Evening star., 1909-04-11

ius uocks. NJ. Mackenna endeavored to
.counteract In par, his expressions, which
might create alarm ut should not be
said, he cried. that there was no British
navy before these Dreadnoughts were
constructed We have forty cuirasses
OF the arst class which will not be out of
gate IN iSl2. We have flotilla Of thirty
qve projected armored cruisers. superior
to the notilla. which may form the two
strongest navies of the world Neyerthe-
less the minister concluded. the security
OF the country is above all other consid-
ela.iohs. Whatever the cost, that Sc
curity should be assured. 1t was a con-
fession that actually that security was not
assured.
Great Britain, like other great nations,
mas had her moments of lassitude when
sne rehed too much upon her past gran
deur Have a care" said M. Uruuhart
In the chamber Of commons in 1sss .the
sea Is . menace to you at the same time
mat 1t serves you: it carries YOU, but II
oesets you; the situation Of this island is
such mat there Is no middle ground for
! y, DelWeen being all powerful or not. Also
it was always conquered until the day
when. subjugating the sea. it became the
mistress OF the world. England will be
the victim of the sea when she shall have
become tired OF being its queen"
Ihese strong words have been forgotten
these last months. In her astonish-
ment in seeing her cousin
England's navigate the sea, Eng.
A.-,.. land looked on with some
disdain. But disdain fs
no longer the mode Anxiety and alarm
have sprung up.
The lord of the admiralty said: Ma
tional expenses should pass before social
expenses" Great Britain is net the only
country to forget that rule; France is
obliged to acknowledge her forgetfulness.
which is more menacing In a democracy
than in a monarchy. France is menaced
more seriously in her marine than Great
Britain, ana lie Temps asks with notable
anxiety: When will there be In the Pal
ais Bourbon a government which In the
face of these acknowledged weaknesses
will have the conscience TO recall to its
pass before social interests, that there Is
a reason for people to live. reason su-
perior to that OF the private individual"
In recent seance of the French cham
France should have navy in accord with
the necessity Of her proper situation her
alliances aud her records. Such q navy
she has not, or more properly. she has no
longer. The chamber has caused the naval
contributions to be diminished to such 2
from the second rank to the fourth, she
will soon be In situation to no longer
assure the defense OF her coasts and colo
nies.
providing credits for their fleets. Tn Eng
land the people reproach their admiralty
and government that they do not demand
more for their naval forces; In Germany
the reichstag votes without discussion
money for the navy. ana they place on
ha Sfn eRc T.
noughts; in France, at a moment when
the fate OF the neet is at stake the elect
Of the people are Discussing vague ques-
t!ens. or personal interests, foreign to
those which menace them.
The chamber, following the proposition
Of NJ. Delcasse, voted q new inquest The
French navy has been subjected to In
inqueSts many times--in 1894, In 1894, in
since it was recognized that cuirasse
of the Dreadnougllt type-that is to say.
ships armed entirely with cannon Of the
greatest caliber-should replace all anter-
Tor mode!s--a new era has dawned for all
maritime powers. In constructing Dread
France was certain to oppose her rival
with equal naval force. NJ. Caillaut. in a
spirit OF misplaced economy, opposed the
necessary appropriation and hence the
situation in which France finds herself
today.
NJ. Sauvaire Jourdan has written a very
interesting article for the Illustration Of
March 20. entitled ''Our
The Navy Navy and That OF
.e r... Others"
The author commences
minister of the French marine. whose re-
to Ioi~ 70 he .bDs sy.or
at this moment.
NJ Jourdan cites NJ. Sebelle, who has
drawn up a report Of the status of the
navies Of the different powers in the order
of their numerical value. He has pre-
sented only their lighting value and elim-
mated all useless cuirasse unities. and
among these all over twenty years old.
the protected cruiser of ancient model
and scout ships.
England is passed in review arst. She
has -forty.three cuirasses with thirty
eight cruiser cuirasses; 4 formidahle
four new c,lirasses. three .readnoushts
OF unities sof 1900 to c1,O00 tons To
these should be added Ill destroyers and
50 submarines.
cuirasses. The splendid performance Of
eighteen great unities of this fleet
In circlinE the great circle is men:
toned as an evidence Of the value Of
the material aud personnel: to them
must be added sixteen destroyers and
twelve submarines. In course Of con.
structton there are six unittes and two
monsters OF $500 tons.
Germany follows with 20 cuirasses, 8
cruisers cuirasses. So destroyers. q SUBJ
marines. TO this redoub,abl force. 10
cuirasses Of $1,000 tons are to be added ON
or before 1914
In the matter Of artillery the calihcr Is
2&0-m.m. Soma Of the new unities will
be armed with cannon Of 305-m.n.
France is In the fourth rank In taking
into count only her Is cuirasses. adding
20 cruiser cuirasses, and s unities OF the
pantop model. which are to be launched
In 1899.
No account Is taken of the Waideck-
Rousseau and the Quinet, beth OF which
arc on the STAYS, nor of the Pothnau,
designated as target scheolslip.
The author makes special mention of
the Pothnau. whose name Is historic since
the day there was signed on her deck at
Cronstadt by President Felix Faure and
Tsar Nicholas II the celebrated treaty of
alliance between France and Russia.
Whatever opinion may be held as to the
solution of the recent Austro-S con-
t1ict 1t cannot be denied that the situation
created has given impetus to naval aug.
mentation In all navies In view OF posi-
BE CONFLICTS. CH. CHAILI4E-LONG.