Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-10-24

idte tIdI
great American naval scien-
fist to whom all the experts
of the world paid homage, did
not invent sea power. but he interpret
cd it. made the world understand it's
meaning and proved that sea power is
the most vital thing in the world to a
nation He showed that without it
there can be no victory: that with it, in
Sufficient quantity. defeat is impossible
If Mahan's reckoning be true, then, it
seems Britannia will ever rule the
waves. for there is now taking place,
and has been since the beginning of
this great war. a feat in naval ex-
pansion such as the world has never
seen.
Two hundred ships of war, at least,
not counting converted merchantmen,
from patrol boats to super-dread-
naughts have been added to the British
navy since the commencement of war.
Scores OF others are on the stocks To
put il in its most striking form this
sentence sums up what has happened
in England since the first of August,
1914, when England was on the verge
of participating in the war:
There have been added 40 the British
heet new ships. counting no vessel
which was in commission prior to the
outbreak OF hostilities, which constitute
a fleet equal in battle power to the
whole feet of the United States, which
mas takeP years to build. 1t consists
OF super-dreadnaughts. light cruisers,
monitors, destroyers and submarines, a
perfectly balanced feet in itself.
Another way Of putting It is TO mag
ne great naval conflict between the
British and German fleets. The British
heet is able to bring to bear nearly
Two ships to one and victory is, in the
opinion Of all experts, assured & all
The resources of the two navies be-
anne involved in this one great battle
and considering the fight only from
the point of view OF sheer weight and
Sun-poWer. with questions of person
tiei. efficiency and morale left Quit
"ould be imagined that the British or
The Germans, would lose ship for ship
Thus. supposing that twenty German
dreadnaughts steamed forth from KEEL
surrounded By submarines and de-
stroyers, conveyed by Zeppelins and
aeroplanes, and an engagement en-
sues. the British bring their whole
power to bear. The two fleets lose
equal numbers of ships. The twenty
German super-dreadnaughts are sunk
An equal number of British super
ereadnaughts are destroyed. Other
craft suffers in like proportions And
hen. with the great loss involved in
this battle. the British fleet will still
re of the two-power standard, il will
ne equal in strength to any two other
fleets of the world
Such is the manner in which Eng
lands navy IL being increa-ed IL is
almost unbelievable Every shipyard
IL the United Kingdom is engaged in
constructing ships OF war-super dread.
naughts. cruisers. dcstroyers, monitors.
submarines.
Of these ships building there is a
battleship of new type. The details
of this wonderful new craft are still
obscure. but il will constitute a revo-
luton in battleship construction which
will find counterparts only in the adj
cent of the ironsides and the coming
Of the first dreadnaught.
England Will again. as in the case of
The dreadnaught, set the pace in battle
ship construction. She will produce a
new engine of marine warfare that viii
make il necessary for every nation In
he world to revise naval theories and
IDEAS, theories and ideas, indeed which
nave not been fully developed
fhis new craft will be 500 feet long.
which is a hundred and nifty longer
Than the Queen Elizabeth, that won
'erful floating fortress which today
stands as the premier battleship of the
world. She Will be nearly 200 feet
longer than the greatest America bat
thirty knots. possibly th:rty-fvs. 1t is