New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-07-25
MR.. CHURCHILL REPL|ESI
England Making Adequate Pry.
vision for Menace He Described
100000 THIS YEAR
New German Squadron Will Be
Commissioned in 1 914-French
for Larger Navy Also.

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to-day Winston Spencer Churchill, the
First Lord Of the Admiralty, replying to
the criticism that he had made inadequate
provision to meet the menace he had de.
scribed, said:
I'VE are spending s45.000,o00 S220,-
900 .00O) this year. and We are going 70
spend more next year We are raising the
personnel Of the navy to 141, $50 by 1913
and to LAG, 900 in 1914. AS regards con-
struction Germany this year is laying
down two new battleships and We four
Next year Germany is laying down one
extra and We two. This year Germany IS
laying down two small cruisers We are
laying down eight. Germany In the course
of the next eighteen months Is laying
down twenty-one destroyers We forty
three. There Is no cause for panic or
alarm"
Berlin. July 24-Such progress has been
made with the strengthening OF the Ger
man navy. voted almost unanimously dur
ing this years session OF the Reichstag.
that II IL now officially announced that
the new third squadron Of eight battle
ships will be commissioned by the autumn
Of 1914, far earlier than had been Thought
possible. This will bring the active battle
feet up to twenty-five battleships In full
commission.
Crews for the four battleships OF the
reserve squadron, which according 10 the
same law, are to he kept In full readiness
for sea at all times. will not be available
probably for two or three years after that;
so il Is pointed out here that the alarm
lists in tho British press and Parliament
are premature in assuming the presence
at sea of twenty mine fully manned Ger
man battleshlps in the autumn or 1910
This increase in the German fleet, &C
cording 10 the statement of a responsible
German diplomat, is solely due TO the
provocative Mansion House speech OF the
british Minister, David Lloyd George. de-
liyered at the height Of the Morocco Crisis
In 1911. Commenting on the more cohc'iia-
tory uttcrances OF Mr.. Lloyd George AZ
the Mansion House banquet this year ana
on Sir Edward Grey's reference TO the
Improvement in Anglo-German relations
tho official stated that. had II not been
for Mr. LLOYD Georges declarations there
uou,d have been no new German navy
bill this year.
The extra expenditures entailed by the
army and navy bills are contemplated
cheerfully by the average German, VINO
e,ds much more to worry him financially
I'm the increased cost OF living. the IN
creasc I'm the price OF meat during the
last ten years alone costing MN more
each year than his total annual conth-
button TO the maintenance OF the army
and navy.
While the total charges for the German
army and navy. including this years IN
crcases. are less than s. head year
"a German economist, DR.. George Gold
stein. has computed that each Berlinhr
will pay q marks Tor approximately ~
more for meat this year than he would
have maid ten years ago. For the normal
family OF Ave or six this represents an
.x,ra drain on the family exchequer OF
az or $50. Dr. Goldstein arrives at his
figures by taking the total dressed weight
Of cattle. sheep. swine. etc, slaughtered
for Berlin consumption annually ana
multiplying this by the increase IN the
retail price a pound and shown by the
official statistics over the average price
20, wears ago. For greater Berlin the
total extra cost ~ about NScO,VO year.
Paris. July 2i.-That the world IL not
vet on the eve of the cessation OF the
struggle between Great Britain and Ger
, many for naval supremacy Is the preva-
lent opinion in France after csreiui
studv OF the recent speech by Winston
Spencer Churchill in the House or COM
mons. The continuation OF the rivalry
between those two countries causes
note OF regret here, but there IL an in
cIInstion TO believe that II II must go on
France should learn a lesson from Eng
lands procedure and herself increase
her navy.
The "Matin." commenting on the sun
iect. SAYS IT is in "A position 10 declare
that italy and Austria, at the instgation
of Germany, are about To build addi-
tIonal Observation-Disclosures. In regard
10 which nothing has been permitted to
tran.pire. italy ~ TO construct six OF
these vessels, each OF 10000 tons dis
placement and capable Of steaming at
speed of twenty-five knots. while Aus
tria Is 10 build three, each OF them dis
nIacing 20. 900 tons. The newspaper con-
tinucs:
The fulflment OF this programme
will destroy the present naval equilib-
rum in the Mediterranean and give
big advantage to the Triple Alliance"
MPS M'c0RMIck NOT ILL