The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-09-13
The German Emperor.

During mdnuuvrcs thr big cruiser
Scidi,z has CuaIcd three times in one
week and bound for kicl the crew was
engaged in the routine Of rough clean
ing. In the evening the wireless told
that the Emperor would be on board for
Inspection. Instead of turning in for a
good nights rest after COaling ship, the
crew broke out before daybrcak ana
every trace of dirt was removed, with
the ship shining like a new pin. Nor
does the German Coaling record laE
much behind that of the other uavics
The drcaduuugAt IIelgu,and broke her
own record hy taking on board 15G tons
. Of coal i'm one hour, for which the Kaiser
| offered hS concentrations. And Il"
/ property pay their Emperor honor the
crew. of the dcstruycrs stood at salute
ON the forccastlcs drenchcd To- the skin
rs the vessels made twenty knots
through a huisterous sea past the war
/ lord on the bridge of the flagship. This
| was during the recent manwuvrcS.
But here comes the anti-climaN, the
paradox, where the application Of train
iug Of theories and the spirit of the
whole were not applied in the hour of
| action.
War is attack" said Won der Goltz,
but Germany's crack battle cruiser
Guehen. when Cornercd by the superior
/ squadrons Of France and England in
/ the Mediterranean, made with IT'S
/ smaller convoy, the Brcslau, for the
/ Dardancilcs, and instead of going down
/ in action with culors dying she was sold
10 Turkey, ana that after her officers
| had made their wills and deposited their
| valuahlvs with the German Consul at
| McsSina. Thus the most glorious oppor-
! tunlty to establish great tradition for
| the inspiration of the future went UNI
grasped. Gen Won Bornhardi whose ia
nous book on future war with Great
Britain made such sensation, outlined
how the British trade routes should he
destroyed AT the very first. But after
two weeks Of war. If the trlcgraph,d
information is correct, the British Ad-
miralty has announced that the Allan
tic. the Pacific and the upper North
| Sea are safe to their shipping. England
cannot sustain herself for even month
and all her food has to be brought
across the sea. That the German navy,
with its fas liners acting as auXiliaries
ana with its great number of small but
| 81. rdy cruisers has not been able to
shut off British imports is hut another
|
dent. 1t is certainly not in accordance
| with the dogmaS of ClauscwitZ and
Ingcllingen, who preach instant action.
The naval architect knows well that
the first German battleships were not
| "A success, nor do their earlier dread
noughts compare favorably with Amcri-
can or British designs of the same date.
Their guns are particularly weak, for
oh
stands for the heavier gun, Germany
preferred one of lower calihre, In sup T.
dreadnoughts of the opposing navies
there is practically little material differ
encc in design. BUT in comparison with
the British, German battle cruisers are
inferior and unusually wet" ships, the
after guns being swept by seas in even
moderate weather. one of the lnvinci-
BILE class of British battle cruisers
steamed full speed across the Atlantic,
hut when the Moltkc, the sister of the
Gochcn, departed from New York her
bunker capacity was not sufficient for
the passage and she passed out of har-
hor with her decks filled with coal bags.
This ship came brand new to Hampton
Roads, but her distiling machinery was
disabled and the first request was for
a barge of fresh water.
The German naval mind has con-
| trbutcd nothing new TO naval warfare
| or In the appliances used aboard ship.
Save in optics and the application of its
| laws to sights and range finders the
| Germans have simply been the adaptcrs
| and tenacously the navy has hung tn
| the system of the Krupp gun until
| finally its slowncss of fire compelled
| the adoption Of the brCCCh mechanism
used in the British and American
navies. Nor has the German navy
] developed any school" or injected