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To-day
(April 23:)
St. George's Day.
Concort for Services, Léc Theatre, Lammert's Auction! Station, Hotel Sale, 10.30 am,
Queen's Theatre: "Whoopee." World Theatre: Hwang Tien Bah" (Chinese film).
King's Theatre: Tom Sawyer.” Central Theatre: "The Boudoir Diplomat,"
Dances: Tea' Dance, H.K. Hotel; Dinner Dances, Hong Kong and Peninsula Hotels and Hotel Lecil.
Europa Mail-Inward :' Europe ria Siberin (Comorin) 4.30 jp.nl.
Friday,
(April' 24.)
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Hong Kong Cricket Club Tennis Tournament:
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Handicap Singles "B":
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THE NAVY
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CAPTAIN ACWORTH'S VIEW.
Captain deworth, the Navel Correspondent of the Moru. ing out, whose recent book,
• The Nurier of Today and Tu-morrow," haż aroused wide- spread controversy an to British- naval policy mifi" shipbuilding, gives details in this article which we print from the Mursing Post" of the recon- structed fleet which ke considera would be cheaper both in con- atruction and maintenance and mare ficient in action.
Battleships. 12,000 tons, coat. heavily burning. 17 knots, armoured, and mounting six B.5- inch guns only.
Armoured Cruisers. 12,000 tons, coal-burning. 231 knots, Armoured, and mounting six 9.2- Inch guns only
Unarmoured Cruisers. 4,000 tona, coal-burning, gy knots, mounting six 6-inch guns only. These vessel form the battle fleet,
In my recently published book, and from the battle feet the tor
Small sub- "The Navies of To-day and Topedo is banished.
morrow," I set out frankly to bury and not to praise the naval doc- trines of Lord Fisher.
marines of 100 tons, for defence against landing in foree or pro. tracted bombardment, river gun- boats, and minesweepers are relain-
In doing so I was careful to avoid any suggestion of a vendetta, ored as auxiliary craft, but aircraft to deny that he was n towering, carriers, surface torpedo craft, and picturesque, and in many respects battle-cruisers disappear.
Stabb and Lee (aur.) v. Green and lovable man. Indeed, were it not Green (owe 15), Mixed Doubels:
Mr. and Mrs. Sayer (owe 1/0) E. J. Dowley and Mrs. Dowley (vec, 3/0) or C. E. Holmes and Miss Taylor (owe 1/0).
R. Stock and Miss A. E. Lang (ser.) . Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Wood, (rec; 3/4).
Armstrong and Mrs. Keary (owe 15) Stark and Mrs. Stark (ser) or 3fr. and Mrs. Blaker (rec. 2/0).
Queen's Theatre: "Whoopee." World Theatre: "Hwang Tien Bal" (Chinese film).
King's Theatre: "Tom Sawyer." Central Theatre; "The Boudoir Diplomat.".
Dances: Tea Dance. H.K. Hotel Danees, Hong Kong Hotel, Penin- sula Hotel, and Hotel Cecil
European Mail:-Outward: Europe in Siberia (Comorin), 8.30
Am.
Saturday. (April 23.) University Graduates' Associa- tion Dinner, Latie, Crawford's Restaurant.
for his great personality, and that alone. it almost inconceivable that tris revolutionary doctrine of sca power which had, in 1904, raised the Royal Navy to a pinnacle of
prestige unrivalled in the world's history, and never since attained.
The land-machines now transport- ed in the aircraft carriers will be come stout seaplanes carried, like san-bonts, in the ships of the fleet, the numbers carried, if desired, ex- ceeding those now carried in the aircraft carriers.
The battleships are of the least There is not space, nor is this.
tonnage that will ideally mount an an occasion, for repeating the argu- ments in support of any contentions, ideal, gua armament of 13.5-inch Rightly or wrongly, I have con- guns, a large fleet of small vessels
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ships and material, in all Navies, superior to a small feet of masto- and the doctrines of war of which dons which cannot be equipped with i this vast, and excessively costly, I hoayy gung which are superior, on material is the expression.
balance, to the 13.5-inch gun.
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Queen's Theatre: Whoopes." World Theatre: "Hwang Tien Pah" (Chinese film).
King's Theatre: Tom Sawyer." Central Theatre: "The Boudoir Diplomat."
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The armoured cruisers and un- armoured cruisers are given a speed' relative to the battleships, regard. less of the speed that; foreign nations may see it to instal in their Our battle fleet is thus a ships. carefully balanced fleet designed with a single eye to the Navy's main business-the decisive defent of the enemy's main ficct.
Competitive speed has been dia. carded. Though the main business of the cruisers is to assist in the action against the enemy's battle fleet, peuding such an action they are required for blockade, and for the defence of convoys, and the
The ships that I have foreshadow-cruisers advocated are ideal for this od as the ships of the future are purpose. as follows
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