Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-10-22
'GE RMAH MAR
GRAF MODELS"
'Dreadnoughts Are Master
pieces Of Design" Says
Correspondent.
tsrec,Al OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES,

y1lLHl;LMSH NlIN.--On board III.
w Wcstfnlen, nasship OF the frs
SQUADRON of the German high Sea
fleet, tho second OF German Dread
noughts. ! was welcomed by Vice Admir-
Pohl. III command. The Vice Admira
spoke to me of his Very great apprccia.
ton of tie United states navy ana Of lii
high regard for its officers.
In China and elsewhere he has !carned
TO know the value of these officers, and
among them lie has many friends. Before
wo parted he drank tho health of the
American navy.
The Admiral is certainly one of the most
capable and valued of German dag officers
and he babe me look round on the ships
of his magnificent command with natural
pride in the service to which he belongs,
Two days ago the battle slips Zahrinsen
and Wittelsbach went out OF commission.
turning over their companies to the
! Rhcinlnnd and tho Posen. so that now.
with his flagship and the Nassau. Admiral
! POM has under his orders the frs, homo
geneous division of German Dreadnoushts.
lOTHERS TO JOIN COMMAND.
| The Admiral tells me thar next year
perhaps one of them earlier three other
| prcadnoushts, the Thiiringen. lIcligoland
AMI ostfttcsland. will Join his command
Splendid is the appearance of these
! nv nc lto tn,
noble harbor which German genius and
enterprise. working steadily onward, have
created. They do not resemble in dispose
I ton of armament the plans of the new
battle ships of other nations. In the West
fallen and her three sisters, as is well
known, there are barbettes forward and
iabaft and Two barbetles on either broad
astern and eight on either beam. OBJ
served. too, that in the Ostfrcsland. which
is in an advanced stage of construction,
but without her guns on board. the Same
arrangement is preserved.
Nothing is known as to the plans OF
future ships, but there will almost GER
tainly be changes. | am told that all
barbettes may yet be placed on the centre
line, as in American and the new British
ships.
The view OF the Vice Admiral is that
the development of the German navy is IN
consonancc with the genius Of the German
people. We know what is an object lie
said, and we 30 steadily forward 10 It's!
attainment" This is truly the cllaractcris-
tic OF the German race.
SEES WORKING or GUNS.
From stem to stern from bridge and /
coming tower 10 boiler and engine rooms
have visited every part of the Wcstrn len,
and believe that am the first FOREIGNER to !
be allowed that privilege. I
have also visited the submerged tor
pedo rooms. and have seen the whole sys. i
ten, the Internal economy OF the ship
After much experience of the ships Of
other nations | am able to say that the
new German Drcndnoughts are master-
pieces Il design.
Admiral 'oM drew my attention to the
advantages OF the harbor, with It's splen-
Did new entrance through two great ma
sorry locks, and said that he could take
put his whole squadron Of eight battle
,Eips. with attendant, cruisers, in single
idc.
The sen battalion, which consists OF Il
Inc set Of men, has returned from ex-
'rciscs and marched through the town to
is barracks. The men are stil clad in
,ltc, but gone men llrrn hoNn tho now