The age-herald., 1898-03-11
TO KEEP PACE
 WITH RUSSIA England Will Increase Her Ma
 val Force. ESTIMATES WERE DISCUSSED Papers Urge England on to Increase Will Take Russia Several Years to Com pete Her Vessels and No
 Alarm is Felt.
ESTIMATES WERE DISCUSSED

London, March 10-The first lord of the admiralty, Hon. George J. Goschen, in presenting the naval estimates to the House of Commons. today, pointed out
 that with the outlay in naval works the expenditure amounted to the colossal sum
 of e25,550eOO sterling Csl25, ,75O ,O0O), which
 he explained, was even considered made
 quate in some quarters.
 Continuing, Mr. Goschen explained that
 the navy was in a transitorial stage, to
 which many of the admitted deficiencies were due. Moreover, he added, the gov
 ernment was introducing a series of i'm provements. The jubilee display had been
 great, but the navy had not reached the ideal standard
 MT. Goschen said he hoped the admiral
 ty would not be too hardly pressed to com- municate it's plans, but he assured the , house that in the distribution of cruisers for instance, the admiralty had considered carefully the protection of every trade and | every food supply route, and he trusted that If times darkened' the admiralty would have the confidence of the United States and the admiralty would be found doing its duty
 For an Increase of Pay MT Goschen then deplored the recent industrial struggles and appealed for an
 increase of pay for the British seamen of
 
 false economy or impossible condition on either side British sailors and ships were busted by foreigners, then God help us." He concluded: If peace shall again reign in our center of industry and if the na- tion that calls herself mistress of the sea re-asserts herself by an increase of mer-
 chant seamen, then the nation may look forwardfin confidence that if there be peace ityswill be peace with honor but If
 war, which God forbid, it must be war
 crowned with victory. ."-(Prolonged cheer- ing.
 Defended Estimates MT. Goschen, in general defense of the estimates, said he thought it would be bet ter in time of crisis to complete and or- ganize available vessels and resources than to devote their energies to building yes sells that would not be ready for three years. The other powers, he argued, would
 meet with the same difficulties as them- selves.
 Great Britain was still able to send more ships to sea at short notice than other na- tions. If there had been two or three first class battleships for sale in England he would probaly have asked for money to purchase them, but there was none such for sale. Russia had made great industrial progress, but the other powers were still | compelled to have recourse to England, the United States or Germany. MT. Goschen said he did not think that even those who had denounced the estimates as the estimates of procrastnation," would suggest that England should give orders for arnlor to the United States at the present junture. Gaughter). The discussion was then dropped. It is reported in tine Hobbies this evening that the Russian imperial ukase ordering the disbursement of 90,000000 roubles as an extraordinary expenditure Is to make q considerable increase in the naval esil- mates.
 Urge an Increase London, March 1.-The morning papers all urge the government to keep pace with
 Russia, but no alarm is expressed since i, will take Russia years to build the new |. vessels.
 The Standard says: 'Russia's action Is probably directed as much against Germany and Japan as against England and it might perhaps become necessary for the government to assert it's right of pre-emp- tion over ships now building in England for foreign governments but only as last resource. 1t win be prudent, however, to fit. out the old battleships which are sound in hull"
 The Times says: 'rhe speed of the lord