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Bevalling, however, that paral hills ars usually springthened in the Senna, sover editors peedies that the two battleships recommended by Secretary Duciels, will yet be restored without the No other nation has such imperative surrender of any of the proposed battles reasons for a swiky," powerful, “and aeroism In the Senate, where the Frenching navy as has the Caltet Stubhazards of usernational politics arų And in the Washington, “Army and better understood then they are in the Navy Register," a'eervice paper, we find House, there is always a deposition to dil to the expenditures provided for in his further quoted as saying --
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The value of the battle-ertiser is crisply anmuned up by one editur in the statement that no testing thing that can whip her can catch her, and nothing that she vàu Whip can escape her." Fir
A year ago in the hearings before the the fluted natal bills, erks the TAKING Passengers "AND CARGO TO STRAITS, COLOMBO, INDIA," AUSTRALASIA, EGYPT, &c. superior in speed to a super-dreadnought. House Naval Committee, the majority Calveston News," "I am sorry that testimony was in favour of the battle-ship, the battle ships were eliminated, and auck not inferior in the range and power Taps year, of ten ufcers of high rank would be gratified if they were restored Due at Das of her guns, this type of sea-ightar who testified before the same committee, before the bill came to the President. Marraillos London *** descited to dominate the dran advocated battlecruisers, and seronald Secretary Daniels, to the Washington for yours to come," saya the Naw York of them ady wated battle-crnisers to the correspondents. The programme I pre- 1916, 1916.
*-'World."" und - the Sracuse Postolusion of battle-ships The Narysztal to Congress," he added, “repro
Standard thinks is due to earthing Department and the general board are sented a minitan sind no maximum BANDIMARTS,
I venture to shink of each type." adweating them.
The Secretary's Hope BANDOEN, than chatics that ** England's August 18, Aug. 37 incre
after another year of war the majority seems to gain some, support from the CamBON,
·TIJEMBER, Sept. 1 Sept. 10 greatest envat losses in the present war texting before the same committee next aritude of Senator Tillman, chairman of DJORJAKARTA Sept 11 Sept. 18 have been in the dreadnought, ar battle-Winter will be that battle cruisers, tha: Senate Committee on Naval Affairs, KOTA RAJA
BLAKAMAR Oct. 2 Sept. 13
ship, class, while the battle-cruiser Alecia submarines, and serplanes will give the who recently denounced the River aud *EASHOAR...
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Farbour Billor pork bill Oct. 16
| PADANG," " Through Steamat Oct. 26
Nov. 4 are intact. Yet the United States Navy ideal defense for the United States,"
Sull another argument for & vigorous!** crime," and pointed out that the
FALEKBANG Through Steamer Nov. }; Nov. 15 porsaus not one of these ships. This policy of battlecruiser construction was millions wanted by it would build two PEKALONGAT
Nov. * MOREA
Nov. 26 plains, perhape, why all other features advanced by the same authority in a bataliseruisers. In a speech widely comPENANG of the remarkable naval programme laid recent speech before the Sphinx Club inmended by the priss the South Caroliza * Passengers change Stearners at COLIMBO.
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| Senator said :---- Accommodation in the conecoting Steamer Imm COLOMBO is definitely reserved in before, the House by its Committee on
Eight years ago when Great Britain The one esential and most important Hongkong at the time of Booking. Da'the Kustrilian Route Tickets. Interchangeable” with Orient Lins.
Naval Affairs are eclipsed in popular pot, into unui the first of her speaditure renfwating us, sed to which interest by the class providing for the all-big-gyu" ship, or super-dgsaducoghts, we should bend all the nation's energies,
new and more is an adequate navy. By has I mean izomediate authorization of five monsters thereby introducing-a of this type that will ontsteam and preb. powerful type, and the rendering all navy second to tons except England',
ot less both in number of ships and their arm previously built ships are ably outshoot may possible enemy now cbsolete, Germany was ok to grasp me.
This will coat hundred attout. The proposed ships, which will the fact that this was her opportunity of millions of dollars, but au matter what erst, more than $20,000,000 each, are to that here was a not-deal giving her thuit costs we ought to have je
chancs to start sven with Great Britain, have it and we ought to der about speed of thirty-five kote, a
and it finastes permitted, van an even obtaining it in a hurry, for it takes time displacement of 000 tons, and me with her in building the new type build battle-ships and little-cruisers. amount of ten, 14-inch or eight 16-inch of ship. The last eight years have showa The programme reported by Chairman ridless They will be six knots buster fahe accuracy of the German positiba.
Padgets, of the House Naval Committee, The which als for appropriations reaching thau the fastest of their type in the A similar condition exists now.
THE MERCANTILE BANK OF British and German Davies, notes the introduction of the swift, powerful the unprecedented ctal of $241,449,151,
INDIA, LIMITED. Brooklyn "Eagle," and the Springfela battle-cniser type has made existing ships would provide for the constriction of Republican" describes them as nearly not exactly obsolete, but in a way out of five battle-cruisers, four scout-crufsert,
date. Superiority in this type means destroyers, three feet submarines Authorised Capital [ 20 per cent." larger ind 20 per cent. faster dominates in the naval field. Compses.seventeen coast-submarines, one fael-ship, Subscribed that any first-class fighting-craft kaowatively few of the battle-cruisers are inche, aromuzition-ship, and one hospital Paid-up to have been projected up to the opening commission.
shi These provisioris are for one year of the war. In the New York World
With our resources and wealth, by only the committee having abzuiloned the we read:
concentrating our energien on this type five-year continuing programme recom and building swifter ships with longer-chief differences between the building mended by Secretary Daniels. The other pange gus than those now aflong, we can catch up with and, distance other navies in this type, and in the lead in the surest and quickest way."..
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The Moltis and the "Seydlicz," the strongest and fastest of the German battle risers, and twenty-nine-knot ship
our of 54,000 horsepower and the other 43,000 horse-power. The Tiger" which is the most powerful of the, British battlepruisers, is wenty-eight-knot slip of 87,000 horse-power. The Ameri- can battle-ertisers are to have 180.000 hurwe-power. They are to be six knots hater than the fastest German battle cruiser and seven knots faster than the fastest British battfe-cruiser, with heavier guns and a greater volume of gun-fire than either their German ar British rivais,
***That is what they should be. It is seless in the circumstances to build ships
THE VAVAL COMMITTER'S OPINION, The House Naval Cofamittee, however, while sibstituting five battlecruiser fix the two battleships and two battle- raiser recommended by Secretary Daniels, repudiates the anggestion that the battle-cruiser has superseded: the dreadnought. In its import to the muse wo road
recommendations of the General Bened, Secretary. Daniels, and the House om. mittee are shown at a glance in the
llowing table, which we take from the Syrorune & Pont-Standard
Dreadboughts Battlecruisers Beauf-crvisers Destroyesi
Fleet submarines
Linea
Board
Count-submarines : 3025
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Other interesting features of Chairuan bustriess of the above Pant in Mr And Mr FE M C Reed:
Mr N. Croncher Mr.W.ft Cuddy
Davis
Capt
J. Dew
Mr and Mrs T. W. M BL Storie Summons.
The compelling reason for the recom- wendation by the committer of thei that are only as good, as those of other battle-cruiser is the fact that each of the
conducted by the HONGKONG nations when by a slightly increased effort several loreign, navles has the battle.
Mr F. L. Robbins and a slightly increased cost of construc-cruiser, and it therefore becomes air Padgett's programme, which was reported AND SHANGHAK BANKING COR Mr. F. Denby Dr D Rosenbaum
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Rouss tion better whips can be bulls which can absolute necessity for the proper naval by a clean-cut partiznu vete of the comPORATION. Rules may be obtained an
Mr J. Dewar Mr. R. R. Roxburgh easily take care of any possible enemy defense of the country that the Enited mittee, are the provision for an incress application
Me de Mrs. G. Duclos Capt. A. J. Scott of their class. While other navies have States, too, equip its aury with this type of more than 10,000 in the naval
INTEREST on deposits is allowed on Mas M. E. Duffy Me and Mrs J. been building batile-crinsers, the Unitet of vessel
personnel, the appropriation of $2,000,000 the minimum monthly balances at 31 Mr C. Duncan Shaw States has lagged behind. Such" ships The employment of batterier for aviation, and of $100,000 for an PER CENT. per annum Depositors A. W. Eastman
Me were unpopular with the navy officers of the present European War has been experimental laboratory for the new Nara may transfer at their option balances of Mrs H. J. Fenkes Capt. J. B. Evans entries that had buils them, and their effective in the raids in the North Sea Consulting Board, provisio for pro 8100 or more to the HONGKONG AND M C Finlayson supreme importance was hot appreciated and in the protection of sommerro. and jecie plant, and a unique appropriation SHANGHAI BANK, to be placed on Mra M. Fuller until it was proved by actual experience if possessed by the enemy can be defended of $200,000) for the expenses of FIXED DEPOSIT PER CENT, Capt.
Cape Gaanbrill F **universal pause and dearrnament con
Cate in war
The United States rast now against only by vessels of the sarar
Terunc
which the President is make good the mistakes of the past, and type..
For the Hongkong and Shangha Mr A. G. Gordon $100,000,000 in battle-craleurs may turn
Authorized to call upon the ccclusion
Banking Corporation Mrs Gonaler
NJ. STABE but to be the best investmeul that any
of the war in Europe. The New York Congress has made in many years,””.
Times characterizes this feature is
Chief Manager. utterly preposterous**, bus ** The] England, has ten of these ships in
World " speaks of it as "an plive-branch to be proudly borne on the biggest of battle.cruisers.**
It is not denied that the dreadnought the backbone of the Sighting efficiency cl any proper naval defense of n conütcy,
coumission. Germany nine. and fuper Battle-cruisers are used to harass the four Bear Admiral Robert E. Peary envy's supplics and to act ju concert why for nearly a year past has been with the battle fleet in a general action publicly advocating the building of by placing the enemy at a tactical dis battle ernisers, thinks that we should advantage, as their superior speed enables provide as quickly as possible for Bixteen them to obtain a superior position or to -eight for the Atlantic and eight for the prevent the enemy batti-cruber Pacific. In a letter to the New York division from obtaining a 'similar tactical } **Times" he nays 7-***
advantage..
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The following Table snows the Stat- While two such fleets in commision, lemon to the learned from this war dari Time at which Official Night ends and both coasts protected in addition by seems to be that if a possible enemy island begins during the month of July
sufficient aerial cost-defense system, operating vessels whose speed enables 1918- we might feel that our e-fences were them to elude a battle-ship with certainty in fairly good shape.
und which are powerful mough not to The United States is to-day the fear smaller craft, the only method of wealthiest nation in the worll. We have defense against the "attle-cruivers seems
more extensive available coast-line than to be the battle-cruiser any other country. We are the only The committee's purpose in oraitting. two-ocean naval Power in the world. We battle-ships from its recommendations, are the only nation in the world that has the correspondents explain, was to bring deliberately made the first article of about the proper balance between the international creed the Monroe Doctrine different types in the Navy, Many a clear cut claim toy a sphere of influence Papers, nevertheless, while approving the overing on entire hemisphere, five battle-cruisers, maintain that the We are the only one of the premier Programme ought to be strengthered by worll-Powers not now engaged in a
the addition of one or more battleships. The failure to provide any new baffles ships is serions," declares the Milwaukee It should be sinted that the follow Journal,”! and we find the New York| ing is a compilation of opinions expressed "Prem," Herald Tribune. Sua just before the Battle of Jutland, when and Times Philadelphia Inquirar ** the relative merits of various types of Chicago Tribune '' and ''Herald "and warships were subjected to the tear at Savannah Press among those cons vinced that battle-cruisers are not enouga.
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