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1st June

KEEN COMPETITION.ly, the outstanding activities dominate a naval

THE SPEED CRAZE AND THE

NAVY.

that should campaign.

Taking first the main function of the Navy, a decisive fleet ae- tion: high speed in the British battle fleet is clearly not essen- tial because, in a sound plan, the enemy will be compelled to face and overcome our battle fleet if he is to escape that stranglehold on his general sea activities which hinges upon his opponent's battle fleet.

In days when the last extre- mity of speed, almost regardless of sacrifice, of effort and, cost, has become a god before whom all men with any pretensions to wisdom are expected to bow, it is inviting derision to question its economic advantage in the world of transport or, what in the Navy

Superior speed in the enemy's is analogous to economic advan- battleships can thus only be em- toge, its fighting value in men-of-ployed to hasten that decisive war, writes Captain Bernard action which we, above all else, Acworth, R.N. (Ret.), in the desire. To win the action the Morning Post.

enemy's only hope of escape from impotency at sea-he must remain within fighting-range of our own slightly slower flent, which has gained in fighting and resisting power what the enemy has sacrificed for an extra or two in speed. The tactical advantage of higher speed is apparent only, because it can be countered by manoeuvre by the slower fleet.

But if every professional man continues indelinitely to shun derision and to how to popular ! clamour in these disjointed times we shall assuredly see our coun- try collapse under the strain of its homage to a false god. For such, in the opinion of many pro- gressively-minded men, is this modernist speed craze.

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In the commercial and indus- So with the advanced cruiser trial world it has passed into lines which screen the two battle common currency that speed is flects. The extra speed of the the governing, if not the deci- enemy's cruisers merely hastens sive, factor in commercial pros- the clash of the opposing and perity, though it would have converging cruiser lines, at his been thought that the present cost instead of at ours, the slow- deplorable state of industry, with er and more heavily armed and the growing clamour for, and armoured vessels again counter- need of, subsidy, on sea, on landing the faster and weaker ships and in the air, was sufficiently hy helm, operating on interior alarming to make us pause and lines. reconsider whether speed, beyond a certain point, was economically profitable.

Pending the decisive fleet ac- tlon, when the defence of con- voys, and blockade, are the pri It is the speed craze in men- mary functions of cruisers, it is of-war, however, which it is de- self-evident that high speed is sired to examine very briefly, for the least of the requirements in it is the last extrémity in speed, our ships. It is the business of above all else, that has convert- our cruisers to stand by the con- ed British ships from bulldogs voys and to shepherd them into into greyhounds. Extreme speed harbour, a function for which has reduced their fighting quali- they need a speed high relatively ties

to the vanishing point, to the convoys and not to the on- banished British coal from the coming

"greyhound," 14th May Navy, and raised the cost of the which is rushing to destruction. Fleet to મ figure which For blockade purposes our Britain can no longer stomach. cruisers need to be powerful

It may

be admitted at once fighting vessels, capable of sus- that an extra knot or so in speed taining and overcoming the on- may occasionally have its advan- slaught of enemy cruisers at- tages, though the occasions re- tempting to raise the blockade. quiring the use of full speed in An extremely high speed could men of war are rare. It only be needed in such operations need hardly be said that for running away, or avoiding if the last extremity of action.

Donations and Subscriptions must

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Goldsmith, 525, The Peak.

HONG KONG BENEVOLENT SOCIETY.

SHIPBUILDERS,

SHIP REPAIRERS, BOILER MAKERS, FORGE MASTERS, OXY-ACETYLENE, AND

ELECTRIC WELDERS,

· MECHANICAL, AND

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unwilling opponent by steadily sustained pressure?

Such a strategy hus no need of| high speed for compelling action, neither has the enemy's excess of' speed any tactical advantages comparable to the sacrifices he has made when once the action he is forced to undertake is join- ed.

As soon as the Twentieth Cen- tury belief in the power of com- petitive speed to bring an enemy to action gives place to the more doctrine of naval conservative warfare, our ships will cease to cost more than the nation cun afford, and the first step will have been taken in the recovery of our maritime supremacy.

With large reduction in horse-power we shall be able to give our future ships proper pro- tection from gun-tire and to re- vert to the use of British coul upon which our sea power shoută once again be firmly based if it is to be, in emergency, a free and untrammelled instrument national policy,

GOVERNMENT SUBSIDY.

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The Amsterdam Handelsbiad BRITISH WUCHOW

reports that negotiations be tween the Netherlands Govern- ment and a number of the lead- ing shipowning companies to de- vise means for reducing tho amount of idle tonnage have been terminated on a statement made by the shipowners that they are not willing to accept a sub- sidy from the Government.

The proposal submitted by tho Netherlands Government is said to have been accompanied by un offer to pay to shipowners a cer- tain premium corresponding with the expenditure which is incur- red by the Government in the payment of financial assistance to unemployed seamen.

ANRIVALS OF SHIPS.

Monday, May 4. Takada, British str., 6,967

tone, Captain J. G. Lindon, from Japan, Kowloon Wharf.-M. M. & Co.

An

Tuesday, May 5, Lee, Chinese str., 992 tons, Capt. S. Kato, from Swatow, buoy No. BS.-Yee Hai Hong, Cracovia, Italian str., 4,565 tons,

speed could be had for little It is true that an extra knot more than the asking it would be or two may, on rare occasions, foolish to forgo it. In reality, be of decisive value in "tip and however, speed is a most costly run" warfare, but of such a form feature and can only be obtained of warfare two things should be in its present extreme form at said. It implies a strategical out- great sacrifices in more valuable look that does not put decisive characteristics.

action in the forefront of policy, It is that last knot or two and it should therefore be es- that calls for the recent great chewed. In the second place, as increases of horse-power, and the war constantly proved, the these last knots, rarely of any faster ships seldom "catch" the strategical or tactical advantage, stower because, among many seldom enable an unwilling op- reasons, the faster ships seldom Hong Kheng, British str., 3,975 ponent to be brought to action, have steam for full speed at the

as the late, war. so abundantly moment it is required. Night, proved.

or poor visibility, intervenes, and the slower ships escape.

The circumstances of the battle of the Falkland Islands were in all respects exceptional, the dis- parity in gun-power between the opposing ships being overwhelm- ing. Let us consider, very brief-

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Our heavy ships were faster than the German, and yet they raided us, sallied from porte, punished us and escaped. And here I would emphasise that the alternative to the highest speed that can be squeezed into a limited hull is not reaction to a crawl. That great company of naval officers who criticise the tendency to excess in modernist material are no more in favour cf bows and arrows, oared trl- remes and muzzle-loading guŋjs than are their brother officers and friends of Lord Fisher's school of thought.

Moderation in speed, as in all other things, is a golden rule. It is the last few knots which necessitate that enormous horse- power which drinks, oil na a drunkard swallows spirits, and which, rob a man-of-war of the most necessary characteristics of a true fighting ship. With un- limited tonnage and money these extremes might be tolerable, though they would still be un- necessary, but in this world, at all events, the resources of mor- tals have limits, Furthermore,

Capt. Cav. E. Ledo, from Bom- bay via Singapore, Kowloon Wharf.-Dodwell & Co. Empress of Russia, British str., 8,780 tons, Capt. A. J. Hosken, R.N.R. from Manila, Kowloon} Wharf.-C.P.S.

tona, Capt. D. M. Hood, from Singapore, buoy No. A10-Ho Thong & to

Kaiapol, British str., 1,246 tons,

Captain J. Boldwin, from Koe-| lung, Yaumati Anchorage. Williamson & Co.

Kamakura Maru, Japanese str., 3,624 tons, Capt. H. Kannauchi, from Singapore, buoy No. A4. -N.Y.K. Kidderpore, British str., 3,268 tons, Capt. C. S. D. B. Wright, from Shanghal, buoy No. A1.-M. M. & Co. Kwaiyang, British str., 1,580 tons. Capt. A. Cook, from Hoihow, buoy No. 83.-B. & S. Melbourne Maru, Japanese str., 8,237 tona, Capt. T. Jaccesswa, from Moji, buoy No. A9.- O.S.K. Sancho Maru, Japanese str., 694 tons, Captain M. Tauge, from Keelung, Yaumati Anchorage. - —MBA. Slaktang, British str., 1,616 tons,

Capt. F. Gibbs, from Canton, buoy No. B20.-B. & S. Tjikarang, Dutch str.. 6,064 tons,

Capt. Hopman, from Manila, buoy No. A6.-J.C.J.L

STEAMERS' MOVEMENTS.

the latest foreign ships are re- puted to be faster than our own,

The P. & C. a... Kalyan left and 80 knots cannot "catch" 30 Shanghai for this port on May 5 knots, let alone 31 knota

at 4 p.m., and is due, hare en May Should we not, therefore, aban-8 at about 7 a.m. don these ruinous competitive The E. & A.. Tanda left speeds and give to our future Manila for this port on May 5, ships a speed based upon our trap with the outward Australian ditional policy of keeping the Maile, and is due here on May 8 seas and forcing action upon an at about daylight.

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