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Superior Arn1or and Guns Decisive
Factor In Victory of German Ships
kaiser's War Vessels Give
Proof of Remarkable
Team Work.
BATTLE WAS FOUGHT
IN A HEAVY STORM

The loss OF the srmored cruisers Good
Hope and Monmouth is a serious blow
I" Great Britain. Not so much in the
way OF sacrifice OF battle units bu,
rather in the far graver direction Of
prestige and morale. once more the Ter.
mans nave given the world proof Of 81,
perior strategy and at the same time
they have brought to light again the
hurtful consequence of that self.suf'-
cheney which has so long characterized
the English naval service.
The actual circumstances under which
the Herman and the British sauadrops
Fought or the coast OF Chile are no, vel,
known here save that the action occurred
curing very heavy weather.. II Is use
less =" dogmatia' or to try 20 expiain
ia" manner in which the English shirs
might have boon fought more EFFECTIVELY
The reports that have come to us fro,,
German sources show tina. tho KoIso-.>
ships suffered hut trfiug injuries. while
there Is no doubt about the sinking o.,
the Monmouth and the probable founder
Ing of the more formidable Good Hope.
The thing that amazes is the fact that
the Good Hope was forced to retire in a
dangerousiy damaged condition before her
bigger guns scored something to their
or dit against the German attack.
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The Monmouth carried a main battery
Of sixteen inch guns, with secondary
armament OF eight l2 FOUNDERS and three
nOunders. The Good Hope had two tur-
retted 80 inch Guns, besides her sixteen
inch guns In the main battery. While
nor secondary battery consisted OF twelve
u Founders and three 3 Founders. Tho
Gneisenau and Scharnhorst have each a
main battery Of eight So Inch and six 80
inch guns and secondary batteries or
twenty 81 inch rapid firr weapons. Ac-
cording to the hallistic tables, the 80 inch
weapons are m"asurably superior 10 the
So inch rifles on the German armored
cruisers but the bigger guns wer" too few
To prove "a deciding factor, and once the
Gneis.uau and Scharnhorst closed In upon
the Good Hope and the Monmouth the
combined batterng power OF the German
sixteen S.. incn guns plainly nverDalanced
the enemy's attack. In addition To- the
Sc inch guns. the katser's armored cruz
sers carried six SO inch rapid fir" guns
apiece, and In destructive energy each OF
these at the concluding ranges OF the bat
tie wore quite on a. par with the slightly
heavier inch guns Of the British ar
mored cruisers Of which the Monmouth
had sixteen and the Good Hope sim
liar number.
From reports Il seems that the Germans
were the first to open fire. and they did
this at distance OF o,OO" meters why
the British did not respond until the ships
had approached TO within 5000 meters Is
questionable, because the 90 inch guns OF
the Good Hone could have outpointed the
German Sc inch guns by cons iderablc
reach and should have made some telling
hits before the German projectiles could
have broken through her defences once
within the closer range there would have
been little to choose between these con-
tending weapons In the matter OF accu-
racy OF Are. while IN the feature Of de-
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BLONDERS OF BRITISH NAVAL CHIEFS AIDED GERMANS

these weapons were. but it can reasona-
bly, be assumed that they were of 45
calibre, wirebound, and Of the IA ton
make. With a muzzle velocity of 2.i03
feet second, at range of 1000 yards
their 100 pound proJectile should have been
able to perforate an inches Of Krupp-
lied steel. and a very considerable por-
ton Of the protected areas aboard the
German sister ships did not exceed this
IN thickness Again, with the latest cor
lite. II Is possible to so increase tn"
muzzie velocity OF these 6 inch guns
that their armor piercing shells can break
their way through five Inches of hardened
steel why. then, didn't these weapons
score heavily against Admiral Won Specs
prime ships?
Boasted Gunnery Missing.
II has been boast of the British navy
that II excelled any rival service in gun
merry efficiency, and Il IL a matter OF COM
mon knowledge that other maritime Pow
ers owe much to British leadership I'm i'm
, proving their own target practice. Indeed
Il was Admiral Sir Percy Scott who said
not great while ago that despite the
fact that he had revolutionized the work
n the man behind the gun In the British
fcet and placed IL far above that of other
navies, stlll such had been the advance Of
late in British ordnance that the Kings
fleet could now claim betterment OF 100
per cent. In proof OF this the>public has
been given from time to time the annual
records of the battle practice Of the Eng
lish squldrons, and to the British pubic
this has brought deal OF comfort.
il has been the custom, just as IL is with
our own navy. to take the ships out to sea
and to hammer away at routine targets
either lowed or stationary and at varying
distances Stimulating the approach Ia and
the closer ranges Of eliminating battle.
l'nquestlonably much has been accom-
plishcd by this stimulation OF war, and the
gun pointers have been called upon TO
show their expertness under Wild, ranges
Of weather Hut there has been q limit to
tho circumstances under which these FIR
ings sould bo thus conducted II is uecos-
sary to get the target overheard. and II is
equally nced'ul that small craft 81 one
sort or another n not the ships boats.
should bc In attendance. Has his state
~ affairs made the British gunner IN"
equal OF his German rival n'oat9 Hasn't
| this very system n fault which In part a.
least explains the defeat OF sir Christie
pher Cradocks squadron?
In recent issue Of the Proceedings of
! the Tnt'cd states Nurdl Institute is the
! following significant note, which Is largely
n translation from n German periodical.
! Il is well worth quoting IN fun because OF
| the light q possibly throws upon the
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splendid work Of mo Gne!scuau ard
Scharnhorst and the lesson IL has for US
which H. deserving Of immediate heed.
The frequency with which the German
navy engages In realistic gun practice
,yainst obsolete arruorcd ships Is we'll
known.
Experience has proved that the strong
est lath and canvas target cannot proht-
ably b, used for gun practice IN thlrk or
heavy weather NJ long range 1t Is too
small To- ~ seen and 10 q seaway - use
less Target ships, on the oth"r hand'
on an excellent mark In any weather
and are particularly suited for long rang"
pr,c.ica Every III can De observed"
In the Hight - IN" foregoing irf"rna-
to-, from , rredibl, source and r"usu-
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herlng hat the ngrt iu tho south PaeiN.
was Fought in heavy gale, the Germans
after all seem tn nave qualified, thcmse ives
FOR evcntuallties even better than have
the British. Admiral Count Won Spec won
no doubt largely because hia gunrfrs had
been trained under the same rigorou.
weather conditions ard they found IL
easier than thu british pointers 10 keep
their weapons upon their marks Modern
ships capable Of team work and men able
TO hit the target despite a gaIc won m.
day against an Organization NOT similarly
prepared. Time only will tell wh,t her
this same weakness peryadts the rest o.,
the British fleet or II simila- state OF
efficiency ls "a b, re-, koned with IN al OF
tin Euises's battle craft
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LAY BLAME FOR
NAVAL DEFEAT
ON ADMIRALTY
American Experts Call Brit
i>h strategy in Pacific
Hopeless.
Loo NTInN OF SHIPS
KNOWN TO GERMANS
JAPANESE FLEET ON
TRACK OF GERMANS

SANTIAGO. chile. Nov. tit II
possible that II ilrci " Japanese war
ships T., searching for the German
squadron which defeated the Brit
i,h squadron last sunday night. 4
steam collier which arrived at Val
parai.o reports that she saw eight
Jlraur,r SHIPS ofl Easter Island.
which I, 1900 milrs west OF the
hil,hn coast
Tho German cruisers Srhnruhor>t
a1d Inris"nau called ut Easter
Island On October ~ aud took on
large quantities Of prov isIons.
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Relative strength Of Forces.

In order To obtain some intelligent ldea
OF this naval battle in the south Pacific
u II needful that We understand ius,
"hat the Nesses engaged represented in
the way ot modern lighting craft The
hritisn squadron under Admiral Sir
Christopher Cradock was composed Of
two trmored cruisers. one second class
protected cruiser aud an auxiliary YES.
sci that was probably "a collier and sup.
ply ship and without military value. Ad-
miral Count Won Spec commanded two
hrmorcd cruisers and three third class
unprotected cruiseEs Apparently the
German armored cruisers were slightly
exceeded in total displacement by the
two British armOrcd cruisers. for tho
Good Hope had a displacement OF l4.l0o
tons and that of me Monmouth was
$500 tuns--a matter ~ - 900 tons. as
against a tota! of 22s40 tons represented
by the German sister ships Gneisenau and
Scharnhorst
The Glasgow has displacement OF
$500 tons, while the three third class
German cruisers--the Nuremberg. OF
3,39s tons the Leipzig OF $500 tons.
and the Dresden. OF ASA tons on, rcd a n
opposing total Of 1910 tons. clearly
thu Glasgow Was outciasscC upon this
basis by her unlrmorcd opponents. but
she seems 80 have been able to grt away
and "a reach port even though pretty
bddlN cut up ny the German IRE There
is something OF lesson in this fact.
assuming that she was engaged only by
her classmates among her foes. and a
lesson which applies directly 20 tho
loss Of her bigger consorts.
The Glasgow was launched in 1909 and
commiss oned the year following. The
Leipzig was put In service in 1905. and
the Nuremberg and the Dresden were
commissioned two years later. In
short. the English second class
cruiser Is a more modern vessel. and
she was therefore the better aole to hold
her own or to measure forces with her
three smaller opponents. The Nuern-
berg made upon her trial trip a speed of
23.5 knots and the Leipzig did g knots
upon hers, while the Dresden has 20 her
credit 81 knots The Glasgow d!d 20. :
knots when she was mrs; commissioned.
Assuming all OF these vessels TO BE- In n
corresponding state Of fitness. tn" elias
gov. because OF her size, was undoubtedly
FAR more seaworthy durin. the stormy
weather prevailing at the time Of the
battle than her smaller rivals, and her
actual srecd then was probably better
than that ~ the normally faster Dresden.
This very likely made Il possible for her
20 choose her own distance and To out
nannuvre her opponents that were, 40
doubt. very much hnmpered by The heavy
seas then running
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The Glasgow's battery was superior to
that 81 her antagonists only IN m" posses
sion of two q inch guns. her ten inch rifles
being substantially identical In offensive
value to the al inch yifies on the German
cruisers. OF which each carried ten. What
damage was done 10 the Nuremberg,
Leipzig and Dresden possibly was due TO
these British inch guns. for manIfes;ly
had these three boats been able 10 get
close enough 10 use their combined bat
teri.s against the Glasgow That ship
would have never got away.
Now just AZ the Glasgow was superior
TO the onemy's vessels OF her own order
90 were the German armored cruisers
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Diagrams of ships that fought showing location of and
guns Shaded sections sides of ships indicate
position of heavy plates

structive erect tine advantage lay with Tia.
Germans because OF the nature and the
distribution Of the arnor defence OF the
rival British cruisers.
The armor plans OF the contending YES
sells tell their own story to the initiated.
and only a brief explanation Is ncedfu,
20 make the conditions clear TO the man
IN the street Between the designing Of
the Monmouth and the Good Hope and
the building ~ the Scharuhorst and
iueisen,-l. the war between Russia and
Japan had been fought. and the Germans
lost no time iu applying practically the
lessons taught by tho Contendiug fleets
The whitening effect OF the larger rapid
fire guns had been clearly emphasized dur
ing the bate OF Tsushima, and IL was
plain to the nays. constructor that guns
could not continue in service during bat
tie nor their ammunition reach them un-
less both the weapons and the ammuni-
ton HOSTS were well and stoutly ar
mored
This meant that the gun emplacements
needed more than merely local protection d.
IL was necessary that tho rifles aud their
crews should be well sheltered from any
ang. OF attack to which they might be
exposed Now look at the diagrams Of
the German and the British armored
cruisers. The broidside guns of the Eng
'i.h ships were not shielded effectively
the rear through the opposite unarmored
side OF the vessel they we're guarded
from attack only upon the side Of their
own fire. Worse than that. the aInmunl-
tion hoists OF the Monmouth leading To
the for" and AZ 'urrets were very mod
cs1Iy arnorrG and tho turrets Themselves
boosted only i've inches OF stec On the
Good Hope the ammunition hoists were
substantially unprotected and lucky
sho' might easily have placed either OF
the % inch gun turrcts out of commits
sion, thus leaving the inch guns to bear
the entire weight OF battle.
The Scharnhurst and the Gnelsrnau
were infinitely better of In the matter
OF protective plating Not only are the
watcrine areas and the broadsidc region
more heavily sheltered by armor plate,
but all Of tho gun positions are superior
In this particular to that which prevailed
upon their British rivals. The distrhu-
ton Of the battery is better one Tor
the brOadsi1e guns and the same walls
OF steel help coincidently to guard in a
measure the lower part of some OF the
smokestaCks AZ least. Bcsides this the
turret guns forward and aft have their
ammunition hosts effectively shielded
from the armor deck upward and at
5000 yards tho German armored cruisers
are proof against vital attack from tho
British inch weapons, while themselves
able to batter through such stee. walls
rs We're interposed by tho armor plating
on the Good Hope and the Monmouth.
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LONDON INCREDULOUS.
Admiralty Says Reports OF Battle
Are solely German.

LONDON, Nov. 4.--The Admiralty an
nounced late tonight that II has re-
ceived rumors from various sources OF
a naval action or the Chilean coast Sun
day evening, The Admiralty says It is
without Information except such AS rests
upon German evidence II is reported that
the German cruisers Scharnhorst, Gneise-
nau Leipzig, Dresden and Nuremberg con-
oeutratel near Valparaiso and that an
engagement was fought with a portion
~ Rear Admiral Cradock's squadron on
november /, The Germans assert that
tho British cruiser Monmouth was SUNK
and that tho cruiser Good Hope was
very severely damaged, The cruisey'
Glasgow and the converted merchant
vessel Otranto. they say, broke of the
action and escaped.
The Admiralty does not accept these
statements because the batteshlp Cano-
pus, which was sent especially 10
strengthen Rear Admiral Cradock 4
squadron, is not mentioned. The Cano-
pus would have given Roar Admiral
Cradock decided superiority. or tho
five German ships only three were sent
to Valparaiso. therefore II Is possible
that fuller accounts may modify con-
siderably tho German version
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''e VI
''' ''''-N '"N''h'hch' concerning the
'"-. Irt'u % % cruiser squadron 10y IA
German n.ct of the chilean coast sun
5.,. r.-,. is attributed ber. IN ,,o NJ,
go ....-,.- .i,t,.. 49,. ,,.,.,.r,,,,,.,, -.
''''''''' nus
'''''''' '' '''''''' ''Po'' VT II IF WITH
o'diNi 10" news IN fear OF fresh
sud NOR" violent attack on the Ad-
s.r.f'y ard particularly on Winston
.....,.,., ,.,,,,r,.t,iu ,t, t,ir.. -,
''''''' '"' Hu-
m.i'''' 'Hih'ti'h having heard rumors
from German sources"
IT.. German victory off Coronel wag
H.. r.-rI. I'm a.. oni,ior NJ naval o,,.
c,r. p.r. NJ d, cross h,urdar t., pr,,i.,,
n...1 roI,,,. , h,urdsr which - i,lsni,,
Ia e,v,. unrc anger tb,n ,bs fm,i,a ~,
,.,,,n, p, r.li.,e A,t,a,,, ,,d 49, 90
urs T.. d,,l vim ,ho Endnn a,,a ,t,o
t,rls,,b. f., ,,,,..,r. ,h,, 49,. a.
....,l,,. mus, g., t..iI ra.,.,,,,,,.,. -
updoro,timo,,ng IN. .LuI .na .n..n ~,
fine German cau, nandar T., en-. pa,,o'
,nd for sending ay,in., IN. Carn,an
shin, - ,uuaJ-nn "a Ir,or,or In n,,n,hnr.
aud b,,,, run. tba, !, ,.as aaa,'.s
from, the m,m.n, n y,s .,gh,., h,, ,.o
.,.rm,n> nv. ,,,.,,,t',' - ",
r-...'.',.,t,i,,,,, 80 nc ~" ~,
"a t,s ,,,,Iaa,,,,s., 5 -. a.,
"'' ms c''IeaSnes ana that the dis
'.' Will provoke stormy attack
NN'u ~ becomes known in England.
T. seems unlikely that III British
Government ia officially unaware NJ IN.
.st-r since Rrl.i.b con.,,'s ,ra s,a,-
,,r.. .r,n., 100 -
CIV N'Sl '"'Nt VI SCUM
u an" are IN inc same position
'o'''NnSnlt news AZ - the American
Consul 40 Valparaiso Mr.. Fletcher, who
informed his Government to-day that
t.. German, vic,orv u.as a fac, ,Tb.
.,rr.--..r e.. s,ro,,,,L,rod 60
.,,, p.,,,.h ~. ~ , 'o, -
10 ''7l P"""' UaS Hot yet
earned ot tho disaster ana that a re-
'-""i demand will be made for the re-
Nr me- ~ Mr. Churchill when the
- leaks our.
I.-.,f,its f,uur.s i,c,udir, tho futile
.,-.-, D.. -. ,,,,,.,r,, a,I ,ho t.,
.'"' "''P an" NV ="
ii" y 80, inc Ndihlrtl'N q" stop the raldS
'' the tndcn ana karlsruhe were eN-
cus'd hy official organs on the ground
tho t', whole Ministry assumed the
rssp,n-ibiiltv for he Anrverp affair
and Thar th, l,locl,,da In tho North Seo
,I.r,,.'. 800 -, =,
'.'" '"' """' I"I t"e "''''a" N'hi-
'"-t'' destr"N"rs
N'Y' however, IN the opinion OF naval
"'.'r0 n'r" hlunder far more serious
On destructive" 80 British naval prestige
.'' De- committed by the Admiralty IN
hitting units 81 the German Pacific
''.' i' concentrate ana strike torrlble
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for the time being Is practically closed
to British commerce.
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The Campus IL one of tho older battle
ships OF the British navy She was com
pleted In 1897. She carries four IL Inch
and twelve inch guns besides a sec
ondary battery and four submerged tor.
pedo tubes and Is heavily armored, or
ner trials her speed was 1875 knots
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berg left ttts port to-day after coaling
and provisioning.
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appeared arrayed in a frock suit that
was Sit and singed and sooted from
collar to heel. lie surveyed himself
sadly Buttin tried to pc cheerful.
But they're YOURS. sou know,
he said.
The ladies returned
"Oh, Hector" exclaimed Eugene,
you here? ?"
Yes, my dear" replied Hector,
what's let OF me" He displayed his
scrrated suit.
Heavens! What has happened
- vas passing through Paradl Sc
street when noticed IRE There
were several little ,hildren-siX or
eight Of them, ! believe-crying of
help from the upper windows, ! nat
urally went in and carried them out
Listen. he isn't burned on his face
or hands: see?'' remarked Mrs. Butt
IN
And what may these be- inquired
M.le. Duyalion. drawing from under
tho table the suit Of glittering gar
ments that had OF late adorned ".
Cornaiilac.'
Mr.. Buttin ned from the room.
Hero though he was he could not
bear the sight Of Hector begging for
mercy on his knees
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-20
CLAYTON URGED
OR MAYOR;
MAY RUN
Woodward's Enemies Sound
Chief Of Construction at Meet
ing Talking Charter Reform,

Politicians Friday we're wondering
whether Captain r. VI. Clayton, At
lanta's chief Of construction for more
than 30 years would be candidate
for Mayor in the November primaries
in opposition to Mayor Woodward.
At a meeting Of the charter amend
ment committee Thursday it was APP
parent that NoodWard's enemies in
Council were booming the captain for
the office. Although Captain Clayton
refused to commit himself definitely,
his remarks indicated that he might
run.
The bell started rolling during a
discussion Of proposed change in
the charter whereby the chief Of con
stluction would be elected BY the
General Council instead of the people.
Captain Clayton repeated his deter
mination - retire next year at the
expiration OF his present term. He
said he would devote his time to pri-
vale enterprises as consulting engi-
neer.
Alderman Maddox urged the cap
tain either to run for the Office again
or TO enter the race for Mayor.
Charter Fight Predicted.
Alderman Thomson declared that
the people were dissatisfied with
some features of the city government,