The Portland daily press., 1895-05-28

Constitute her cruiser displsy. Two
torpedo vessels, the Aretusa and Par
tenope, with a speed OF twenty Knots,
and the royal zach Savoia are the other
vessels. Vice-Admiral e. M. Accini and
Rear Admiral g. Granville will be her
feet officers.
Austria, the third member of the Tsiple
Alliance, sends four ships-the armored
cruiser King and Queen Maria Theresa, the
two protected cruisers Kaiser Franz Josef
and kalserine Elizabeth, and the torpedo
vessel Trabant, in command OF Admiral
Grand Duke Karl Setfan. The cruisers
are all powerful ships, and compare in
tonnage and speed to the Newark and San
Francisco type. Most of them were com
pleted in the last few years, and are high
| types of the latst designed cruisers.
France will have only three ships at
! klel according to present intentions, but
it is believed that when she recognizes
how far she will be outdone by other
powers she will increase her feet to six
or eight vessels. Those now under orders
to be present are the battle ship Hoche,
the armored cruiser Dupuy de LONE, and
! the protected cruiser Surcouf. The battle
ship is of the displacement of the Indiana
and has the same speed, but has less horse
power. The arnored cruiser is the only
three screw war ship in foreign navies,
and falls far below our Columbia and
Minneapolis in speed and general appear
ance.
| Russia's fleet will comprise the battle
ship Imperator Alexander, 15 knots speed
and s, 440 tons displacement; the coast
defence ship Groziastchi, and the armored
cruiser Rllrik, all under Rear Admiral
N. J. Skuidlov
Spain sends the battle ship Pelayo, the
armored cruiser Infanta Maria Teresa,
and the protected cruiser Marquis De
Ensenada, all powerful ships of the re-
spective class. Her commanding officer
has not yet been designated.
Sweden's display will consist Of the two
coast defence ships Thule and Gotta and
the gun vessel Edda.
Roumania sends the curiser Elizabeth
and the training ship Mircea, both of
which are rather antiquated types. Nor
way S navy is comparatively small and
her representatives. will be the protected
cruiser Viking and the gun vessel
Sleipner, while Portugal's flag will fly
from the Vasco de CANA, an armored
cruiser of 19 knots speed.
Denmark sends two protected cruisers.
the Hekla and Geiser, both line ships OF
seventeen knots each. Rear Admiral G.
A. Brunn will command them. Turkey
sends her cruiser Heybet Nouma, which
will be the weakest armed war ship
present.
A reorganization of the programme
shows that aside from Germany's battle
ships, which will number eight or ten,
there will be present twelve vessels alone
of this type, three coast defence vessels,
and two triple-screw ships besides the
numerous arnored and protected cruisers,
gun vessels, and torpedo boats.
The relative strength of the fleets pres
ent will be about as follows: Germany,
Great Britain, Italy, Russia, United
States, and Austria. A delicate question
for the German authorities to solve will
be the placing of the different fleets. If
precedent is followed, they should be ar
ranged according to rank of their COM
manding officers, in which case the
United States will be well down the line
and along with Spain and France Great
Britain will get the choice of position
among the foreigners, while Austria, on
account of having an Admiral and Grand
Duke in command of her ships, should be
next.