Word: battleships
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Dates: during 1921-1921
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...well as naval--were possible, would that mean that we had made an end of war? The answer is in the negative. In the first place we have but to look back on the recent war to see that science has so far progressed that even if every battleship were sunk and every piece of ordinance scrapped, no nation would be rendered impotent to attack its neighbor. Gas and airplanes and innumerable other modern instruments of destruction, the manufacture of which can not be subject to control, would remain. Not only that but, looking back to 1918 again, we know...
...aeroplanes, among them some of the Verville scout which last year travelled 180 miles per hour and of the plan in which Major Schroeder established the world's altitude record. Among various other pictures were some illustrating the deadly use of shells in aeroplane attacks on battleship, and others showing views of the great races of the past few years...
Recent events show that the battleship's usefulness has passed its maximum point. A serious inquiry on the advisability of continuing the construction of mammoth cruisers has been made by the British Council of imperial Defense. Admiral von Scheer, who commanded the German fleet at Jutland, has expressed the view of the Fatherland that the surrender of its surface vessels contains little excuse for regret. Secretary Daniels has ordered for the near future a definite test of the battleship's vulnerability which may have an important effect in determining our naval policy. Public opinion everywhere seems adverse to pursuing...
...reason for the growing disfavor of the battleship is to be found in the revolutionary methods of sea warfare adopted in the world conflict, Submarines, airplanes and airships were the real factors, while the imposing fighting ships of the hostile navies were of far less service than in former times...
...survive would end up in the jails of America and Europe. Peace is not the product of documents, but the product of good will among men. The American flag implanted in the hearts of these children will be more effective for the preservation of our peace than any battleship--and all we ask for is the price of one battleship. The people of America surely have a greater sense of duty than to spend money on battleships while children are dying. It is the realization of this spirit of fellowship of man through the saving of these children which will...