The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-02-21

the cruisers S300o.O0O. and the small
cruisers 81. 100000 each. The appropria-
ticn by the German parliament for the
year amounts to $9,000,000. and VIII DE
spent in the construction of three hrst-
class battIeships. one first-class armored
cruiser, five second-class protected cruis-
ers, two gunboats, eight torpedo boats,
and one torpedo boat destroyer
During the present year Russia Will
spend 81 500 900 for her naval establish
ment. She has now under construction
nine battleships, two coast-defense yes
sells. two armored cruisers. four protect
ed cruisers, four gunboats and forty tor
pedo boats Great Britain, however, as
usual, is outdoing all the nations In ma
val construction and during the present
year will spend s26.5000Oo. She has now
under construction one hundred ana
seventeen vessels. and several OF them
will be completed the present year-viz.:
Fifteen battleships, twelve first-class
cruisers. nine second class cruisers, ten
third-cIass cruisers, six twin-screw gun
boats. fifty-six torpedo boat destroyers,
eight light draft gunboats and one royal
yacht. Great Britain has to-day in this
| catalogue of ships under construction q
| fleet as fine as that of the United States,
Italy, Germany or any other nation, eN-
cept France and Russia.
We have now ffty-three fighting YES
sells in good condition. and twenty-five
more in course of construction, includ-
ing five battleships. AT the close OF the
/ l,,,y aitrht nf
fighting ships in the world. There Is
nothing better in the British or the Rus
sian navy at present, although the other
rations, as stated, have plans for an in
crease in their naval establishments that
will greatly surpass ours.
The japanese now rank seventh IN
naval strength among the nations or the
| earth. and when the vessels Japan now
has under construction are completed
she will go up to the fourth place, ABOVE
Italy and the United States. She is de-
voting nearly all the indemnity paid her
by China for the late war to the I'M
| movement Of her naval and military es-
Establishments. She has now under con-
struction in England three battlesnlps
of IA 500 tons displacement equal TO the
largest and most powerful in the world
one battleship of 10000 tons, four armor-
ed cruisers of $500 tons, two in England
one i'm Germany and one in France, and
four protected cruisers, like tha'
launched lately, of AGO tons, two in the
United States and two in England; one
nrotected cruiser of $500 tons and one
of /. 800 tons are being built in the gov
eminent yard at Yokosuka, Japan; thir'
teen torpedo boats of ninety tons each II
France and England, and nine TORPEDO
boat destroyers of 300 tons each in Ger
many and England.
The best American battleship is tn
Iowa, which cost $4,500.000 She is no
the largest battleship in the world, bu
; is ranked as the most powerful hghtini
machine now ahoat. Considering he
tonnage, speed. armor and guns sh
} ought to be able to whip any vessel Il
any navy at the present time There ar
| other ships with bigger guns and create
Z. tonnage but they are not so easll
I handled and cannot make her speeo
2 The biggest battleship in the world
7 the Lepanto of the Italian naVy-lo, Az
2 ions and cost $6,000000. The Iowa
! II 40 tons The Illinois, which is no'
e under construction, will be little large
l -11.525 tons, and will cost about tn
| same money.