Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-10-21

class battle ships. the Full and Yashima,
truly formidable fighting ships OF the lat
est type and of great speed and heavy ar
mament, being of 12,640 and 12511 tons
respectively. She has also two second-class
battle ships, the Chinyen. captured from
China, and the Fuse of 1885 and B. 771 tons
respectively, but hardly more effective than
some of our own protected cruisers. The
far-famed Oregon represents the battle
ships of the American fleet in Asiatic wa
ters, but she can be promptly reinforced,
If need be, by the handsome Iowa. If occa-
sion demanded. Then. there is the Wis
cOnsIn, nearing completion at the Union
iron works, San Francisco, the latest Of
her type at the time she was laid down.
Germany has battle ship on the As.atic
station which should really be classed as
an armored cruiser, the Deutschland, In
which Prince Henry made the voyage from
Germany to China That vessel has re-
manned his flagship.
In armored cruisers the United States IS
oVermatched in the Pacific by Great Brit
ain and Russia A more formidable YES
sci than her armored cruisers however
IS the British frst-class protected cruiser
Victorious, of 14,2e0 tons and ~ knots
speed, terrible commerce destroyer. Her
arrnored cruisers are the Aurora, Orlando
and Cndaunted, of 5000 tons disbursement
each. and the Endymion, Of 1850 tons:
Rurlk, 1923 tons. Rossia. l.. 200 TONS and
Vladimir Monamach, 6,000 tons are the
names and displacement of the Russian
armored cruisers. France has the Den
trecasteaux; Germany, the Kalserin Au-
gusta. and the United States Admiral
Schley's former flagship, the Brooklyn.
Relative Strength.
The monitors of the United States at Ma
Mia may be classed as armor-clads, the
Monterey being Of 4,0S4 tons and the Mo-
nadnOck of 1890 tons. Great Britain's only
monitor, the Wivern. is of 2,750 tons and
stationed at Hong Kong. None of the YES
sells of Japan's coast-defense fleet is Of
greater displacement than 24s1 tons The
British protected cruisers include, besides
the Powerful, the BOnaventure and Her
mione, of 1850 tons; the Iphigenia, of $500
tons, and the Brisk. of l. TO tons. Dimitry
DenskOy and Pamiat Azova of 5000 tons;
Admiral kornieloff, of $500 tons and "a
bijaka, of 1,230 tons, are the Russian cru.s-
ers. Japan has seven firSt-class cruisers,
of diSplacementS ranging between !, 400 tons
and 4,2IS tons. and five third-ClaSS cruisers
between 2.439 and 3,172 tons Frances pro-
tected cruisers have dtsplacements ranging
between 1000 and 600 tons. Germany has
the Irene, of 4.20O tons, and the Gehon. of
4.10S tons. The United States will have the
New Orleans and Albany, of 4, 100 tons (es-
timated) Baltimore, of 4,4l3 tons; Charles
ton. of $3.50 tons; Don Juan de Austria, Of
1872 tons, and Isla de Cuba and Isla de
LuZon, of 1,050 tons each. Under the COM
mand of Rear Admiral Kautz there are the
Philadelphia, of 1924 tons, and Marble
head of 2,OS9 tons. In both displacement
and battery power the gunboats of the
American force are superior 10 those of any
other nation.
1t is the confident belief of the authorities
that the presence of such a strong fleet in
the Pacific will prove to the Filipinos and
foreign governments that the United States
means business, and that no Interference is
to be permitted for a moment in the exer-
else by Uncle Sam of his Sovereignty over
the Philippine archipelago. c. A L.