Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1911-06-15
UNITED STATES TO HAVE MOST
POWERFUL DREADNoUGhT
AT SPlTHEAD EVENT,
IN HONOR OF THE CORONATION
George v. Will Pass Between Hun.
dreds Of Vessels on June "a
King and Queen to Appear
in State at Ascot.

London, June 12.-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 particle
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 feet
now under construction.
There are to be more than 10 battle
ships of the Dreadnaaght 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 VIII be added
four cruisers Of the 1nvinoible class,
the 1ndefatigable, Invtneible, Indexible
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-Dreadnaught
class, although in some instances they
are of quite recent constructors.
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 CAasehueo,
Sweden by the Fyleia, Turkey 81 TIT
Hamidfeh and China by the Hai-Cha.
Denmark, Holland and Norway axe to
be represented by small coast defense
vessels.
All the vessels present at the n
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 ITO 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
yachts, the Alexandra and the Alberta.
As the royal yacht approaches each
vessel in line, a salute will be fred
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 a 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
1t Hampton Court, together with the