The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-03-13
Going Ahead in Construction of
Fighting Machines Regard
less of Other Powers.
KAISER DETERMINED UPON
HAVING A BIG NAVY
Striking Figures Indicative of
Accelerati0n in Construct
ing German Fleet.
BY MALCOLM CLARKE.

Special Cable % The tribune.
BERLIN, March l2.-Now that the
election in Great Britain is over and
the German bogey is not necessary for
campaign purposes, it is found that
the whole idea of the German Davy out
stripping that OF Great Britain was
preposterous as was in fact repeatedly
pointed out by naval experts here A
well known German naval authority in
speaking of the situation, said To me
recently: Germany is going ahead
with her naval programme regardless
of Great Britain or any other power.
German interests demand that we shall
have q powerful naval force and we
are getting it,. That it Will be equal
in power TO that of Great Britain Is
val programme, VIC viii baVe III 1920
tifty-eigbt armorcd ships Of the first
class, that is. ships which would fight
in the first line OF battle. At her pres
ent rate of building. the United States
will have Gfty.four ships Of the same
class and Franco viii have fortvGve.
Great Britain s tirst-class battleship
and armored cruiser strength IN 1920
will be ll2 units. equal to the com
plutu lultC VI Sll ul'llN anu VIC SIlAtN
States. So YOU see Great Britain has
no cause To be greatly alarmed.
New German Naval Base.
Plans FOR the new German naval base
at Bruusbuttel, at the western end of
the KAISER Wilhelm canal, are COM
plcted. aud work is 10 be begun imme
diatcly. The total cost VIII be about
30.0O0,000 marks. The work will re.
duire many years, and when finished
the new naval base will be the greatest
oD the North sea. 1t is intended TO
rank with Kiel, with its great natural
harbor, at the northeastern eud of the
canal There has Just been published
some striking official figures Indicative
of the accelcratiou in The construction
of the German fleet, The number OF
workmen employed in the imperial dock
wards has risen from 1860 III 1902 to
23 ,00S, The Kiel wards lead with $500
men. At Wilhc!mshaven S1S4 are en-
ployed, and al Dauzig 3j93. The tor
pedo works at Fricdrichsort employ
1865 men. and there arc 2I26 Mt the
artillery ammunition and store depots
The wages dishursed iu these various
establishments bavo increased from
s., 5,75O,000 in 1902 10 $S,@5O.O00. These
figures. OF course, do not lucludc the
stats Of the enormous private dockyards
which arc cooperating With the I'm.
peral yards IN the creation OF Ter
many s new feet.
Editor Causes Sensation.
Herr MaNimllian Harden editor OF Die
Zukmft, who Is generally believed to-
the progressive clement in
Germany. delivered n lecture here re-
Gently which has caused something OF
sensation, Ills subject was the Sig
niflcarcc Of the English elections for
and he argued that the sole
idea governing those elections was the
Of and the preparation for a
war with Germany, The lecturer pro-
ceedcd To urgo the necessity OF an arma-
mcuT limitation agreement between both
nations on condition that England
stopped batting Germany and Germany
England for diminishing the
latter maritime supremacy. Then came
the sensational statement that Germany
would he ready TO allow England 10 an |
mex the Congo state and the island o(
Crete in exchange for British friendship. |
Herr Eardcn's known close relationship |
with authoritative Berlin circles added |
weight to this suggestion, which some |
believe reflected the foreign Office views |
Commercial Treaty Likely.
Reports purportins 10 bc well founded !
are in circulation here 10 the effect that |
Count Mettcrn,ch. the German cmbas
sador i'm London. recently recommended |
10 the GcImau lugclgp. oMlcc LlC adNSa- |