The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1911-06-16
Big. NAVY REVIEW
UNITED STATES TO HAVE MOST
POWERFUL DREADNoUoHr
At sPITHEAD EVENT.
PART OF THE CORONATION
George v. Will Pass Between Hun.
dreds Of Vessels on June a.
King and Queen to Appear s.
in State at Ascot.

London. England.-The great naval
review of King George at Spithead,
June "a. will see gathered together IN
tull commission the largest number OF
vessels of the Dreadnaught class ever
assembled.
Most of them naturally will be units
OF the British navy, but the United
States will be represented by the most
powerful. up-to-date battleship partici-
pating in the review, the Delaware,
which is considered in naval circles to
typify the latest ideas Of battleship
construction. The system adopted in
her case of placing the five turrcts in
single line is being followed in all
the new battleships of the British fleet
now under construction.
There are to be more than 10 battle.
ships of the Dreadnaught type that
will be In line on review day. These
are the Colossus, Hercules, Neptune.
St. Vincent, Collingwood, Vanguard,
Belerophone. Temeraire, Superb and
Dreadnaught. To these will be added
four cruisers of the Invincible class,
the 1ndefatigable, Invincible, Inflexible
and Indomitable.
Germany is the only other nation to
send Dreadnought. This will be the
Won De-. Tam, declared to be the
fastest warship in the world. The
other foreign naval powers are send
ing vessels of the pre-Dreadnaught
class, although in some instances they
are of quite recent construction.
Nations and Their Vessels.
France will be represented by the
Danton, Japan by Kurama, Austria by
the Radetzky, Italy by the San Marco.
Russia by the Rossiya. Spain by the
Reina Regente. Argentina by the Bue.
nos Aires. Chile by the Chacabuco,
Sweden by the Fylgia. Turkey by the
Hamidieh and China by the Hai-Chi.
Denmark, Holland and Norway are to
be represented by small coast defense
vessels.
All the vessels present at the re-.
view, including the foreign warships
and passenger ships with spectators,
will be moored in lines, supplemented
by shorter lines for the torpedo boats
and submarines. The boundaries of
the review ground enclose an area of
about Is square miles. There will
be 40 British war vessels of various
types present.
The king and queen will pass
through the lines on board the royal
yacht Victoria and Albert, which will
be accompanied by two other royal
zach 5. the Alexandra and the Alberta.
AS the royal yacht approaches each
vessel in line, salute will be fired
and at the same time the shore batter
les will join in the greeting
King and Queen to Appear at Ascot.
Two society functions this week will
divert attention somewhat from the
coronation preparations and monoplize
social activities. These are the inter-
national horse show and the Ascot
races. The court has removed to
Windsor and the king and queen will
make state appearance at Ascot both
on the opening day. Tuesday, and on
Thursday, when the gold cup will be
the feature. Ascot week is the occa-
sion of brilliant house parties by the
leaders of society, with royalty great
ly in evidence.
Invitation cards are now being is.
sued for the coronation ceremony in
Westminster Abbey, where two addi-
tional rehearsals will be held this
week. The Indian troops now located
at Hampton Court, together with the
Canadian contingent, are being made
welcome at various attractions and en-.
tertainments.
Scotland Yard is taking strict pre-.
cautions to guard against any attempts
hy anarchists on the occasion of the
| coronation professions. All those hav-
ing control of. the seats on the lines
OF the route have been required to
give the names and addresses of all
foreigners booking seats or windows,
to enable inquiries to be made, and
an unusually strict watch is being
kept at all shipping ports.
The Roman Catholic archbishop of
Westminster has requested his clergy
to hold special masses on coronation
day, with prayers for the king. A spe-
cial coronation service will be held in
the Roman Catholic cathedral at West
minister on June 25.