The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-02-24

LONDON, Feb lO.--ln colonial cir
Giles the question is already being can
vassed as to the date on which their
maje5ties will pay a state visit to the
white dominious Of the empire. Such
visit would be quite i'm accord with
King Georges view of his responsible
ties. and the arguments in favor of l.
far outweigh the practical inconyeni-
ences. Il is quite certain, however,
that their majesties will never be able
to repeat their long cruise i'm the Phir
and that any imperial visits that they
may undertake in the future viii have
TO be carried out piecemeal
There is good ground for anticipa-
ting that the first dominion to receive
this distinction viii be Canada, but it
win be quite impossible to think of
such project for the next eighteen
months. at least The question is
bound up with that of the imperial
wanderings of the Prince of Wales,
and as TO all this nothing can be said
TO any purpose until the King has
made careful review of the whole
situation
Secrecy About Dreadnaught
Great secrecy is being observed by
the naval authorities regarding the
construction of new superdread-
naught battleship, at present unnamed,
at Portsmouth dockyard. No pressmen
or photographers were permitted to be
present at the ceremony of laying the
first keelplate, which was performed
privately by the Hon. Evelyn Moore,
Sister of Admiral Sir Arthur Moore,
commander-in-chief at Portsmouth, No
details have been allowed to transpire
as to the shil, but it is known that,
besides being the largest. the new ship
will also be the fastest and most pow
erful battleship ever laid down for the
British navy 1t is the first of five
armored vessels provided for in the
19li-l2 navy estimate. Her main arm
amenr will consist of ten Is 5-inch
guns, mounted in five center-line tur-
rets, and although the weapons are of
the same size as those in the Orion,
they are of more powerful type. The
guns Of the Orion fire shells of 1850
pounds; while those of the new ship
and her sisters will fire 14OO-pound
prOiectiles. The result is that the new
vessels will have a broadside fire of
$4,000 pounds of metal, as compared
with 1880 pounds in the Orion group
The battleships of the 1912 program
also mark a striking advance in the
defense of British ships against the at
lacks OF hostile torpedo craft Instead
of mounting 4-inch guns, as in earlier
units. they will have 6-inch weapons
for this purpose, which fire a shell of
100 pounds as compored with only 81
pounds for the smaller gun The rea-
son for this is that in recent years tor
pedo craft have grown so rapidly
Ten years ago, when the boats dis
placed only about $50 to 300 tons, q
FOUNDER guns were regarded as suffi-
cietnt to stop and disable them When
the size Of desToyers increased to 500
or 600 tons the l2-pounder was aband-
oned in favor of the l3-pounder and
now, when 100 tons is quite an average
displacement for modern torpedo craft,
the 6-inch gun has become a general
favorite for stopping" purposes.
Tailors Declare War.
Some quaint tailoring revelations
may be expected in the West End this
summer, as the workers intend to
publicly pillory all those high-class
employers who charge West End
prices and have their clothes made in
the East End. Probably most firms
will capitulate at once, as they dread
exposure, but if not, both the gilded
youth and society ladies' will have
some cold shocks.