Arizona republican., 1911-01-29
s7OO,OOO,OOO AS A
 GUARANTEE IF PEACE COST OF THE NAVAL VESSELS NOW UNDER CONSTRUCTION. This for Battleships and Armored
 Cruisers Only.

London.-According to the returns
 compiled by Lloyd's Register of Ship
 ping. the total number of warships
 now being built in the United King dom for the British government is fifty-nine, the aggregate displacement being 2SO.665 tons. At the govern
 ment dockyards six warships are un- der construction for the government | (one battleship, one armored cruiser. two third class cruisers and two sub
 marinesD. with d total displacement
 of 56,SS0 tons. At private yards there are five battleships. three armored cruisers. four protected cruisers, thir-
 ty-six torpedo boat destrOyers and
 five submarines under construction, with 2237s5 tons total displacement.
 Statistics from another source show
 that the total number of battleships and armored cruisers now being built
 by the nations of the world is seN- enty, with d tonnage of about 1.5O0.- 900. representing s7OO.OOO .OOO. This is exclusive of small craft.
 Germany is building 153.000 tons and fitting out 125.0OO tons: the United States is building S0.000 tons and fitting out 10000 tons. and France is building 46.O0O tons and fit ting out 10000 tons.
 The naval correspondent of the London Daily News has compiled comparative table of battleships launched and completed by the DOW CTS in 1910. Armored ships com pleted for service are taken first.
 Great Britain during the year got ready five armored ships. These were the three battleships provided for in the 19O7-0S estimates est Vincent CoIlingwood and Vanguard), which have been passed into commission; the Neptune. which was commissioned for service recently. and the armored cruiser Indefatigable. which has passed her trials but which will not be commissioned for few weeks yet.
 Against this total of five ships Germany can show three CRheinland and Posen. battleships. and Won der Tam, armored cruiser); France. none; United States. none; Japan. one (Sat- suma, battleship): Italy, one (San Marco. armored cruiser); Brazil, two (Minas Geraes and Sac Paulo. bat tleships). and Austria, one (ErZber- zog Franz Ferdinand. battleship).
 Great Britain also took first place as regards the launching of ships. In the spring there were launched the | Hercules and Colossus. battleships of 22. $50 tons each armed with ten 12- | inch guns; August saw the launch | of the record breaking orion. dis placing 22,6S0 tons sand armed with | ten of the new 135 guns; and also | of the battle cruiser Lion. which is | to displace 26.36O tons. to steam 2S knots and to carry eight of these same powerful weapons.
 Germany launched two ships (Old enburg. battleship. and Moltke. arm pred cruiser) France. the battleship and the United States the Florida Japan, Austria and Greece also launched one arm pred ship (Kawachi Zrinyi and Gior- yio Averoff. respectively; no others were launched during the year
 Lastly, as to ships laid down Great Britain claims six-the battleships Conquerer and Monarch and the armored cruisers Princess Royal. Australia and New Zealand. Germany has laid down four (Ersatz Aegir. Ersatz Hagen and Ersatz Odin, and the armored cruiser D. Two ships have been commenced Or the United States (Wyoming and Arkansas. battIeships). and two for France (Jean Bart and Courbet. bat .leships).
 The following is brief statement If the dreadnoughts now actually un- Ter construction or ordered for the eading powers: