The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-07-23
GREAT BRITAIN
COMPELLED To
INCREASE NAVY
German Programme Calls for
Greater Number of War YES
sells to Protect Dominions
of John Bull.
KAISER'S FLEET is
READY TO STRIKE
Winston Spencer Churchill,
First Lord of the Admiralty,
Introduces Bill in the
House of Commons.
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admiralty, in introducing the
supplementary naval appropria-
tion OF s5,0O0,000 in the house Of COM
mons today, said the direct cause of
the increase WIS to be found in the
new German navy law, the main fea-
ture of which was the increase in the
striking force of ships of all classes.
The effect Of this new law, he said,
would be that nearly fourfifths of the
entire German navy would be main
tanned In full permanent commission
and instantly ready for war. The first
lord continued:
Such preparation is remarkable, and
as far as I am aware, finds no ex-
ample in the previous practice of mod
ern naval powers.
Mr.. Churchill then announced the
British shipbuilding programme for the
next five years, saying that five bat
tleships were to be constructed next
year and four in each of the following
years.
Under the new German law, the ad
miralty lord said, the ultimate scale of
the German fleet would be forty one
battleships, twenty large armored
cruisers, forty small cruisers and
smaller craft in proportion.
Methodical Preparation.
s'That will be an extremely formid.
able fleet Mr.. Churchill said, "and
the only way to meet it is by cool,
steady and methodical preparation
prolonged over successive years.
''There is no use flinging money
about on the impulse of the moment
The strain which Great Britain will
have to bear will be long and slow,
and no relief cnn be gained by i'm
pulsive or erratic action. We should
learn from our German neighbor the
way in which 1t marches unswervingly
to its goal. The supplementary esti-
mate to meet the extra German expen-
diture. is only small installment, and
the new shipbuilding programme of the
next five years will be raised to five
vessels next year and four boats each
year thereafter, instead of three in
1913, the number I had hoped we
might stand att
Reorganization Necessary.
Mr.. Churchill went on to point ont
that the increased fighting power of
the German fleet involved the reor-
ganization Of the British forces so that
necessary margin of safety might be
maintained.
He then announced that he intended
to raise the number Of battleships in
full commission from twenty-eight to
thirty three by 1914.
From 1914 onward Great Britain
will have Ave battleship squadrons,
totalline fortyone ships, and Of the
FIVE squadrons four will be in full COM
mission. Thus Great Britain will have
thirty.three battleships against Ger
many's twenty-nine.
This might not be considered a very
satisfactory proportion, Mr.. Churchill
said, but having in regard the char
acter of the different vessels, the ad.
mirality was Of the opinion that thirty
three battleships would be adequate
for the need of 1914l915.
Additions to Personnel.
Mr.. Churchill promised large addi-
tions in tho personnel every year, as
we'll as extra submarines and accelera-
tiou on the construction Of light cruis'
ers.
Regarding the Mediterranean, Mr.
Churchill said any attempt to confne
British naval supremacy in any par
ticular waters would be not only false
strategy but bad politics.
The four battleships at Gibraltar,
the speaker said. would be raised to
eight vessels. Six old battleships
would be withdrawn from Malta and
be replaced by four battle cruisers Of
the Invincible typo and quality. The
armored cruiser squadron there was
to be strengthened by the addition of
submarine hotilla. Tho station at
Malta also was to be increased, Mr.
| Churchill said, and new torpedo boat
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