The chronicle=news., 1913-01-04


who hId taken over the building ON
tn, death of 'jc,rc"l',
How fl".ting II the glory OF the
lin the case OF the British bliil" hip
Drcadnaught. the building OF which
lnf result Of the report OF the Brit
ish naval attaches who accompanied
Admiral ToGo's fleet In the first ma
val battle IN the Gulf of P-chil'
against the Pacific flee, OF Russia
caused u revolution In battl.ship con-
ttruc'!on.
This once prou0 vessel II now con-
sid"rrd SO far out OF date tina, sh- IN
being removed from the First Eatti"
squadron. which Is based on Gibral-
tar. The DrcadnauRht has b"cc in
comm ission less than six years. and
while not considered obsolete is r,usr
completely outclasscd by the istsst
ships than were the prc.prcad-
naughts disianccd by her when She
was 'irs, built.
Thrc. weeks ago the batticship
Kin: George Y. was commissioned
SHE has - hroai,!d. of no less than
90" rounds. THIS give. her n sl.
p'riJri,y Of 100 per zen, over ih
DE.rdnauShi. "hich s'?S on'y sS per
cent better than tho last rrc-Dr.ai-
naugbts. The new arnoTcd cruiser
even are =" per cent more powerful
than til" Drcadnaugh, No British
armorcd ship Is rccokn"d effective 10
day that has been launched over -
:,Ifs
\, th" battle OF Trafalgar Iii" =.
British shlrs averaged :. wears frcm
the dat. OF launching Tha Nic,ory
h.girlf was 80 years old
Th. strike OF ih. workers ou tl.'
Northeastern Railway caused hy th1
action OF the company in rciucin-
an .ugin" driver after he had bc.n
convicted OF drunkenness. and which
lasted less than week. eos, the
Northern shipping trades over So
"Ou. 900.
The trouble came at u time when
thcI. was an extraordinary rash OF
trade before the holidays. which WAS
Interrupted by an unusual and press
ing demand for coal by Russia and
other European powers. who were
putting In stocks against the posi-
bility of war. II was not only t.I
shipping trades that los. heavily.
| however. for the miners and men III
collateral, trades lost nearly weeks
work as the company could not ac-
ccpt freight. while the railway men
Themselves were mulcted in fines
which IL will take some weeks TO pay.
This has left a wound and many Of
} the men. dissatisfied with the action
Of their committee in signing the
company's terms. wished general
strike ordered. Better counscls pre-
vailed. however. the men who had
gone on strike against the advice OF
| the union officials on this occasion
| listening to them. There Is unrcs,
among tn. men on most of the rail-
ways of the country. They complain
that they are prosecuted. that any
man found to be active in trade un-
ionism is unfairly treated by the
companies, and ON the lens, excuse is
either gotten rid of or reduced.
J The companies deny this. but the
men believe IL aud many of the see
tional strikes. such as that on the
| Northcastcrn, are caused more by the
general dissatisfaction than by tho
special occurrence that takes the men
out The men oil the Northcastcrn
were not greatly concerned about the
reduction of Driver Knox, but they
had general grievance against tine
company and took the first opportun-
Iity of venting 1t. 1t is the same with
the coal miners. The men in Wales.
who made the bitterest fight in the
last big strike. are now complaining
that the award made on the conclus-
ion of the strike is not being fairly
AZ aud hrputnu fh.it nm.