The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1911-04-14

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Eleventh II should be- dnlcolt %
blockade
EXAMPLES ARE Given.
As examples, tbs admiral mentions
that ~ Klol and W Wllhclmsbayen
the Germans boast ~ two ~ th,
1ncst dockyafds IN 'tbc world, The
creation Of recent years. The mag
niGcent roadstead and dOckyard oi
tho former (kiell has been rendered
Imprcgnable by the defensive work,
planned by a commission presided
over by Won Moltke himself vii
helmsbaven, with its three drydocks
each one capable Of taking In bat
tleship of $4,000 tons displacement
gives one an idea OF what constitute
a primary or permanent naval base.
| England, fully alive to the possibill
ties OF the near future, has estat
lsbe6 new naval bases at Malta, Gil
raltar tnew by reason OF the new dry
docka), Dover aud Rosyth. 1t is tn
intention " the admiralty, accordIn
TO recent reports, to establish sti
} another naval base. Harwich, on Tn
North Sea, is the place designated.
! is already strongly fortified. The oil
/: dockyards at Chatham, Sheernes
/, Portsmouth, Plymouth, Pembrok
Q and others no longer suflice. III
y government drydock No. at Gibra
tar is eight hundred and sixty.thr,
u feet long and ninety-five feet Wild
o The harbor recently opened at Dow
:. Is said to be the largest artificial ha
r. Dor In the world. 1t incloses an ar
sufficient for the Accommodation OF
It feet OF twenty-five tlrstclass bait
~ ships and auxiliaries. Dover barb
n was begun In 1898, and Ia said to ha
ID cost $40, 100000.
10 Rosyth, on the north side OF {
~ Firth OF Forth, Scotland, Is now ne
Ing completion, japan has at Vol
We hama three drydocks and four
81 Yokosuka. The French have tn
" principal military ports at Bre
d. Cherbourg, Toulon and Blzerta, q,
Id Tunls, where there are three d
docks. Then there are Port Artl
,so and Vladivostok as other examples
he great military ports.
ry But except at Wilhelmshaven q
ter one or two Others OF the great m
=, taiy ports OF Europe, there is not
Ity that embraces all the requisites IN
pc. toned above, When he surveys
az Atlantic coast Of the United Sta
~ Admiral Luce finds only two L
tions possessing the major requil
conditions, and these are Narrap
sett Bay, II. L., and Chesapeake I
Va. South OF the Chesapeake
mentions only Key West, and tina
to be merely station for observat
for II has no means and material
II extensive supplies or rehtting, and
III a place OF shelter or retreat, the 81
would be forced to anchor behind
reefs In an open sea, with no pro
tlon AMI with constant danger 1
10 storm OF being driven on the rocks
AS TO GUANTANAMO.
gh or Guantanamo, Cuba, the adm
led says: ut Is valuable as an advan
mt post or rendezvous for the same
ne. sons that apply to Key West, In
event OF the Caribbean Sea becom
the theatre OF naval operations,
on would prove as a strategic point
he very great Importance. II canv
, Is however, come within the categor.
lay permanent naval bases, unless G