Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1908-03-12
The BRITISH NAVY.
Its Present Condition and Future
Development.
why There II Pause In New Com
tlcships Enough for
the Present--Awniting the
Plans of Foreign Rivals.

come th,nuvb - a. rro,onyed
naval aoitatIo,e on.s ,,a-,.;o. cortrover-
eiee such nc II, tb,a an,,u,ry ,re hanp,,v
rorc and omeryo, w. !, noriod ~ calm
That is IN say ,,r,rotivo cain For
tho animal nay., os,,,,,,,os ore ont and
,nost neonlo aproo tho, hoxovor animat-
al tho debate -, NJ X,,,rr,y Macdon-
a,d,e motion NAV, \. -, Monday II will,
now no on,;ro,,, ,,o,ar,io,l for nothing
furthor vii, no do,o 9Th. u,v for re-
troncbuont mr. . rn,ord noIicv for nm
o,hcr vcar
Ae far nc Mo ,o..,, o,,,a,ion is rom
corrod ,bo o,o,or,,,,, ID, on+iro1v eofo
f., snitc Of an oc,,o,.,o,t,,od sn,it in lie
ronke For tho onroei+io, arc committed
N suntor. +hor, ,c,;,st any prcssuro
fr,,, ,boir ou,, si,,o t., e,vor NJ bcavv
-osuc,ions whit .,oro o-o ncrb,ns 12a
n,e,,bors n,odsod - so,.cro oconon,v
,h,ro ,ro a;ch.,. ,....-,,,,e, ,ilor,1~ 70
coun,orb,1apco +,e,, ,nd rho rost NJ tho
nor,v tho 1-isb oxo,,,aoa u,ii, fo,,ow the
onc;o, vhin CO al ;r,o-nst in Mr. Mac
do,,,d,s motion !. ,,to, away hofort-
h,,d ard ,bie !. oor,aIr,r duo "a tho
,,,utoross ~ +ho ,r,,,.r,y,o,+ in met
rorir, ,b,e aoho,o &C ,hov did b,.
ocrcencrt fror, tho address stage until
or,cr .ho oe,in,,+os r,nro ecttlod and
,ub,iebod
Jrron, tho eorso4ior,I roirt Of view tbo
oe+iratos for 1oos.o ,ro ei,rular,v tame
Az . rosu,. IF cnu,.o,,c.i,r ,rossure tho
,ovorrror+ hoe dot,rr,i,od nracticallv
IN mark time IN ,cw naval CONSTRUCTION.
Rut tbn,. arc not AT al, embarrassing.
ne , ,oriod I, rovol bis,orv Thoy doGni-
,o,, call , halt IN tho coretruction Of tho
heavily armed canit,, sbl,s which are
IN form tho hattie limo IN tho twentieth
century, Thov oIso announce that we
have enough for tho nrcscnt Of tho two
classoe or intermediate shins namolv
tho o,r b,t,,oebins roi,ro-ccd nv the
c-uisore nrono- or second-class cruiscrs
r,e.,,. ,bo,. rouo g., ,.cr,. in,nortanr do
n.r+uro IN = ro,, o,ass ~ cruisers vhich
! 7 s,,r-oeo nil, ro,t T., f,,,-o nc third
c,,ss or,,,sers o,though tho ,ircs ~ do
-,oro,.,o, T., or,,isors Nv, o,vavs hoior
oh,itc-,ted and Jaw, a-,in elsewhere
,e 10. ace,ro,,o--- ,o,-nodo-hoats and
erhrooriros ono NAV ca. that tho nov
rro,,-o,,, :. i,,.. ei,i-o- 10 r,ne with
| ,.or,. ,t,,a woe, ovnori-ro,,
To- ra,.,o,.i,- ~ tor,,,+ior of tho
+r.ortio.h o.,t,-,. h,+.,o linz u,o coo vow
-.a,, ,.,,l. ~. 49, $50, o,i,oa ~
mo h.
stontio, I..d ovo- orr most ono-re,ic
| cor,no,itor :, I,,rono r:o-,nonv who
b,s +bn d,.,dva,toro y, bn;r. Two wears
behind ne with ,bn on1ortunitv or max
inc nossih,o innr,vomor+s On the Dread
| po,,.,,,, t,-no Orr nro-r,n ror THE vear
--o,,,dos tor 6,,.r o,e largo hat.
| tlosb;, ard ono h.o1,. cruisor When
thosn .-o cor,,,.tnd /, ,o,n-11 u,e sbaI,
|
two,yo-inch c,rs and c,nah,a of bo,din .,
tbo,r own n live rbo,. oro no+ n, eoro,
| oitho- IN nro,oct;o, or oruor,ort hu,
,rohob,,. r,oro roor,. allied than a,y
s,uro- dozo, coretr,c+od /, an onra,
| ,or,oa o,.or : r,ro,.-o,,,s ,rboro viii no
| tbo Dread,orrh. +hreo Re,,oronhons
| ne eon. tons) Of sirnilar t,-ne. and three ST.
vinccnts no nn TONS, and tbc new vesse,
! i,st nrnvided for All these vesse,s have
n speod bet weon twenty and twentv-one
knots with broadsido az eight twelve
incl, e-,,ns forrnint, an almost corrrnloto
" bon,oreneous squadron
| Allied IN these and ranking as first.
| o,oes c,n;ta1 chine arc tho two Lord Ne,
sons us 5rA corpletjnr this. year with
four ,we,ve-incb and fve nine
inch guns ON th, l,,,x.dside and four in.
| vincih,es ~ Oh tonsN lightly arnored
hut with twentv-eve knots sreed and
having n h-oadside of eight tYc,ve-inch
! gurs r,brec ~ the latter tvne ara ,nder
| CONSUMPTION and tha fourth annoars IN
tho ncv nrooraro
When we consider that tho noxt conn
tr,. our Chauvinsts want to heh, will,
only have az the end of 1910 or there
ahouts two r,-sa.z-Ravorns re mn tons,
two Ersatz.Pode,s 10 NM and ono bp.o
cr,,isor r,,-,. 7. ms aoo tors, - ,,rrrou,,,
| desipr II womb rca,,v no criminal ro-
, eovornrcn+ o-orceeirc "a ho ,iber,, 20
continue adding moro numbers 70 q .vno
.hior two ,oo-,s @,.,,or oo,eiaoro,; a,,
may nrova N he obsolete
bos No, boon ci,.,,, o,n,r,oto s,tisf.ct,n,
in overv rosnoct ,Itho,rh as now AVID
daring DESIGN +, is accounted as q -,,ccees
,rb.rn are moreov., two ro,nts in which
uc ought 70 watch o,r.f,,,ly fo- tho -.
| su,ts or Cerno, ora Amori.ar exne-,
once The first is whether IN. C-rma,
o1over-ncb .un is ecuiva,ert in nover
ne thev claim for IL ~ our tws,ve-,rr,,
which wou,d ,4vc ,bnr, vor,. r,ato-i,I
advantage in displacement Tho second
lie tho rlocinr ~ t,o ,,,,, ,,,--ots .. -,
o,,s ,a.,-rors w., 80. =. =. - 49,
70 mako evor,. c,rr ,,ot,o,I, 90 o,,,ou
hroadsido UIthcrto &, o,- ra,,,oro,hors
DIV desiprere have r.yo- hoor oh,o .,
escano from, nlociro TWO ~ tbo tu-ro,
ono IN zach eido oc +bo oo,,-oI movie -,
tho shin ca N.ot oc 40 ,o, ,.mrs ,r.n orr
always useless N, either broodeido