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The anouncement that the Royal George has been moved to the upper reaches of Forts mouth Harbour, previous to being brok
The Times of India anys → A correspond. ent who has been wandering in the Far East. writes to call our attention to a possible danger that might, he thinks, under given conditions, | recalls the fact that the vessel, which for more menace Singapore and Penang, and perhaps than half a century has served as a pict esque Hongkong.
home for the crews of the Royal yachts, when Ilis reflections appear to have been prompted out of commission, is the oldest yacht about, by the sight, in Singapore Harbour, of one ofA smart and trim frigate-like linle craft she is, the fine vessels of the Russian Volunteer Fleet. with three masts, but without yards, by no She had over two thousand soldiers on board, means looking her real age eighty-six years packed like nachovies in a barrel. “I am next July, or, if you count, from the day her fold”, så is our correspondent, "that sometimes keel was first laid, eighty nine, She ranks two of these transits are at Singapore at the third of the four really old ships that are at same simé This means that Russia has in the Portsmouth. The Pictory, of course, is older colony at such moments an armed force far-nearly twice her age, in fact and so is the outnumbering the British garrison. Now sup three-decker 51. Vincent, that swings to the posing Russia were to secretly resolve to tide off Portsmouth Point. Then conies the declare war upon England, what is to prevent Reyal George, and after her the old Asia, her from arranging for the presence in Singapore Codrington's flagship-at-Navarino, now serving. Harbour of a couple of transports crammed as a berthing halk in the dockyard. -
Two Royal Georges, men-of-war, bas the Royal George yacht seen pass away in her time: the Royal George, three-decker, successor to Kempenfelt's ill-fated first-rater, which fought at the "Glorious First of June," and all through the Napoleonic war; and the later 120-gua ship Royal George, which served in the Baltic in 1854 and 1855.
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I am only writing of remote possibilities, in the same way that amiable strategists in France and Germany amuse their leisure by discussing plans for the invasion of England. It is only an abstract question, of course. Noone supposes that Russia has any idea of suddenly declaring war on England. But if she did, might there not be a serious danger for Singapore in the way I have indicated? The risk is accentuated now that the colony no longer has the adran- tage of the presence of a British regiment. There would only be a Madras regiment and a bandful of gunners to tackle the raiders. I think such an attempt, if not probable, is at least quite feasible under existing conditions."
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An interesting: account of the new record- broakt craft, the Arrow that stems at co miles an hour, is given in a recent number of "Pearson's Magarine. A strange craft isha 18, so crowded with heavy and powerful mach inery that it would seem as though the mighty englans must rend asunder by their throbbing the frail body into the composition of which aluminium enters so largely. If the sca were suddenly.transformed into
wax, and you' were to lift this swift littlis vessel as you might a toy boat, the basin wherein the reposed would be scarce large enough to hold so tons of water
a bulk not much greater than could be loaded. on a railway truck-and yet
yet within the limited. confines of this diminutive ship is housed a mechanical giant, whose strength measures 4000 borse power, almost as much as wRE DOS- sessed by the trans-Atlantic liners-ofan-few- years ago, and higher powered machinery than was ever before placed in a vessel of the size of this one. Nor does this end the category of the novel attributes of this eccentric craft, which has been appropriately christened the Arrow Strangest of all, perhaps, is the fact that she is both a steam yacht upon pleasure bent, and a torpedo boat, bristling for fight, and may be changed from one to The launch of the present Royal George the other in less than two hours. What a yacht was quite a grand affair. It took place boos, in truth, she would have been to the at the King's dockyrd at Deptford, and the pirates of old, an innocent-seeming bark, lazily little vessel was sent afloat with every cere ambling towards an unsuspecting ship, and mony in the presence of the then Duke of then suddenly transformed under the very eyes" York, the Lords of the Admiralty, the Comp of an astounded master and crew into a high; troller, and the Commissioners of the Navy wayman of the seas. The Arrow was built A large assemblage of notabilities witnessed for Charles R. Flint, a New York capitalist the function, some from two other of the Royal with extensive interests in all parts of the world. yachts anchored off the building slip, others The owner has not seen fit to take the públic frorn within the dockyard precincts in specially into his confidence regarding the price paid erected booths and canopied pavilions, "The for his pretty plaything, but the materials vessel," says a contemporary account, is one which have gone into the fashioning of the of the most elegant ever seen. The cabin vessel prove that she must have cost a pretty doors are of mahogany, with gilt mouldings, penny, although not so much, perhaps, as any and the windows of plate-glass. Ornamental of the nations would gladly pay for her in the devices in abundance are placed in various event of war. The folk on board the Arrow, have all the comforts and conveniences at their disposal of sojourners on crafts the thief mis
speed of the wind. For the twelve members of the crew there are folding berths, and for the officers a double state room, extending the entire width of the boat The owner's apart egment is sumptuously finished in satin wood, and provided with the finest furniture. Con nected with it is a private bath. The Arrow has her own electric light plant, and there is a complete system for cooling and ventilating the ship.
on another without any warning whatever. Bombshells of that kind are only exploded now- parts, all highly gilt, and produce a superb a-days in the pages of romance. The trend of appearance. She is the largest yacht ever events is generally foreseen; and there would constructed" Her size, in fact, was 360 tons, sion of whose existence is not to attain the length 103 feet, and breadth 263 feet. She was equipped, as became a ship on the Navy List and perhaps also to war off would-be kidnap pers of Royalty, with a battery of eight brass swivel guns.
probably be ample time to take the necessary precautions in our Imperial outposts. More- over, the success of such an attack would depend upon the seizure of the forts, and except in the event of treachery, that would be no easy matter even for a force of four thousand in-
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dawn, the rising sun would probably behold two Russian transports being sunk by shell fire. Again, it is not easy to perceive what
by their exploit. They might do a very great amount of local damage, but so long as the British fleet kept the seas, the position of Russia would not be materially improved by
the
SEIZURE OF SINGAPORE.
It would be impossible for the Russian squadron in the Far East to be in the neigh- bourhood of Singapore when war was declared.
Its natural position would be in the north, somewhere near the Yellow Sea. And in that case the task of recapturing Singapore would be left to our East Indies Squadron, acting in combination with a field force from India operating from the Ichore side. Except in the untoward event of the destruction of our China Squadron, therefore, any Russian force that got into Singapore would probably discover reason to regret its temerity very soon: and there would always be the Japanese Fleet to be reckoned with in addition.
The Royal George was built specially for the Prince Regent, whom, as soon as she was rigged and ready, she proceeded to pick up at Brighton. The story of her first cruise was the subject of considerable batter in the press and elsewhere, as the following extract from a contemporary publication shows ADDRESS TO THE "ROYAL GEORGE YACHT.
(Written shortly after her first cruise.) Itail, gaudy ship li-whas wendem thou haat done, To tempt to sea our Monarch's widest sont Methinks I see your richly gilded side, yo Resting with courtly case on Brighton's tide. When thy gay desk the Royal burthen bowo, And wantul brettes wafted ihre from shop, estud Wint crowds flock'd down, t' admire the glorious SUEDE, And thunder'd forth applauses on the Steyng,
A mock heroic description of the Prince Re- gent's house-warming party on board, and the banquet and hard-drinking revelry after it, as the Royal George set out, follows, the verses ending
LOUISIANA EXPOSITION, AND THE ORIENT
The St. Louis Republican of the 2nd ulte says
John Barrett, the Commissioner, General for the Louisiana Purchase Exposition to Asia, Australia and the Philippines, Jeft St Louis last night for the Pacific Coast to begin his extended journey to the Orient and to execute his high diplomatic mission for the World's. Fair. He will sail from San Francisco on April 23 on the steamer Chine for Honolulu. From there he will proceed to Japan. After devoling about a month to Japan he will go in turn to China, Korea, the Philippines, French Indo- China, Siam, Straits Settlements, Java, Bur- mah, India, Ceylon, Australia and New Zea land. The itinerary of the Commissioner General will cover some 25,000 miles and
But Boreas, covious at this mighty show, Pat forth bis edict that the winda should blow, And blow they did; you quickly shorten'd sai), As all the courtiers sicken'd at the gule j -To keep the sen at such a time were vain="
You therefore brought the Regent back again.. For the next two years the Royal George made pleasure cruises in the summer with the Prince Regent between Brighton and Cowes, But though the correspondeat's appre-where the Prince had joined the Yacht Club," occupy nearly nine hensions need not be taken very seriously, he is right in suggesting that the status of the
the earlier style of our present Royal Yacht ⠀⠀⠀
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Russian Volunteer Fleet needs further con- sideration: There is a widespread belief in the Far East that these fine vessels are really armed cruisers, and always carry guns in their
hold.
Some years ago a British Admiral with his squadron, tinder
SAILED INTO VLADIVOSTOCK
months,
to assist him. In consequence Secretaries Hay, Root and Long have issued instructions to all Ministers and Consuls, in the Philippines, and, naval officers in the Asiatic station, to co operate with him to advance the interests of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition ju trans pacific countries.
Squadron. He entered his Royal George tions to the State, War and Navy departments
President Roosevelt has given special direc among the yachts of the club, and so the Royal George may further claim to be the oldest existing vessel on the rolls of that distinguished body, In August, 1822, the Royal Geroge attended by a squadron of men-of-war, took her owner, now King George IV., to Scotland for his State visit to the North, and brought him dense fog. When the fog lifted, the residents back to Greenwich afterwards. Twenty years of the town were astonished to discover later she again came prominently before, the a British squadron coming to anchor,public, for it was in the Royal George that her having passed the forts at the entrance to the late Majesty Queen Victoria made her first visit harbour unperceived. The result of this in- to Scotland. The Queen, with the Prince cident was an intimation that not more than Consort, embarked at Woolwich on the 29th of two foreign warships would ever be permitted August, 1842. This time the Royal George the
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titude will have a most favourable influence on It is hoped that President Roosevelt's.at-
the govemments of the Far East and South
Pacific
Mr. Barrett's departure has been delayed by important.negotiations in Washington with daad. the resu
to enter Vladivostock at a time.
was towed all the way to the Firth of Forth;
ponded with an intimation that not more than from the Nore to Aberledy Bay, off Granion, The British Government, we believe, res | from Woolwich to the Nore by one steamer,
two Russian warships would be permitted to by two.
It was her last active service, for a Hay both gave him enter Singapore simultaneously. Whether the year later the Queen's now steam yacht Victoria
[sic achievement embargo includes the Volunteer Fleet we do and Albert (herself in turn now superseded) sideration of her first described as unarmed, presumably it does not. not know; but as the vessels are officially was afloat and in commission, and the Rayal China, moreo
George was on that relegated to harbour duty at Portsmouth.
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How do you arrive at the practical settlement section of a treaty? asks the Fall Mall Gaselle. The diction is not oufs, but that of Renter's cor respondent at Peking. The treaty referred to has something to do with the withdrawal of
It is probable that Lord Kitchener is the only man living who has ordered £20,000. to be thrown away. Of course it was done under a raisapprehension. Large quantities of stores were, as is well known, destroyed when we evacuated the country after the fall of Khartoum in 1885, owing to the want of sufficient tran. sport for their removal. Among them, says the Week. End, were about one million rounds of ammunition, which were ordered to be thrown into the Nile. To Kitchener fell the. duty of formally certifying for the destruction, and it was not until the last of the boxes had been buried into the middle of the river that it was discoverd that two of theur contained, not ammunition, but 10,000 sovereigns apiece. This happened at Shendy, and it will be treaty which will provide for Russ teresting to see if any attempt will ever be Manchuria to the Chinese. We had made to recover the lost treasure. Probably that consummation up as hopel Bot. Most likely it has long been buried, past Well, Lord Lansdowne has worked all redemption, in the Nile mud. But the fact remains that there it is-20,000 in good Eng and his countrymen ought to feel fish gold [495€
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