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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. FRIDAY, MAY 24, 1935.

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BATTLE FLEET IS OVER AGE

URGENT NEED OF CRUISERS

In this article a Naval Car- respondent describes the de plorable state Into which our naval defences have fallen, and outlines the steps which should be taken without delay "In view of German naval re

Armament.

After the repeated shocks which have been delivered by .Germany during the past weeks, and which culminated with the intelligence that Germany was building sub marines in defiance of Article 181 of the Treaty of Versailles, the whole of the British Empire must be heartened by the statement of the Prime Minister in the House of Commons of recent date, that Britain woud arm to meet ener gencies.

But, amid relief, there must still be an element of uneasiness.

The position is bad in all three arms of defence. It is, however, far worse with regard to our naval forces than in either of the two This is not to decry other arma.

the importance of these arms, but

the fact that it takes years to bulld up naval strength--where air and military strength can be built up in a matter of months must be taken into account. It is for this renson that the naval needs of the British Empire must be considered the most urgent and the most vital, Disarmament "gestures" and treaties have reduced our Navy to a collection of littlo more than obsolete ships leavened with element of new construction. Take, for instance, our Battle Fleet, the main portion of our fighting fleet. The Navy Lint shows that possess fifteen of these ships.

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Polping, May 7.

A rich land-owner had been kid- napped recently. After the gang had mulcted the family of $10,000 ransom, they removed the evidence of their crime by simply burying the old man alive. At least the police had reason to believe it but could not clinch the cage until they had located the body.

Returning from a case in a near- by town one day, a Chinese detective happened to see a snake in the path. Suddenly inspired, he dropped to his knees and prayed:

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Promptly the snake slithered in- milk as a protector and promoter to the hole. This seemed too much of beauty. Few of us nowadays of a coincidence, but the detective can afford to bath in milk as some prayed once more: of these beauties did, hut we can enjoy the advantages of costly milk treatment.

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"If old Mr. Li is in very truth buried here, let the snake now put

An excellent face pack is made forth his head from the hole!" by mixing milk with almond meal Like a jack-in-the-box, the snake's to form a thick paste. Two tables-head popped out a couple of times, poonfuls of the meal should be then disappeared. Calling put in a saucer and the milk added

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the bandit gang had been arrested. If you have a wrinkled forehead, witrd Press. - - spread some of this pack over it just before going to bed, and leave

Fine and powerful craft they ag- pear on paper, but close examina- tion of the facts reveals that all except two are aver age or on the verge of the age limit, that they have been refitted and "modernised" at enormous cost, but that the modernisation of the capital ships of other Powers has cost twice as much as we apend upon them. This efficiency. must be reflected in

however old ship Moreover, in

it on all night. In this case, of which are the vital arteries of the course, you will apply the paste British Empire? to the forehead only. Remove t gently with cold cream next morn- ing.

Fa face of the announcement that Germany is even now building sub- marines, our anti-submarine forces Milk by itself is a fine skin food. are ulterly inadequate. Some 50 many times she returns to the deck-It may be applied to the face and per cent of our destroyer strength up of old ships left on all night with advantage.to-day is made for "modernisation," never hold its own in the ultimate Sour milk is an excellent bleaching which are more or less worn out. test with a modern ship.

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REPLY TO GERMANY We are entitled to take immediate This per-steps to set things in order. Fleet I can

be

done by invoking the "Escalator Clause" of the London Naval Trenty, which would untitle us to increase our naval strength above Treaty limits in the light of

naval building pro- 16 the German gramme.

This should be done at once, for

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19 Approaches, but it's after our

time

commendation.

in making up such serious leeway 22 Uplift in an afterthought confers as we have incurred, time is a vital 23 This animal is fond of water, factor. Some form of battle cruiser

but after lea doesn't seem to be Lvo sure on its feet. as small as possible, so long as it is adequate for dealing with a pocket battleship or routes-is an urgent necessity.

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25 Sit, dear, but not necessarily in

this attitude. A great stage name.

Our cruiser fleet must be aug-28 mented at once, and this can be 20

Only a capital ship can stand up to a capital ship. And here lies one of the greatest threats of the our present Battle Fleet, the

centage weakening of the NOW German naval programme. They are to have at least three would be very great. pocket battleships small and

Here we find the truth of the Lowerful ships with a phenomenal Prime Minister's statement that the radius of action and a nigh speed. British naval needs cannot be fixed in relation to home waters alone, Their specifications suggest forcibly that they are expressly de- must be remembered that the signed for attack upon trade the German navni programme also in- most vulnerable spot of the Britishcludes two battle cruisers of far Empire. Being more than a match greater size and power than the

cruiser, these ships would, pocket battleships. have to be hunted by capital ships At last the public is realising the with a greater speed than them infamy of the Treaty which reduced selves in other words, a baltle our cruiser forces by over 20 ships below the number considered by the But against these three modern men who knew, to be the minimum

our requirements. We pocket battleships we can muster for only three battle cruisers, and two now in commission only some 30 done not only by building, but by 32 "And Eugene Aram walked be- of those are obsolele. At a rough modern cruisers. The remainder saving ships from the scrap heap.

unswer The rise Minister's estimate it may be taken that at of our cruiser fleet is made up of least three more powerful ships are peolete ships. We have, certain-yesterday to Germany was reassur required to hunt down and destroy y, a number of cruisers bullding, g so far as it went, but it would enemy raider, for the but as these pass into service some have been far more eagerly acclaim- on all sides if it had gene of locating her is 80 of the old ships must be scrapped. et

so that our cruiser numbers will further, announced the immediate of the "Escalator not be increased. And it is mum-invocation A WAR-TIME LESSON bera which the British Empire Clause", and a naval building pro-

needs so desperately in cruisers. gramme which would form There is another point as to

effective reply to the rapid naval capital ships. When two battle Some cruisern must always be construction which is goinit forward ertisers had to be detached to the retained for duty with the Fleet. in practically every other country, Falkland Islands to account for Yon Others must always be away fuel- We should follow the words of Spee, their departure weakened the ling, storing, or refitting. Where, General Goering: "We do not go strength of the Grand Ficet by a then, are we to find the cruisers to begging with our hats off, but we very small percentage. "But if two protect with any degree of success remove our hats when others do or three ships were detached from the 85,000 odd miles of trade routes the same."

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