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U.S., BATTLESHIP THEORY.
UNCHANGED BY EUROPEAN
PACT.
AN UNSINKABLE WARSHIP:
FEATURES OF NEW GERMÁN
VESSEL.
PROF. BARNA AT THE
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FINAL PERFORMANCE THIS EVENING.
Professor Barna, the Hungarian Cymintint, with Minn Luba Pecker and a troupe of clever dancers, gave a capital concert at the Lea Theatre on Saturday night, and they will be appearing in their final performance at the same place this evening.
London, April 20. Gerninty's naval engineers, under the restric More engrossing events at home tions imposed on the German Navy and abroad have caused sight in be in the Treaty of Versalles, have lost of a highly significant develop prodseed a 10,000-ton vessel which rent in the international naval they claim will be unsinkable, and eituation, and one of Breet interest | equivalent in power to à 20,000-ton to the United States. Great Bri-battleship. Novel departures in Lain bas, persuaded. France and design, which are exciting the curio Jinly to agree upon a reduction in sity, of naval experts from all over Professor Baran needs no intro. the size of battleships. The prin- the world, are a feature of the new duction to the Colony. Not long elpal three European naval Powers vessel, The entire steel plates of ago he gave local radio fans a very have jointly decided that war veO- the cruiser are welded together by find evening's entertainment by sels of greater than 10,000 or 23,000 a new electrical process instead of broadcasting from the studio and Tons are not "practical," and that being riveted. This, it is claimed, when he appeared on the stage on henceforward no ships in excess of has resulted in a great economy in Saturday, night he was accorded a such tonnage shall be built.
weight.
vory warm welcome and was also Proposals to that effect were guit
The first of the German 10,000-ton called upon to give several encores. forward for discussion at the on-battleships, which is known as Tho dances were on the usual don naval conference of 1920. They Cruiser "A" will be launched by lines, efficient if not particulariy never reached the stage of formal | President Hindenburg on May 19 striking. Miss Goldin delighted negotiation beenuse the American at. Kiel during the International | with an Oriental dance while Miss delegation let it be known that from the United States standpoint the proposition
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Harbour and Shipping Exhibition. The mystery cruiser, which cost debatab e.£4,000,000 in hild, will be named Kow the British, French and at the launching ceremony, and it | Italians have vote to an under is understood it will receive the standing among themselves on a name of Deutschland. point, to which the United States is known to be unalterably opposed.
Pressure on America.
It will be the first ship. of its aizo to be propelled by Diesel engines. Then will herald a revolution in marine internal combustion engines, The action of the London, Paris for they are expected to develop ned Roine Governinents in, of
50,000 horsepoweg. It is expected course, in no respect winding upon the ship will reach a speed of at this country, Its purpose is rather, least twenty-six knots, with a' fight- according to well informed Washing radius of 10,000 miles. Four of ington opinion, 'to bring pressure to thema "pocket battleships" are te- bear upon the United States at the ing constructed. time of the 1832 general disana- ment conference in Geneva. It is
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the apparent design of Great Dri- | UNCLAIMED LETTERS AND tain, France and Italy to confront the American delegation on occasion with a practically united A General Post Office notification front on the question of battleship | gives the following unclaimed, cor- reduction, Japan is believed to respondence, ete, waiting at the favour, for economie ressons, an Post Office, and also unclaimed international agreement to reduce radio telegrams at the Radio Tele- the tonnage of capital ships. As graph Office, P. & O. Building :- things now stand, there is a pros- pect that the United States might be isointed at Genova if it continues to adhere to the attitude that battleships of the present size- roundly, 31,800 tons-are indispen- sable for America's defensive re- quirements at sen.
Post Restante Correspondence. D. V. Aumic, Asiatic Motors Co., Otto Bahring, G. E. Barnard, E. Bolton, Bank of America National, Trust & Savings Asso, Mrs. A. Chambers (e/o C. Z. & 8. Office), Miss. Dadigena, I. Fujida, T. Sceretary Stimson and his col-Griffiths, J. S. Gibson, Mr. Gölü- leagues at London stood firm as a
finsch, J. Gelom, R. Heinemann, B. rock for this principle. They cnus- ed their European and Asiatic co Hayes, T. E. Husein, A. F. Haines, delegates at the conference to Mrs. G. K. Hack, Im Pan. Hai, Á. understand that the United States Ibrahim, Jack Krafcik, Kwong looks upon the big battleship as
It was Tung Music Co., J, Kingstone, Lien "the core of the fleet." represented that American naval Ciona Lian, Lancaster & Co., P. U. option considers battleships to be Lino, A. 8. McPhison, Miss D. V. "the infantry of the sea-the naval unit on which the American Marchbanks, Jay W. Myers, N. defensive scheme primarily dependa, | Nobron, Mra, Pierry, M. De Having no aval bases scattered Simane, J. H. Stevens, Charles all over the high seas (ne Great Britain bas), it was further peint Smith, Mrs. J. Davie Smith (c/o ed out by the spokesmen at London Lady Thomson), W. W. Stark, G. T. that he United States needs ships Swisshelm, . Slaughter, Wis. of wide cruising radius and capable Wood, E. M. Wood. of striking heavy blows at an enemy. far from American home waters. Uncle Sams, in other words, re- quires a fleet suade up, in its main offensivo force, of flouting fortresses."
Ships Have Big Radius. The news from Europe about the Anglo-French-Italian battleship-size redection plan happened to coincide
Registered Articles. Miss M. Austero, L. L. Lawler, G. R. Sladek, T. Stecker.
Unpaid Correspondence, Miss Helen Santee.
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struction plans of battleships, they Wui Foong Bank, from Tungsong; are now equipped to cruise 25,000 Ed. Worley, from Porthos: Cheun miles, or around the globe, without Sen Hin, from Makasser; 5019 0180 re-fueling. The meaning of this 4250 0070 0059 0377 0001 5714 0491 far-reaching development is that, if 6373, from Canton; 7755, from Foo- necessary, the bigger American chow; Liber Bank; from Bae Fran- men-of-war are now able to circum- navigate the earth without stomping anywhere to take on fresh supplies of oil. Virtually, these improve. ments in battleships design obvinte dependence upon distant fueling, bases, long legarded one of the most hazardous handicaps from which the American Navy has suf fered. To carry globe-girilling sup plies of oil fuel requires, of course, big ships. Buch supplies could not be contained or carried in battle- ships of 20,000 ar 25,000 tons, such the European navies have just decided are the only "practical " type.
The battleship situation across. the Atlantic developed, too, at al- most the precise moment that the American naval authorities:" wore! drawing important conclusions from the navy's recent feet, manmuvres, in the region of the Panama Canal: | It was stated by Assistant Beure- tary of the Navy Ingalls that the maneuvres bad again demonstrated the dominating power of the battle ship, It was found, in tactical exercises, that when battleships are accompanied by arrabanes, rulers and destroyers, the battleships eventually will gain control acer a given aren defended only by ang enual cruiser, destroyer.znd. nero- pinne force.
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Bella gave a Spanish dance and also an Aeralintis dance, the lat- ter being very cleverly done. Two classical dancea by Miss Doi Fayes were very well received and on the whole the evening's entertainment went very well.
Modesty i
As the two players neared the green one of them said: "How many have you played 1" "Eight," was the answor.. "How many have you ??? "I've only played soven, but I'm afraid you'll bent me—my short game is very bad."
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