Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1911-06-16
WORLDS GREATEST
NAVAL REVIEW.
UNITED STATES TO HAVE MOST
POWERFUL DREApNoUGHT
At sPITHEAD EVENT.
IN HONOR OF THE CORONATION
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dreds Of Vessels on June a.
King and Queen % Aoes~
In 9tate at Ascot.

London, June 1.-THE great naval
review Of King George at Spithead.
June "a, will see gathered together in
full 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 turrets 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. Collinswsod, Vanguard,
Belerophone. Temeraire Superb and
Drsadnaught. To these win be added
four cruisers Of the Invincible class.
the Indefatigable, Invhcible, Inhexible
and Indomitable.
Germany is the only other nation to
send Dreadnought. This will be the
Won Der Tam, declared to be the
fastest warship in the world The
other foreign naval powers are send.
ing vessels Of the pre-Dreadnaugh
class. although in some Instances they
are of quite recent csnstructioa.
Nations and rhsir Vessels.
France will be 1epCsssatsd BY the
Danton. Japan by KuraaaA Anstria By
the Radetzky, Italy by the Slh lArco,
Russia by the RossiyA Spain by the
Rsina Regente. Argentina blythe Bue.
nos Aires, Chile by ths CAacabuco.
Sweden by the Fyls1a, Turkey by ths
Hamidieh and China by the Hai-Chl
Denmark, Holland and Norwayare to
be represented by small coast defense
vessels.
All the vessels present at the 10.
view, including ths foreign warships
and passenger shiDs 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 10 British war vessels 0f 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
yachts. 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 athe 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 a, state appearance at Ascot beth
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
by 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