Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-07-23

Of the kaiser, comes here to show that he
is able to surpass his one-tine master IN
stagecraft. Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree.
1t is the idea Of Prof Rheinhardt to pre-
sent at Olympia an original wordless
play a drama of intense and most seri-
Gus interest, with music by one Of the
foremost German composers OF the mod
ern school.
and thirteenth centuries. Over 1900 peo-
pie will be employed. gathered from all
parts Of the world. The chief characters
will be sustained by q group Of the most
talented mines" in Europe: There will
be an orchestra of 40 performers REIN
forced by huge organ.
Olympia will be sgt as Roman thea
ter. with the stage In the center and the
public all round, the seating being ar
ranged as at the horse show and military
vised by a stage designer OF worldwide
renown, who will carry out the ideas OF
Herr Rheinhardt. The lighting Of the
stage will be one of the most startling
adjuncts to the spectacle-beams from
all round the great building will be con-
centrated on the impressionistic scenery
and vast mass of performers. There will
be two performances daily during the
Christmas holidays.
New Type Of Warship.
Sir Philip Watts. director Of naval con-
struction, and those working with him
have In contemplation the abandonment
Of the dreadnought design for our battle
ships and the adoption of a totally new
type. This will not. Of course. affect the
battleships and neutrality-suspicious. now
under construction
Though no details of the new type of
vessel now under consideration have been
allowed to leak out, 1t is possible to state
that in point of displacement they will
approximate to the Lord Nelson type
rather than to the super dreadnoug It's
now on the stocks at Davenport Ports
mouth and elsewhere. That is to say,
somewhere in the neighborhood Of 1000
or $4,000 tons, as against the q, 800 tons
Of the Queen Mary, now building in the
Palmer yard at Larrow.
1t is not proposed that the "all-big- gun
principle shall be abandoned in this new
type Of ship. On the other hand, If APP
parently we'll authenticated reports may
be credited. the primary armament OF
these vessels will consist OF SIX Of the
new 16-inch guns which Is under ris-
cussion at the moment, while they would
also carry comparatively heavy anti
torpedo armament. One great point that
is urged in favor OF these new ships is
that they would be relatively cheap to
build; indeed, it is commended that two
Of them could be built for less than one
super-dreadnought costs, and, Of course,
In much quicker time.
It is q matter Of common discussion
among naval men at the present moment
as to what the effect would be II the
whole Of the ten 13.5-inch guns that are
to be mounted upon tho King George v
and it's sister ships now building were
cred simultaneously with full charges. as
might easily be necessary In the case of
a fiercely fought action.
Expect Decks Would Buckle.
Gunnery officers Of the ripest expert
ence have been heard to declare that no
ship that has yet been conceived could
possibly Withstand the consequent con-
cussion. and that the decks would in
evitably buckle badly. In this cOnnec-
ton 1t is perhaps significant to recall
that never yet has one Of the British
dreadnoughts or super-dreadnoughts been
permitted to fire all OF her big guns to-
gether with full war charges.
The new battleships will be designed to
develop a speed hitherto undreamed Of
In the case Of capital ships" On paper
the battleships now on the stocks are
to have a speed Of thirty knots an hour,
thing that would have been deemed i'm
possible a generation ago fer a battle
ship of 27,5O0 tons displacement, but
those VINO are concerned with the design
for the new vessels are confident that
thirty-fOur or even thirty-six knots can
easily be attained.