The sun., 1916-03-08
Fleet Half Again as Great as
Before War. BalfOur
Tells Commons.
CHrHCIllLL IN ATTACK
Urges Recall Of Lord Fisher as
Chief at Sea-Prcdict>
German Sea Dash.
special Cabe Despatch 70 Tur sus.

,ba, Ooo ooo ton. had been added TO 4
A., 49,, . -, 49,. ur,,,sh macy
'"' 'N' '''e W '"'
since the beginning Of the war. The
aerial service, he said had Increased |
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,.,v,. ,,,n.., =, .,,,n. ea,,,n. u,,,.
4. a,,nos, hn,, ar,,r ne pre., a. I, WAS
A.. -. ,,,. II,
u" N'sos'' ''''' AZ '"s' '''''' '"o
seis o. 1900 :ons or more and the tor
pedo craf, OF more than $50 tons to-
,,uos -. ,...,. ,o,,,,.
""
OF -'i's.soo.
NJ. Balfour said that ,the naval con-
- r,,c,,,p of IN. ,,s, ,in.,.e, mo,,hs had
oe'eh an records N the hru'sh navy:
ana t'a' "AceP' III the 'lass ot arihoreu
ruise's 'he navy was stronger t'ah
oeiore tne war Ine arinored cruisers
lost IN the war have not been replaced
No ships OF this class have been voted
TOT the BritIsh navy since ,So'. their
places peihs TAKEN ny battie CRUISERS
WINSTON spencer 'hurrhli'. "n" was
rHsi Lord oi the ADMIRALTY at the out
ntrak ot IN" war, t"!d the commons mar
IRA. rr.alh n'ust assuh" th"t ter
n'anN han '"nl'et"h h'r naval pro-
s'""'''i' a'u 'n"' u'ueSS ''''"' hr'd'',
va c"l"p''''"' E""d reasons '"S' ne
80" 'o' w. "cIas' I've S"'n t"'' 'i
'.,' o' pur" S.ra'.s'r u'ssNi ny
~, .v. ."'e W." ". az uu' ,,i'
~, "S ~ w Wv "''S'
-. =, 81,
'"'' ho'u 'S'''r as r'rs' "'' '"'"'
Transported 100000 Men.
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! un. -, ,no ,,.,, ,''', So q" ~
n.. ,.,,, ,,'., -. ~ 4'.s
,i,,, .n, nrn,a'',inn -, ,,,,,, , i
sions in m. v.d,,.rr.n.,,r ,n -, ,h.
,,...,,r., au,,r.. .,t',,,.,' ''
tho home w,,ers and ,n IN. V.d;,.,'
ranean win reyard N IN. ,,r., os ,h.,.
,asLs ahou, 0oo oon c.,,nh.,an,s ono
| oor .orss. . hoo oon ,on. -, s,,,r.. 49,,
! 81 900 ooO gallons ~ o;i had heen ,,ans-
nor,ed for ,;re.t Er,,a,, .nd h.r .ii;s.
| in the nresenrc % ho.,ii. .uh,,, ri,.s
| lie expressed Satisfaction a, IN. ,n,,.
| ner in which mis- ta.k h.d h.en -. -
! ried out.
| Col. Churchill Mr. R,,lfour s.,id had
! been entirely Justified iu his assertion
'na' 'he great meet he had prepared Was
rom,nand Of tho s.a.
The fleet. II. said. had b.co,ne , .or,
| az international Nee, sn,yir, ,,,,,,. ,,,
,lons In AN iutern.tion., wort 81. a.
MED the suggestion ma, m, shin hujId.
ing progra,nu, had bc.n n.rI.,tcd and
/ s,,id ,hnt tho ,s,Iicv a., IN. ,,r.d.,o.,,.r.
of the pr.sep, Admira,tv ,dn,pis,r.
tion IN this regard was, In "A r,nera,
uay being continued
Tho Eri,,sh .u,er,nrii, ~ ,..,,,.,r.l
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.,ou,n yraa,I,. ~, ,.'i,,e,', - w..
D., ,ho >d,,;r,,,, u.. rr.,s;,,, Co.
u.ra w,,,, .h,nhui,d;nc nc rroo, ma.
80, 80 ~, ,,,.,.,, 49,
- ,, 49,. -, ,t. -
;,nnns., unnr ,na,, h,. ioi,nr I,o ,'ra,
, | go, - Ia, ,hn ,ri, .,r.n,,, -,
h.,,a,,nn, 4, ,hc rav,.i d,vi.inn .,d ...iT
sha, ,o r.cru,,ipy wo,,,d hs rco,,,r.d IN,
tho nrescu, The health and disrir,ir,
NJ m, mon ~ the Grand Fleet he said
. left absolutely nothing TO he desired.
"A, this moment" hc said. "th.re i.
, no German cruiser in II position &c
3 menace British commerce on any vrear
: in the world"
''O" '''
Col. Churchill said that VI must he a
supled that something had happened IL
. German shipyards since the beylnnni
OF the war ana 'na' u n'us' pe asNuin~
that Germany had competed al her pro
grammc.
"lf our programme ~ not completed.
, he added so''n reasons must n' g'v"'
to )usti'y me pos'pohem"nt or delay
, Vie s"id "" wished TO place on re'or'
u the statement NAV an attitude OF nu"
strategic passivity WOULD NOT nave ~e'
the attitude OF nis pard or the Al
miraNy huring i'l"' lie nan rece've'
- rom o'her oua1"rS "e SAW, fss sat's
FACTORY accounts OF 'ne preparation