Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 39, Number 91, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 July 1907 — DEWEY FOR FLEET IN PACIFIC. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

DEWEY FOR FLEET IN PACIFIC.

Tfeinka It Beat to Have Ships There in Interests of Peace. An interview with Admiral Dewey In regard to the transfer of the battleship fleet to the Pacific ocean has thrown

much light on the motives of the government in the movement. “It is a pity we have not ships enough to keep powerful fleets in both oceans, but since we have not it seems that in the interests of peace it is best at this time that our fleet should be in the Pacific, 1 ’ said the admiral.

“This cruiser or whatever you like to call it, is a mission of peace. I do not think it likely that this country will become seriously involved with any power. But-if trouble should eome by any chance it is well to be fully prepared for it. “It is necessary for us to hold the balance of sea power on the Pacific. The defenses on that coast are not up to the standard of the Atlantic. That the nation that has this power controls the situation was proven in our war with Spain.

ADMIRAL DEWEY.