TI1E NOME DAILY NUGGET
GEO. S MAYNARD, Editor
RUSSELL G MAYNARD, Manaper.
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NAVY IS GREATER INSURANCE FOR
PEACE THAN FOR WAR
One of the odd things about a navy is the fact that!
the less it is actually used, the more valuable it is to its
possessor.
This fact is worth the attention of a nation which,
like the United States, is spending hundreds of millions
of dollars every year to put its Meet in shape. It was
touched upon briefly in a recent address in Washington
by Admiral William H. Standley, chief of naval opera
tions.
“If through the existence of the navy,” remarked
the admiral, “we are spared the ordeal of war, and
for generations the navy never fires a gun in anger
or is engaged in battle—I say to you that no matter
what it costs us, it is cheap at the price. Any amount1
of fire insurance premium is cheaper than a fire.”
And it must be said that even if one does not go:
all the way with Admiral Standley in his conception !
of a navy as a war-preventive, there still is a great deal:
in what he says.
A navy’s chief value is as a threat rather than an
actual weapon. If the other fellow knows you have
one, and knows that it can take care of any fuss that
may develop in its own waters, he is not apt to come
around and pick a quarrel.
And because of the inescapable geographical fact
that any nation which plans to invade, oppress or other
wise bedevil the United States has to come by water,
the American navy does in fact represent the kind of
fire insurance that Admiral Standley mentions.
For our navy does not merely insure us against
invasion; it makes it as certain as anything can be cer
tain in this chancy world that no invasion of our shores
will ever be attempted.
That is why those great gray ships of our, so ex
pensive, so cleverly devised for grim combat, serve
their purpose best of all when there is no enemy on the
horizon.
Now it is perfectly possible, of course, for us to
misuse the power that they represent. We could get
ourselves in a war in Asia or in Europe, send our fleet
far afield, and use it for purpose not strictly connect
ed with defense of our own shores.
But we needn’t if we playour cards carefully. We
never will, if we once learn the lesson that our navy
is built for peace rather than for war.
The longer our navy exists in the piping times of
peace, the better is it proving that it is worth what
it costs.
Whoever buys John Gilbert’s oversize bed, eight
feet wide, will do well to insure it for blanket cover
age.
New photos of the Black Hills, sculptures fail to
show signs of aging in Washington’s face, though .they
say erosion is common in the region.
Apparently there still are quite a few Ethiopians
who do not understand that they have been honored by
membership in Benito Mussolini’s new Roman Empire, j
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HANGING IN PUBLIC
(Cincinnati Enquirer?
Those who have forgotten all their history save a
few vivid impressions probably remember only one
scene from the French Revolution—the execution of
cartloads of men and women at the guillotine, before
a vast cheering crowd. That was not the most import
ant phaso of the French Revolution, but it is the feat
ure which has been etched on the memories of men.
The guillotine symbolizes for most of us the savagery
of that revolution, in contrast to its great significance
in the long story of human progress.
Public hangings have a similar place in American
life. Why it ever was thought desirable to take the
lives of offenders against the law in view of the public,
it is difficult to imagine. But court trials were a sub
stitute for theatre in frontier civilizations. And pub
lic hangings, presumably, were an infrequent, but heady
substitute for the gentler entertainments lacking in
the primitive societies of a century and more ago.
In any event, there is no reason in tradition or
logic why the worst instincts of men should be delib
erately fostered by a public policy of hanging men in
public. The revolting spectacle at Owensboro was the
hanging of Rainey Bethea. It was the crowd which
found in a hanging grand entertainment. It was the
“hanging parties” which proceeded with liquor and
song throughout the night preceding the execution.
If John Montjoy is finally determined to be guilty
and is hanged at Covington, it is to be hoped that the
event will not be another carnival of brutality.
One sign of improved times is seen in the increase
of yachts and motor boats in our popular bay harbors.
There are more this year than have been seen for a
long time—Wareham Courier.
An Epsom, England, man, forced to go to jail de
spite his plea that his clothes were not stylish enough,
is now a person of another stripe.
Russia didn’t conquer the world, but the world is
doing a lot of things it wouldn’t have done without
Russia’s example.—Detroit Free Press.
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Scientists say sour milk will remove rust from
white goods, but they have found no benefits yet in
sour grapes.
If the nations of Europe are all going dictator,
more reason than ever that the United States remain
different.—Toledo Blade.
A Hoosier corn “king” won the gladiolus prize,
but the major goal this year will be the sunflower
championship.—Indianapolis Star.
Corn is now higher in price that wheat. We may ;
have to shift from johnny-cake to Parker House rolls.
—Boston Globe.
Jesse Owens may be said to have put his best foot
forward in the Olympic 100-meter race.—Detroit Free
Press.
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