New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-06-24
NAVAL STREYGTH N FAR EAST.
ENGLAND's FORCE COMPARATIVELY wE,aEu
THE LIST OF BRITISH VESSELS.


In contrasting the naval strength OF the Povva-<
in the Far East. it is impossible to leave out Of
can WELD Admiral FreemantIe who mas s ssI1
TINS navy under IRE. before IT reached its present
the last n1eetirz of the Ins1iTTrior - N VEL IA az
eets did not hesitate 70 state publicly that ne con-
sidered that of the ships built for this new
OF The British feet Nor does this Admiral aIons
100 L4ese opinions Ihe supremacy on The Eastern
seas OF Japan IS az least as indtsputable as that
OF Great Britain in the Occidept. A. the nanCPu-
supreme satssactf6n Of reviewing no ieg i ts S
nIty Warshlps, comprising hve batJeshps thirteen
important vessels II is quite certain mat If treT
is any trouble of any kind in Far Eastern seas the
neet winch Japan mas ouiit IN The past decade VIII
play an important part Lord Charles Beresford
has urged the British Government 10 secure by
I1ohiis yt iI ~ n't ms strong ana
of this country and its counterpart IN the Orient
rather tban co-STarCi,l ana Sst5 s7rIe9rlal
batr.eships. has had the wisdom to assign TO this
sphere the arm0red cruisers Rurik. Rossa- Admiral
NakhimqF, Dmtrrt Donskoi and Vladimir Mono
mach. all thoroughly effective, wei armOred and
into action eight ships OF the line OF battle France
has mace no eroFJ 70 keep pace with the strides OF
cruisers ana sloOps- Even Germany makes a great
er exhibition Of power, while in view OF her IN
have naturally augmented their squadron. Italy
tain front place in the naval parade OF which
the Far East IS continually The scene
defence. the British squadron makes brave show,
but most OF the warShtps that iy the white ensign
are OF quite tnCOnsieraE,e value Fifteen OF them
merely SlO1ps. dispatch ard snail craft
useful IN times OF peace Dlt- useless a naval
ton Nice-A6r1iral SIR Edward Seymour has MS
flagship the Centurion. which is first class
moreG twin screw baJJle-A.D OF 10 500 tons and
ryicg four big guns and ten weapons. the second
IN command Rear admiral Bruce. being on board
the Barfieur. vessel OF similar dimensions.
The other ships of the feet in Chinese waters ars9
Goliath. IS first class batti-SAip 1850 tons,
Captain Lewis T. Wiurz- UnCaunIed p guns. FIRST
Clarke; Aurora y guns. fCst class armored cruiser
$500 tons. Captain E Fl. Eayly, Orlando L guns,
first class ar cred cruiser, $500 tons Captain J. II
7. Burke Terrible "A guns. 1rst class cruiser. 142o4
tons. CAPTAIN Percy Sect C. B; Endynion. 4
guns, first class cruiser $50 Captain G. A.
Callagha BCnavenrure- 10 guns. second class
cruiser. 4.350 tons Captain r. NoutSOmsrie Her.
mOue 10 guns. second clSsS cruiser. 43 tons. Cap
tain r s ID. Cumming, PtQue. guns. second class
cruiser, $50 tons. Captain II C. Reynolds, Brisk
guns third class cruiser l7IG IONS. Commands
r. Wrey. Algerine. guns. twin screw sl0Op. 105i
tons, Commander R n J. Stewart, Phoenix. guns
twin sioop. leo tons. Commander r G.
Fraser: Rosario guns. screw sloop. $50 tons Com
mander CiaUd Hamilton. Daphne, guns. twin
screw sl0Op. LILO tons Commander c. Wilmington
Ingram.
The squadron also includes the gunboats Pea.
cock POver. PIgmy. RedpOle and Esk. the rtvef
service vessels Sandpiper; snipe. Robin. Woodcoca
and WOOdlgrk. i've torpedo boat destrOyers and t14
AacFity and Liunet. TWO small craft.