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Almost simultaneously with the Navy Estimates, the new White Paper on the floats of the British Empire and foreign coud- trics appears at an opportune mo- mont. It is a substantial pamphlet | of some 120 pagon, containing all essential details of the son forces now maintained by the seven principal maritimo Powers," from Britain and the United States to Russia and Germany. By means of fanumorical summary Vessels on the opening page, tho present-day distribution of naval strongth may be seen at a glance; The tables show that nearly two thousand completed combatant ships.
classca of all grouped under the respective flags of the saven Powers, con- siderably more than half tho total being British and American.) Capital ships form but a Bruall proportion of the thanks to the ruthloes!
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TUESDAY, APRIL 28, -1925.
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The great advouturo, as it wlll for the four Cornishmen who to take the hazard, 48 inspired in the mind of Capt. George Hitchens, of Newlyn, who is at present living at Pendeen, by that won dorful epic, as he describes it, of Capt Foster, who, when
his boats across the-Indian Ocean, suffering terrible hardships of thirst and exposure.
scrapping of auch vergels which the heaviest fighting ship in the Trevesen foundered, sailed Дав taken place
under the existence.. Washington compact. The im-
NEW JAPANESE SHIPS. pression one gains from this in-
The official return gives the The thought occurred to me, troductory table is that Britain
and authentic said Capt. Hitchens, that I and Japan have well-balanced first complete fleets in which no single type of survey of recent Japanese naval would make an atempt, if possible, ship has been unduly developed construction, the details of which to better the conditions for Since seamen who are cast away in at the expense of other types. In are certainly impressive. both navies the proportion of the end of the war Japan has com- open boats through the loss of One of the things cruisers to capital ships is, pleted, laid down, and authorised their ships. roughly, as 'three to one the twenty-five cruisers, seventy-four which mostly impresses mo is Japanese total is rather in excess destroyers, and seventy submar, the shortage of water which is of this ratio-and the quota ines, in addition to two of the invariably experienced by crews of destroyers, and submarines largest battleships a float, and two in an open boat, and which is the appears to be determined by some 28,000-ton aircraft carriers. For first and foremost of their suffer- more or less definito tactical midable as these figures maylings, particularly in the tropics. policy.
seem, they do not tell the whole I have an idea, which I am story, Japan is not only building hoping to develop, the details of new ships in large numbers, but which I do not at present feel This principle is loss in evid-building them with remarkable inclined to disclose, but which The Ameri- rapidity, Destroyers of the most will be submitted at the right once elsewhere.
in powerful type are laid down one time to the proper authorities by can NAVY ia strong capital ships, but deficient year and completed in one and a-which I believe I can ameliorate, not entirely overcome, in modern cruisora, of which it half to two years, and big submar-if has but tan, though the establishines in twelve to eighteen months. this difficulty. Another problem ment of torpedo-craft and sub- Another striking feature is the I want to solve by the severest of marinos is very large. In the high average displacement and practical tests is the suitability of case of Franco, the vessels now speed of Japanese submarines: the foods which should be carried.
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capital ships and cruisers, exceed boats built and building, only ten ing of the officacy of wireless in in number those already com- are below 700 tons. The others ship's lifeboats. The Elizabeth pleted, from which it will be run from 720 to 1,500 tons, with and Blanche will be equipped gathered that the French build- speeds of 17 and 18 knots on with wireless. ing programme is one of some the surface... During the past few
SEAWORTHY ORAFT.
magnitude; in fact, it is consider-years Japan has constructed an It was these feelings which ably larger than that of any underwater fleet of matchless inspired the idea of making a trip other country. Besides oruisers, size and power, and will soon round the world in a small boat, it embraces fifty-seven destroyers have almost three times as many and giving a test that would of the most powerful type and of these craft as Germany posses stand the strain of the greatest fifty-nine submarines. It is red at the beginning of the war. emergency; Fortunately I found further proposed to lay down Of her twelve boats now on the at Penzanco a boat which I each year three smaller sub stocks, eight are over 1,000 tons, thought would be just the kind of marinos. Though ill adapted for and sixteen others remain to be craft I required, in the former Elizabeth and oceanic warfare, the French laid down. Compared with this lifeboat the Navy of to-morrow, with its imposing force, the British flotilla Blanche, which, for the several swarms of mosquitos craft and of sixty-three units, half of which years she had been in the service strong air squadrons, should be are too small or too old to be of the Royal Lifeboat Institution
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with capable of really effective service at Penzance, had proved herself capable
operating maximum effect in the narrow makes an indifferent showing. an able boat and had been the sees, particularly in the Mediter Even the United States has been means of saving 95 lives. When ranean. If the object of the outdistanced by Japan in the she was sold out of the service, ocean-curiously enough she was pur current programme is to ensure production of modern,
obased by Mr. Philip Nicholls, the control of that area in time of going submarinos.
Ben, who was once coxswain of crisis, it will very probably be
ber," | achieved."
ITALY AND RUSSIA.
One of the conclusions suggest- ed by this official view of naval
The decision to take the atrength is that command of the Elizabeth and Blanche on the sea has become localisod to an
voyage having been settled, Capt. "The Italian Navy has under-extent that would have boen Hitchons made the arrangements gone marked expansion during deemed impossible a generation for her ro-equipment and sought the Fascist regime. Five large age. It is pretty obvious from a crew. The first men who were cruisers, twenty-four destroyers, the scope and character of Con-willing to share his adventures and twenty submarines are to be tinental building programmes were Mr. Philip Nicholls jun., completed in the next six that Britain's freedom of move the youngest son of ex-Coxswain years, and the fleet will even-ment east of Gibraltor will in Nicholls (who has piloted tha tually contain about 250 fighting futuro depend more upon the Elizabeth and Blanche since his units, Both the Russian and goodwill of the Mediterranean father fitted her out for pleasure German Navies remain virtually States than upon her own strength trips in Mount's Bay), and Mr. stationary, the latter being rigidly in those waters. In the western George Jankin, of Newlyn, both of dimensioned by the Versailles sector of the Pacific the Japanese whom had been members of the Treaty, while on the former a Navy exerts so dominating an increw of the boat when it was on blight appears to bave descended.fluence that a balance of power lifeboat service. A wireless Whether it be that the Soviet can scarcely bo said to exist, or operator is to be the fourth mem- authorities attach small import is it probable that the more com- bar of the crew.
ance to sea power, or that they do pletion of the works at Singapore! All being well, the journey, not command the requisite toch will suffice to restore that balance which is estimated to last 22 nical resources for rebuilding unless the now base is regarded years, will start from Westming- their shattered float, the fact as the headquarters of a
por-
week in May, but Penzance will remains that the Russian Navy manent Far Eastern Fleetster Bridge, London, in the second of to-day exists mainly on paper.
have the pleasure of finally wish- adventurers ** bon ing these Thirty-five vessels are listed as building, but there is good reason!
The first Barious voyage. to believe that few, if any, "of
END OF COLOGNE POST."
DAILY HUMOUR.
them will ever put to sea, Russlan The Cologne Post, the daily goean trip of the little boat will nayal power has reached its newspaper of the British Army then commence, the first stage to Canada. She will go through lowest obb, nor is there any sign of the Rhine, which has appeared boing the crossing of the Atlantic continuously since March 31, of a revival.
1919 is shortly ta cesso publica the lakes and canals to the Mis One of the many interesting tion as a daily newspaper. This sissippi, to the Bahamas and the West Indios, across the Panama points brought out in this White is another "out" in the economy Paper is the relative smallness of sahome being carried out accord-Isthmus, into the groat Pacific. British battleships compared with ing to the Dawes Agreement. American and Japanese. The Some months ago the French largest British vessels are the five military newspaper L'Echo 'dn Queen Elizabeths, of 27,500 tons, Rhin was stopped, alsa for reasons the others ranging from 25,750 of economy. The Cologne, Post tons to 23,000. On the other will bo continued for the present hand, ton of the American ships as a bi-wookly. In the early days displace from 31,100 to 32,600 of its career the Calyne Post tons, and there are also six of scored a success by publishing 26,000 to 27,500 tons. The smal the draft of the Voronillos Treaty lest Japanese battleship is of before the home papers. The 30,600 tons, tho. largest of 33,800 text of this was set by German tons. Not until the Nelson and compositors while sentries with Rodney are completed will this fixed boyonets prevented the country possess a battleship of workmen from leaving the room equivalent tonnago, though the and conveying any portion of the battle-cruiser Hood is, of course, I toxt to the outside world,
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