New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-01-20
SUBMARINE TORPEDO.BOATS.
THE SUBJECT BEFORE THE FRENCH cHAM'
pER-EXPERIMENTs AT ToULoN.


PARIS Jan. l0-In the Chamber OF Deputies To-
5av NJ Paschal Grousset Radical Socialist nuV
d,ced rho question of submarine boats In WHICH
,,ossels ne said successful experiments nao peFn
conducted at Toulon. the French naVal stro"e"o,"
in the South of France In so DONG '"e Dsp ,
nointed out the Importance of TINS matter "n'.',
bo s,aged would produce revolution In naVai
,ac,,cs He further declared that syhdica.e u
49,, narufacturers had for twelve years past OPP
nosad tho construction OF submarine boats aho haa
tried to prevent the success OF the experiments -
thosa vesseIs Therefore, he moved the appoint
rent OF co nmttee 10 examine INTO '"e '1
and asked for urgency on his mofon. =,
The Minister Of Marine. VI. Lockoy oPpV'eu
crorsset's motion on the ground that comm''eo
n, tho chamber OF Deputies would be incompetent
70 deal with the question. which. he added ""S ~
charge Of specialists. - .,,,.a
The trials OF the Gustave zede' ne coh''ru'"'
had shown that she possessed the required capa-
hu,,,s not only for firing torpedoes under water
hut for nayigAbility under water. france the
Marin, Minister also said, was the only POWER III
nossession of a practical submarine boat
The Chamber rejected the motion for urgency py
a vote OF S57 TO Ill
According to advces from Paris by way Of London,
the French submarine torpedo-ooat "usta'e Aeue
uas successfully tested In December last at louoh'
II was then asserted that she had torpeooeo '"e
French ,roncad Magenta twice, once when the lat-
,o- u,as al anchor and the second time when the
,rorcIad was moving. II pointed out that the
only drawback was that the eddy caused oy 'ne
submarine boat betrayed her movements IN o'oau
daylight at 100 yards. II was explained thd' ''o
principle OF tn invention was tnat the ooal "S'
no longer blind, two eutenants having in'e"'e" AT
"ava, which facilitated submarine progress
Anotber French submarine boat. the Gymnote. Is
armed with torpedoes. and a third. 10 De naIne'
the Morse is to be ready In March
The reported success of the Gustave Zede causeu
uary l6 the "AIatin." Of Paris Appealed 10 AZ
.true Frenchnen to sink their differences unite IN
a practical way for national defence ana suoSS''e
for a submarine boat to be called the f'Ahs~'''
on the model OF he Gustave Zede ana 10 cos' Oe
tween 2OOOo) and 10000 francs" The Mauh
headed the list with 5000 francs, announced thst
the smallest subscriptions would be received. ana
that thus TO Parliament would be shown It's duty.
The Gustav, Zede is the invention OF ftehcn
ma arine engineer, who is also the designer OF 'no
cymnote the former being built on the sUehs'h
~ ,ba Iatter's plans. But the Iede is 2oo TONS
while the Gymnote which is being Improved upon.
Ga onlv % ton, Both vessels an Improvement
on the "nsh boat" Goubet. stumpy cratt wnich
was NOT sue. ,ssful The Zede is III feet long ana
is described as a magnificent machine. very orna-
mental and useful in harbors, but useless In tho
omen sea whe. II is not equal in speed to modern
vessels
The Morse II was pointed out. was built on the
nlans Of Naval Constructor Romazzotu who fol-
lowed the trials OF the zede IS nearly finished and
has all the improvements shown 70 oe necessary ~
Tho trial of the Zede The Morse Is DESCRIBED as
being much smaller and more easily turned tnan
the Zedk She has displacement OF lio IONS ana ano
g. xorScd nv cleo tricity. II comes 10 the surface
20 charge lis accUmUators. and can make use ot
ironclads IN feet for This purpose. IL Is armsa ,S
,tb 40 rorDedoes one Of Which Is always III tne
tube When the first torpedo Is hred tne a stos tSs
valve closes he waier IT IL sPP,tn1P PHtirP'" S"' NN "
The Aurore, the paper wicn was ooa irs, enouss iSs
Erencb S;oyernmeut md French Army touSnlns
upon the pop liar idea that war between 1rn Ulrss
Asserted on Tuesday last that Toylon experts ssia
,bst the Zede cannot be controlled ana tnat its
trsais in any ca Q were what are populsriy known
as fakes"