The San Francisco call., 1899-07-23
NAVAL GUNNERY
TO Be IMP PROVED
England Learns a Les
son From America.
GREATER ACCURACY DESIRED
OPERATIONS WITH A HUGE
FLEET.
Maneuvers Off the British Coast
viii Cause a Test of Torpedoes
Against Torpeo Boat
Destroyers.
GREATER ACCURACY DESIRED
OPERATIONS WITH A HUGE
FLEET.
Copyrighted. 1899 by the Associated Press

Copyrighted 1S99 by the Associated Press.
LONDON. July 22.-The close of the
most dreary sessions Of Parliament with
in the memory of men now living is in
sight The members of the House of Com
mons expect TO fit about August l, in time
to reach the moors for the opening of
grouse shooting which begins August q.
The Government has met many rebufts
in both houses of Parliament, and the
reduced majorities with which they have
carried some pet measures have consu-
tuted moral victories for the opposition.
The Conservative leaders. in short, have
DISPLAYED their usual VaCCiatiOn, inde-
cision and feebleness in resisting the de-
mands Of the classes against the
masses" Lobbying has been more preVa-
lent than ever before Unfortunately for
the success Of the Liberal party the lead
erS on hat side have shown little aptitude
to score off the numerous shortcomings OIL
the Tories or to profit by the reoeIhous-
ness that several Government measures
awakened in the ranks Of Lord Salisbury
adhcrents In short. the Liberals nave
shown themselves rather demagoglcaI op.
p0SerS than initiatOrS OF new line or
policy Otherwise they might more than
once have forced a dissolution of Parila-
ment and appealed to the country with
The determination of the admiralty. to
improve the gunnery OF the navy mas
come none TOO soon in the opinion of eX-
perts. and there is general satisfaction
that the authorities have decided TO 1ol-
low the example Of the United States
navy and double the allowance OF arninu- I
milton for tlrIng practice. Inc recent uh-
pIeasantness" between the United States
and Spain demonstrating the admirable
gunnery of the American navy, coupled
1ith official returns Just issued and show
ing that the best British gunnerS tailed TO
hit the target seventy out OF every one
hundred shots, has awakened lhe aQ-
miralty TO the necessity OF mendlng mat
In his statement in the House of Com
mons relative TO the ship building vote
the Right Hon. George J. GOschen, First
urd OF the Admiralty, practically cor
roborated the recent statement OF an
admiralty official TO the Associated Press
THAT for it's size the American navy IS
as fine a navy as ever existed ana much
could be learned from it, and that mean
while he hoped that the naval lnte4H8ehCe
The mobilization of a huge fleet en-
gaead in the present maneuVerS is carry
M out a plan of operations of the most
interesting character. Ihe plan supposes
Great Britain to be at war with a Contl-
mental power and a convoy OF BrlIlsh
merchant ships carrying food and supplies
is crossing the Atlantic from HautaN ull-
der q small escort. The enemy sends a
fleet to intercept the convoy ana GREAT
Britain sends a fleet to intercept that OF
its adversary. The enemy, however, re-
lies unon numerous torpedo boats issuing
from Irish ports for the purpose OF mar
RAISING the British while he captures me
convoy. Great Britain, on the other hdhu
relies upon
cope with the torpedo boats and give Tree
play to the seagOing ships. Ihe real test
IS thus torpedoes against torpedo oQat
deStrOYers. The result must De most m
1eresting and must largely control the ~
turc policy with regard to the DulIdlns
of torpedo boat destroyers. z.,,uos o.,
What President Kruger decllned 10
WELD to the petitions of the Ultlanqers
and the arguments Of the Brlush dlsn
Commissioner of South Africa Sir Alfred
liIner. he seems inclined to yield to the
more forcible hints Of the " ar once
comprised IN unobtrusiVe but OBVIOUS NIL
itary preparations. The sudden chanSe OF
front by the Nolksraad in adopting the
Tuesday is a forcible demonstration of the
claim that President Kruger can and does
Weld when the proper pressure Is ap-
plied. but not otherwise. As MI Chahl-
berlain said in the course OF MS spescm so!
in the House Of Commons on IhuISady
regarding the mobilization of the FRANCHISE
law in the TransVaal the concessions 90
not end the difficulties, put merely oiLeI
. basis for a pacific settlement. and fOr-
rner experiences with the TransVadl nave
taught the Government that II IS Lldu-
visable in any way to relax pressure un-
til the contract is concluded. Inc mill
tary preparations, therefore, have peen III
Tber5s is a general suspicion in city cir
cles that the CuTzons are in some way
mixed up with the arrangement uhqer
which Clinton Dawkins, financial MEMBER
OF the Indian Council, Is to become
member of the firm Of j: Z. Morgan y
Co. and American capital will hereafter
Some find confirmation of this idea in the
strenuous support being given by the
Government of India TO the employment
OF electricity as a motive power IN the
great factories for military requisites
which il is intended to build at Jubbul-
pore. Officials are said to want Ameri-
cans TO duplicate the works at Niagara
Falls, claiming that the falls of the Ner'
budda and GOdaVery are fully equal t.
those Of Niagara.
Englishmen are also greatly excited
over the published announcement that
the New York Airbrake Company, fol-
lowing the example of the Westinghouse
Company, intends to establish factories
in Europe.
Following the lead Of their more enter
prising brethren in the United States,
the medical world of Europe is eagerly
debating the developments in serum
therapeutics. Recent demonstrations in
Berlin and Paris Of American success in
this direction are the subject of wide
spread comment in the medical journals.
DR.. w NJ. Warren Of Detroit, who has
Just completed a tour Of European labora-
tories tells the correspondent of the AS
sociated Press that European scientists
are marVeline at the discoveries In the
United States. Mr.. Warren says the
principal object Of his visit was to obtain
the views of Europeans as to whether
anti-tOXine remedies, so efflcaCiOus in
diphtheria and lockjaw, cannot be applied
in cases Of the bubonic plague, cholera
and yellow fever.
al have been chasing the baccili." said