Luxemburger gazette. [volume] (Dubuque, Iowa) 1871-1918, 1915-06-10

10 ItlitIllGi OuiiuipeiiuRS VT
y1 umerifaniI6en Sorberun9en.
~ Sm @eeentheil, lie piiniht
- cine llnteriuhung bon Be-
b%auptungen, cine Sei1iteaung Der Den
amerituuiidsn Sorperuneen 5u9runpe
liegenben Sbntiafen. Dor IQem ben
Sunft feitgeitelt ieben mill lie, Oh Die
.Suiitania" Elm Eaiia9ieraO nmpfer
mar, tpelfer ielbit in ariees5esen bon
feinoliher Settle auf Hiidiitten Ins
iprud er6eben fonnte, ober aber elm
inter britii6em Commando ltebcnber
Silfstreu5er, Der ais iolher, ielbit
penn er Saiiaeiere an Spro bate, fir
iih teinerlei Gildii9teu in Inipruf
nebmen bari.
Seiner britiifen IaieItdt @aibs
ingtoner 8otihafter, Cir Cecil
Sprin9s Hice, bat ii6 bcmeeeeniiber
beeilt. @erii6erunseu a%b3useben, NOS
mad Die oGuiitania" nid]t armiert gez
lpeier lit unb baB lie in Den britiihen
Wfarine S~ournalen niht ais Silfs>
freuser per5eiduet III.
Stpn our Seit, oils Die .2uiitania"
5llm eriten Male Den S5ean freuSte,
idon am IA. September 1907 ihrieb
Der .Scientific Gmerican" nit 9e3ug
auf Die .Wauretania" uno .9uiis
tania" aui Seite 189 Ieincr Nuss
9abe bonn eripdbnten Datum portlif
iuie folgt:
1.-THE two ships were built with the
assistance, both professional and finan-
cial, Of the British admiralty, the gov
eminent advancing the necessary sum
of about $13,000,000 for the construc-
ton of the two ships, and guarantee
ing the payment of a considerable an
nual sum in consideration Of the ships
carrying the mails, being held avail
able as cruisers in the event of war,
and embodying in their construction
such features as would render them
quickly convertible for this purpose.
For service as cruisers it is necessary
that their steering gear and the pro
polling machinery should be fairly well
protected and that they should be
strengthened in the decks for the
mounting Of a battery of rapid fire
guns..-----.The vessels are provided
with twelve platforms for the mount
ing of as many 30 caliber rapid fire
6-inch guns, each with Il velocity Of
1900 feet per second, and a muzZle
energy of about 5000 fOot-tOns. With
such protection and armament, and
their ability TO maintain a sea speed of
say 24h to 25R knots an hour, these
vessels should be capable of overtaking
and capturing any of the fast scouts,
and a larger proportion OF the fast pro
tected cruisers and commerce destroy
ers Of any possible enemy"
@ir ieben bemnat, baB Die Butt
tania" bon poruberein fir Srie9ss
3pede nit Silie unb inter Gontroae
Der britiideu &omiralitot 9ebaut
lporoen III. Gus ipeltbefannte
0easa3in .Sbe S%bipbuilcer" la8t aui
Seite 3 ieiner giopember : Iusgabe
bonn Sabre 1907 nit Siniiht uui
Die .QuIitania" unb oWauretauia"
Solgenbes:
THE vessels were to be constructed
to the requirements Of the admiralty
as auxiliary cruisers and the Govern
ment was to have the right to require
their services in time Of war"
Sbldon Die 8erior9un9 Der @ers
biinbeten nit ameritaniidem 9riegss
material oils cine Verlesung ipobls
noQenoer NeutralitGt un9eieben mers
Den tpnnte, bat Die beltide He9ies
rung 3ugegeben, baB nad i%nternatios
ualem 9iedt gegen Die ameritaniid,en
Acknowledgement al Die @erbiinoes
ten feline ginlprahe erboben peroer
fam. 8dbrcuo alip Seutiflanf
aeaeu cine entideiSenbe @ergiinitisunp
@nalanb's burd) &nlerifa feline Gins
ipradle erboben bat, bat bas berari
~beeiinitigte gnglnnb gegen DEN neus
tralen Sanbel Imeritn's nit neuiraler
9dnoern nidht MIR einiprahe erbobeu
Soneern benielben ciniadI pertriippelt
Satte umiere Ne9iernus sleid oamals