vessels. -. ? 8 Torpedo vbSrl 1 Torpedo boats 2 The United States ban under con struction twenty-live vessels, as fol lows: " ' -;V, - Battle ships ; ..., f Armored const defense vessels 4 Armored cruiser 1 Uuntiouts 8 Torpedo bouts 7 Great Britain has in commission 172 vessels, thus: , Battle ships : ,..7.: IS ! irst-oluns cruisers 1.1 Second-class cruisers 12 Third-class cruisers ot Screw sloops. n Gunboats 27 Torpedo bouts 19 Coast guard battleships ft Coast guard cruisers 4 Port guard battle ships ,". 6 Dispatch boats and troop ships 33 Great Britain has under construction 184 vessels, thus: Battle ships '. 12 First-class cruisers 14 Second-class cruisers ; 30 Third-class cruisers 1ft Screw sloops , 3 Gunboats 17 Torpedo boat destroyers 17 Coast defense vessels 13 Bpecial service Hblps 3 lockyard reserve... 55 In igland's navy there are 88,850 enlisted men available more than three times the Btrength of the United States array. Kngland has at present on fleet duty 14 flag officers, 8,073 commissioned officers, E68 subordinate officers, 1,101 warrant officers, 61,995 petty officers and seamen, 6,194 boys, making in all on ships with the fleet 61,945. For coast guard she has available 89 commis sioned officers, 231 chief officers of sta tion, 8,880 petty officers and seamen, making a total ot 4.200. In the royal marines she has for service, but at pres ent on shore, 358 commissioned olTlcers, 28 warrant officers, 1,173 sergeants, 602 buglers and musicians, 13,202 rank and file, making; In all 15,363. In other ser vice, such as naval cadets, engineer students, pensioners, boys under train ing and various other services, there are 7,342, giving a grand total ot 88,850 men. ;The total strength of the United States navy iq officers, men and boys is 13.4C0, of which 1,100 are marines. Theso comparisons do not look healthy for the United States. Great Britain, however, would not put all of these ships In action in American wat ers. She occupies the unfortunate po sition ot being the common foe ot all nations. She could not leave her re mote borders unprotected. Possibly not more than half of her ships could be sent to the war, while all the United States vessels could be pressed into service. Const Cities in Danger. The experts say the United States, af ter the first flurry on the Caribbean, would assume the defensive. The fight ing would radiate from the Caribbean sea. While the contest there wns go ing on Great Britain would probably at tack the defenseless coast oitles of New York, Boston, Charleston and San Fran cisco. New York and Boston would be shining marks for British guns, and the British like a shining mark. It Is generally conceded that the coast of the United States would be poorly defended. No one believes that the 4, 000 miles of American coast line can be proteated by a navy. Torpedo plants are useless without batteries to protect them. Of all the coast cities, containing many billions of dollars of accumulated wealth, San Francisco and New York are alone protected, and their protection is insufficient and somewhat unsettled. Some years ago a definite plan ot defense was adopted for San Francisco, but It Is not completed. The work has been half-hearted and the ap propriations parsimonious. A few mod ern high-power guns and some rifled mortars are In position a bare begin ning of the work required for adequate defense. For this reason the Golden Gate, the greatest harbor In the Pacific coast, would be an early object of at tack. Puget Sound would be an easy prey, too. It is an Inland sen, practically. Olympic. Tacoma and Seattle are of great commercial importance, and all are defenseless, and Fort Ludlow, Fort Madison and Fort Townsend are within reuch of long-range guns. The North ern Pacific railroad terminates there. So do the Oregon and California Coast line, the Oregon Short line, the Great Northern and a branch of the Northern Pacllis. A hostile fleet once In posses sion of Puget Sound, the control of these railroads would lie an easy step. Obsolota nuns on the Pacific. The Columbia rlver.furnlplilng means of apprnncli to Astoria and Portland, Is guarded by guns that are obsolete and practically harmless to an armored warHhlp. Sun Diego is unprotected. There is more than $.',00,000,000 worth of destructible property along the Pa cific coast within reach of the batter ies ot ships of war. Galveston is unprotected; New Or leans is unprotected; Mobile is unpro tected; Key West is unprotected; Sav annah Is unprotected; Charleston is unprotected; Wilmington Is unprotect ed: Washington, Baltimore and Phila delphia are unprotected, excepting by obsolete and old-fushloned guns that could not be expected to suceesfully resist a single hodei n battle ship, to say nothing of a fleet. Recently a modern battery has been placed on Sandy Hook. There are two forts one with twelve-Inch disappear ing guns of the most modprn pattern, the other w Ith mortars. There are six teen of the twelve-Inch guns. At each charge they send a shell weighing 800 pounds a distance of three and one half miles. They are so accurately rilled that the shell can be directed with precision. The Sandy Hook defenses are superb. Fort Wadsworth and Fort Hamilton, farther up the bay, have re cently been equipped with modern guns. The arrangements for protect ing New York city, however, are not considered adequate, arid the plans of the government are by no means ma tured. A modern war vessel, like H. M. 8. Terrible for Instance, could do no harm to New York until she had passed Sandy .Hook and the two forts. If a fleet ever accomplished this there would be no way in the world of saving lower New York from destruction unless It was by means of torpedoes. . Dritain's Snpply Depots. In case of a declatlon of war. the first move would be made toward La Guayra. In two weeks the British could assemble Its Atlantic fleet In the harbor there and, while there are no battleships In the fleet, the cruisers are numerous, and good ones at that. No fflcer ot thrnavy la bold enough to believe that the United States would not suffer great losses early In the war. Kngland has within a few days' sail of La Guayra several Bupply depots that arc practically Inexhaustible. At St. Lucia, In the West Indies, Kngland has one of the most powerful military stations this side of Europe. It has a lund-locked harbor of sufficient depth for the anchorage of a fleet of the larg est battleships. It has adequate quar ters and protection for large bodies of men, and In case of war would no doubt develop Into a western Gibraltar. In two years the British have converted St. Lucia into a great naval station. It is Great Britain's strategic point lh the West Indies. It has a station for the repair of ships. Three great forts guard the narrow entranao to Its- har bor, about two miles from th ocean. Submarine intneB. topedo outfits and all the paraphernalia of defense are In place and ready for immediate action. Of late the Island has been used as a station where Insubordinate troops and those whose services at home have not been satisfactory have been exiled tor three or four years. St. Thomas, until St. Lucia became Great Britain's station of great Impor tance in the West Indies, was her main military point, and carries a garrison Mill of several thousand well organized und equipped men. The United States has no such sta tion near Venexuela. It has not a single possesion for the refuge of ships or supplies or for the mobilisation of troops, ft has no place In these waters for the docking of war ships. It is not In the West Indies alone, however, that England Is strong and this govern ment weak. Look at Halifax, Bermu da, St. Thomas, Kingston and Van couver. At Vancouver, Kngland has one of the finest naval stations in the world. She has the same at Halifax, Besides all these strategic points Eng land has on the western hemisphere today an army as large as the stand ing army of the United States. Progress of Incompleted ships. . Nu,val Constructor Hlchborn has giv en out the following official statement, showing the percentage of progress on the new ships of the navy, 100 per cent, signifying; completion: Per cent. Indiana, at League Island, Philadel phia 100 Massaohusettes, at Cramp's shipyard, Philadelphia 16 Brooklyn, at Cramps1 shipyard,. Phil adelphia 64 Iowa, at Cramps' shipyard, Philadel phia, ...,.., , 50 Nashville, at Newport News, Va . Wilmington, at Newport News, Va... 60 Helena, at Newport News, Va 61 . Oregon, Union Iron works, Ban Fran- 1 Cisco 9414 Monadnock, at Mare Islam!, San Francisco 97 Puritan, New York navyyard 91 Terror, New York navyyard 97V4 Unadllla, Mare Island, San Francisco 9u None of these vessels could be mado ready for service until two or three montha, while those under 80 per cent, could not be finished within a year un der the most favorable conditions. On the other hand, nearly all the British ships under construction are so far along that they could be sent to aea In six weeks or less. There Is an engineer on every one of them, and on the larger ones, at least, a line officer and a carpenter and enough men to keep the machinery In order. Besides, there Is the enormous mer chant marine ot England. She pos sesses sonethlng like 12.000 ships, sail and steam, and many of these would be fitted out under her flag. The gross tonnage of these vessels is over 13,000, 000. The United States possesses less than one-fifth the number that England has, and their tonnage is proportionate ly less. Cbaace for Privateers. It Is presumed In case of war. that privateering would receive a great Im petus, and small craft would be fitted out at every American port to prey on England's enormous commerce. The annual cargoes of British ships landed in England alone last year were valued at nearly 600,000,000 and the- exports from English provinces at f300.000.000. These were mostly carried In British ships. The food products carried in British ships last year were valued at fllO.000.000. Privateering would be a profitable business in case of war. The presence of Canada In case ot war with Great Britain Is not feared. It cuts a small figure In the general situation. England could approach the great lakes only by the Welland canal, and the ability to make that Impass able Is not open to serious question. 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