The sun., 1901-09-15
ENGLAED'S new SUBMARINES.
THE ADMIRALTY CONIINCED or
THE IALtE or THE EOtFS.
An f,rort 10 Get on level With the ~
Nav, IN This H-speci Mosquitoes and
Malaria - sarah Bernharfits sum
nier -Ganbiing on Ucran Liners

LONDON, Sept Tile hrst ~ the sub
/ marines bcing built iur the British hd-
mIraliy viii be- launched toward the c'd
oi tho pre-,'n, month or c"4iy la Dcto' 'l.
| There will H.. no ceremony Ht the launching
and the trials w,li ta.- place with IT,"
greatest secrecy. In addition to ~" Nv"
boats Of tine Holland typr, there - also. II
i understood. submarine nf an Eug''-h
design BEING ~ u' 20 the order Of tie Ad-
miraty. and D. ~ umorcd that several
more wall bo proyided ior in next yeai r.
naval e-t.Iuate-.
The Admiralty IL now convinced oi the
utility Of these Lna'- and al - or u 10
be made to g-t on level with Franc" in
this matter. At tie present momeui H."
/ French uayo thiitr-i.ur 10 various states
/ Of nanuft"fur~ 'NcltV-uin" cl"rtric sub
/ marines aI.d i've susMei-iIl"s. While tho
/ British bOsts wi, not be quite ~ last as
some Of the FRENCH hoGts, they are "i-
/ pe,'teo TO Ue superior IA other ways, snth
ss being able to rise and disappear more
quicidy
Inc dimensions of tho Eve boats % the
Holland typs are 81 fest lnche~ over .li,
beaIn II feet iuch"-, with n dispiaceHeni
. when submerged ~ 10 tons. one tufpedp
/ expulsion tuOo is formed ~ the eAtI emo
! forward end Of the boat aud four Of the
/ ls-inch Nnitehesd tOrT~do-s will be carried.
The gear ~ oelng arranged - tAal ~"
torpedoes may ~ discharged while the
] boat Il stationary or running al any sp>rd
I and when the y~sS.l n ~ .sh ct rurue L'd
/ lukrrss and rgr~ss will H., through . con-
] mug tower % aTuiut~d '.vrl, four inches
/ hack. and tlifty-two iLcl"- u cNterrs.
z diameter. ftted Win observation p~llr
III. propulsion Of to vessel awaSh l. by
/ "A Ra-oleue eng = With four sIugle-aCtiug
/ cylinders. wn'er- iaokct-d lh" speed
msv be varied from 700 70 $50 revolutions
= u,inute, givinr he maximum hoi So power
Of iso The boa, Will have on.y ono
/ PROPELLER The sp"ci Hwa-h II cfp"Ct"d
I 10 bc eight knots ara fur /. 10 BE- carried
Tor radius - CO.. miles a. that speed
When the ycs--l is submerged, pIopul-
/ sion IL by an electric motor, Nhi'n. like the
/ gasolene engine, arrives the snHit foin
the propeller through gearing viii clutch
| connection This g"srin- enables b"th
the gasolen- ensin" snd N. motor 20 o-
at lower ley- Than ~" shaft, which II on
the CentrN line ~ 'h- boat
For diving the boat will be n''~t with
| A horizontal a. well ~ yrrfical rIdd'r.
/ Willie. at tho same time. n simple system
T Of automatically arranging tho disI"Sit'on
. ~ 'hs water ballast uv~rCuWrS any lack CT
horizontal stability oon-~qu~ut upon 10"
diving action Automatic means Gi-o de-
tarmine the angle OF diving or 81 rising q"
. th. stlrf.oc, and obvlate suhUerCenCe -
. excessive depths By n sp~"isl arrange
mont a view Of the surface from d"f'h
. that prevents ths submarine being seen
I can be obtained
Major Ronald Ross Of the British Army
Medical Corps. who has been In West Az
ricA investigating the association Of the
. mosquito with mRHrial fever, arrived IN
England on MONDAY last In tho course
Of an interview h" SAID that tho presen {
~as his 9Th cGped ton on behalf Of tho
~
pr Logan Tsylor. who IL To remain on tho
coast for ons wear longer 20 carry out a
saries Of experiments was also member Of
ti,s expedition. large sum Of money
20 meet tho expenses was provided by a
Scotch philan,hropist, who is'elv doubled
tho amount. Additional sums have been
given by Liverpool merchants.
A, the end Of last June tho expedition
arrived In Sierra Leone and entered upon
the task ~ attempting 20 get rid Of mos
quitlcs In Fre-town More than thirty
men .cra eupI-v~d In th. work one
gang va. employed ia Destroying mos
Quito Iarvr In houses aud s'tuChei areas
1his party IN tmrty-four DAYS cleared
et-S lou.rs and removed $50 cArtioads
Of broken bottles and thus. 10 whlCh some
Z uosuui'e"- breed
Commenting upon tho result OF thes"
labo.s Major kos, said % Wa- too eatiy
vet o. -p~ak emphs naily, but tle mum
Tor of Wo-slitos- in ih" centre oi th- town
/ had certainly Len largely reduced. There
we're hardly any e. D~ found iu Dr.. Logan
T.ylor's hous~. Vh-f~ formerly t'"v u-'d
| 20 swarm Tp~ sane stats Of ar aims pre-
Vail~d a. GcyrTumerf Huu--, where the
Major stsvea Ma or Roe peluted cut,
~ sn example. that Dr McheuoiIok, Of
tn. indian Medical service, Who had bNen
. iepgi-d TO watch 'he operations of the
eyped ten on behalf OF tho Gov"rnmeHt
of India was net bitten orc~ during tho
whole month Ordinarily. In fourteen days
De would certainly have b@en bitten - lsls
hve or SIX times a oav Major Ros- isd
. NJ doubt that lie experiments would h~
successful sio that they would IL continued
. ~ ouC a. LeCc~S1 v.
leaving pr Tav'or a. Frectovn MAJOR
Ross pro eedcd 10 Lagos Tie visited To
great natiV" CITY Of iuadsn, inAsoltsd hy
ISuOpD people The country around WAS
HpleudiS being op-r and fertile With very
. fine cliWAf" To Governor of Lagos had
fully accepted th- mosquito thrurv with
. regard 90 /. s.aTal fever ard Was activity
engax~d an preventing malaria IN Lagos
. The fu.asu-'~ adopted bv Sir William
NacGrrgor we're admirable. ard lr va
. Confident uf suT,e-s Sf~akluE oi ii- 'i-.i
I 20 Accra Major foss ~sid that the Governor,
4 Major NRthnn. was anxious 10 s'art similar
/ work their at on .. and dcuHi i"ss eNrr't-
/ would l.. sent cut isU,dlateIy 10y the
! Ilverpoul school uf Ncdi inc
ON the whole Ma or kus- expressed him
] self well -a'i.f-d With ui- tour = tcu'..c
| MEASURE. against malaria had hS"n sf.f'rd
| down 10 coast from taupia to laGu-
I Personally b. did not think 10 hrsi'h 81
| tho coast wa - tad - u vas TS,"t''t
! lie believed that bv Wluut" attention Il"
| various details Tho TIA g" would bc o. Hi- ~
! bcnlthfil a. u jia for luroi'Hr4 ola Wet
/ lfri aus were sober ami rsr'lul az g"u.
I a-allv enioy.d ve,N good health " ws-
p the iuproyiaout newcomers who generally
s-emed 20 suier
The Times AVS this morning We under
! stand that Mime Sarah Bcrnhsitt has ius'
.iru-d a contract to produce AT her thcatr"
H. Parts a drama which Marion ,'awfurd
has written on the subject of l.tarc,--a ia
Rinini Mr. Crawford wrote the pay IA
English. bu' made rough translation,
winch he read Co Nine Bernhard, when ,he
uas In London this summer II ha, rincs
then heen arransei thai 'h" actual version
which Nine B"fuhartt will p".flrm l. 20
Il. made hv VI MSrcc. >,hv'b, who made
t,. pros translation oi litfu.'' act'si uy
Mn. BeruhArit VI Schvub BE- iu rp s.n-"
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