.r 94i ou. VOL. IX, No. 79. ANN ARBOR, MICH., SATURDAY, JANUARY 14, 1899. THREE CENTS X I LI D MICHIGAN BEST. T E T 0 B T FINE WINTER SUITINGS. H WE CARRY THE LARGEST I STOCK A IN THE CITY. Northwestern Defeated in a Spirited De- bate Last Night. l j l j 1 i j i 108 E. WASHINGTON ST. I. L 0 Kellar'S Tar Soap. A good tar soap, at a moder- ate price, has long been nought after. Kellar's Tar Soap just rills the bill. Heal- ing. soothing, antiseptic, and absolutely pure. 15c a cake. 40c a box. $1.50 a dozen. 00611 Da ald Night. During the rest of the college year we wilt srve losches at oll hoartstayoyra night. FaltlineofPipes. Cigars,and Tobacco. R. E. JOLLY & CO., 308 So. State Street. Chamois Vests. When you don't wear your Sweater you ought to wear one of these ves-s It is cheaper than taking cold. We sell the best ones at $1.50 to $2.00 Some for less. GdIkinS' I'harMaGU. ERHAPSIOU WILL NEED a new Sweater or Gymnasium Suit. We have a large variety and at Special Prices: We always carry the best grade. SPORTING GOODS Of every description. WAHR'5 ANN ARBOR raow. Down Town Opp. Court House Plain St. AFTER TWO SUCCESSIYE DEFEATS DEBATING HON- ORS ARE REGAINED. Another victory last night was We need a much greater navy as a. added to an already long list when guarantee of peace. The lessons of the debating team of Michigan de- the Spanish war teach us that we feated the team from Northwestern should not wait to hear the declara- by a unanimous vote of the judges. tion before we begin to prepare. The triumph was not by any means George Kingsley opened the debate an easy one, however, but was all for Michigan. He outlined the posi- the more glorious for being hard tion on which the negative was to fought. It was quite generally an- stand. They did not believe that our icipated that a lively contest was in interests should go unprotected; our4 store for the students and citizens of navy should be increased gradually. Ann Arbor and the attendance was not radically; our needs and our in.- correspondingly large. No great terests, not those of some other na-j amount of enthusiasm prevailed dur- tion, should determine the size of our iig the progress of the debate, but navy. The affirmative, he declared, the final announcement of the chair- were advocating an entirely new man was greeted with storms of ap. policy and are not simply defending; plause. the increase which has been recently One thing was especially commend- made in our navy. Our navy is al- able in the work of both teams, ready large. According to Brassey's namely the introduction of rebuttal Naval Annual for 1898 we rank along with the constructive argu- third among the great powers. A ment. In at least one case the out- large part of Russia's navy is in the line previously arranged was coot- Black Sea and a treaty prevents it pletely changed to meet the require- from getting out. There is no prob. inents of rebuttal. Give and take ability of war with England and rebuttal became frequent as the de- France so we need not far their bate progressed, much to the interest navies. The other nations need not of the audience. be considered as we are already President Lathers of the Central stronger than they, so our navy with Debating League called the meeting a normal increase from year to year to order and after making a few an- is entirely adequate. nouncements introduced President Charles Lederer spoke second for Angell who presented the presiding Northwestern. " He maintained that officer of the evening, Hon. Wit). C. in spite of the declaration of the Maybury, mayor of Detroit. Mr. negative that we had always main- Maybury is a graduate of both the tained our national dignity, we were Literary and Law Departments of obliged to quail for years beneath Michigan anl made a touching the indignities of England; the peo- speech on the great changes which ple along our coast were terrified for have taken place in our University weeks by a phantom fleet. Tue pro- in the last 30 years. After two se- position of the Czar of Russia will lections by the Glee Club he ait- accomplish nothing for even R ssia nounced (ie judges of the debate: herself is preparing to strike a blow. lion. O. A. Howland, of Toronto, We need a much greater navy to Ott.; Judge J. A. Barber, of Toledo, protect our merchant marine, and O.; and Judge Robert S. Parker, of our foreii tttade carried in foreign Bowling Green, O. le also stated ships. We have a greater shipititg the rules of the debate and then in- than Germany, France, Russia and troduced the first speaker of the Italy combined. We teed alt itt- ereing. crease in our navy to protect the Edwin R. Perry opened the debate 3,000 miles of sea coast, which for Northwestern. lie did not spend though fortified in a few places is :much time in introduction, but pro- still practically defenceless. ceeded at once to his argument. He Sigismuttd Sanger spoke second maintained that the war between na- for the negative. He summarized tions not having contiguous territory what his colleague bad said and spent will always be on the sea. When a few minutes in rebuttal. We do such wars have taken place in the not need a navy as large as England past the victory has always been or France to protect our colonies. with the stronger naval power. Our They are few, in fact we have not navy compared with those of other yet acquired the Philippines. They nations is weak. We rank only at are not colonies with contiguous sixth, even below that of Italy. It boundries so are free from that is not possible to construct a modern danger. Their principal cities can navy when war is in sight. It takes easily be protected by harbor de- three years to build a battle ship, so fenses. Hawaii instead of demand- now more than ever the advice "In ing protection is a protection to us. time of Peace, prepare for war." That was the strongest argument for its annexatiotn. Belgium and Holland have more colonies thai we and yet have insignficent navies. A navy is, not necessary to extend our commerce,. for trade no longer follows the flag.. America has a far greater foreigi trade than Russia or France though, they have hah larger navies. The foreign trade of France has decreased in the past five years in spite of her great navy while that of Norway has increased with almost no navy. Andrew Cooke spoke third for Northwestern and also closed in time rebuttal. He attacked vigorously the statement of Michigan that America was practically third in effective fighting force on the sea. He declared that in the numbers Michigan gave many ships were omitted and that their authority was not recent. A nation to be strong in war must be prepared to carry on aggressive war aid a policy which simply contemplates the building of coast defences is a fatal one for such a nation as ours. Hawaii is 2,000 miles away from our shores and practically defenceless. It is our duty to offer it suitable protectiun from possible danger. The Philip. pines are on our hands and until we get rid of them we must deal with them as a part of us and give them suitable protection. This we certain- ly cannot do with our present weak navy. Then we have entered into matters Asiatic and must be prepared to meet what may come of it We need not feel confident of our isola- tion for coaling stations do not have to be within a very short distance from the active operations with modern colliers who accompany a squadron. To increase our navy is simply a business proposition and should be considered as such devoid of any matter of sentiment. Charles Simons closed the debate for Michigan. Ie first rebutted several arguments advanced by the affirmative. le then argued that the Nicaraguan canal which is bound to be built within a few years will double the efficiency of the American navy. The progress in naval war- fare is so rapid that a formidable nay now, may be absolete int a few years. To enter upon a policy of rapid increase in our navy means that we must continue it, fo one nation arms because another does and the mad race will never stop un- til all nations are bankrupt. Then, it has been shown that modern coast defences are impregnable against a navy. Santiago could not be taken by our navy alone. Four-fifths of the wealth along our sea coasts is concentrated at 12 points which can be amply protected by coast de- fences. Then America should stand fur peace. It should encourage ar- bitration rather than an increase in armament. It should continue its properous course in the future as it has in the past. The result of last night's victory is that the Michigan team will meet the winners of the Minnesota-Chica- go contest in a debate to decide the championship in the Central Debat- ing League. , The debate will be held in the spring. tContinaed on age 2.