The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-11-10
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~ Reciprocal News Service
london. Nov. l0--The sum tota
y weeks deluge Of information ant
sessions Is that the British navy
keystone OF allied power, Is a
M 100 percent stronger than at th'
- tiuning OF the war and 50 percent
rure efficient than in the days OF The
oetie Of Jutland This is without
Ming into account those sections ol
a. American navy actively engaged II
! desperation with the British
u These estimates are not based on
m official statement, but are the per
senai opinion OF the writer after visit
- the grand fleet, living on famous
nGtleship, the flagship OF still more
famous admiral, mixing freely with
2 officers and men and visiting cyer'
,xgort bf craft in the great northern
nse IN which the biggest concenira.
IN Of sea power the world has ever
4 1Down happened to be in those days
\ 1uf did talk only with those who
ye believed from the beginning that
- British navy was perfect and all
y 1DWerful. The keenest sailors and
hters among them we're never under
sQ1eh delusion.
Invention Stiii Goes On.
Perhaps the most surprising impreS'
]. x)oa of I'll, was that even today, aiteI
h loss than three years OF war. and al
~ . wealth OF scienticif Improvement
kIAlch, can only be made public attci
y Wsr. there Is still buzz End furry
r. Invention and reform such as on'
kht ir-~'ne peculiar TO the days o.
Dbllisation.
4 Every one OF the privileged few who
I'VE visited the grand fleet has
>ocken Of the continued keenness Of
- llIcers ard fren, with an ineXhauSt-
~ admiration for the manner in
4 tNeLch they support their apparently
Ious exile But find that the
bGnness is something more than readi
80 and fitness and the dalv hone OF
nh: II was not so ruch the virtues
Sstlencc and discipline that struc';
buk the intensive activity Of men
- every day awake anew to the task
yW@k'rv perfect that day their in.
1ohHl hit of work in this vast ma,
1oesy n war.
Whst Fen At Home Do.
y b what the sNinbu''ders and mu
~ wakers behind the navy hay
Do 4oing, II took all the davs I wa
~ 70 ct anv e,er idea OF the eS
oe1lnary Increase OF the fleet an
~ vsrie'y of her INSTRUMENTS {
m ADDED to Il. You would
D!n9 some small rather. battetc
3sS vessel IN ricket boat and az
oilor Whats that did shin9" an
sedej6 1au~h and tell YOU the YER
jAst month or last year when sh,
IN them with cloud OF mystery
oG het
q H. thia world hs,pen time and
~ effective to the unframed eve
\ nslural camouflage Of the grow
d n Same In the Navy.
- eourse these novelties cannot be
B ocgi6ed In detail anv more than the
onn could be described before they
IL into ac.ion, but good way IA
Mise what has been going on In the
~ during these wears. Is 10 consider
~ : development Of land warfare in IN,
- pericd--tanks, steel helmets. new
of Eterades, gas. flame thrower
oIr craft and the revoluticnar,
~ IN tactics all these things hav
- nayy has not lad such continu
Nrhtihg IS the land forces. but
~ enough TO stimulate invention
sofoen to the same degree.
IL 1efg'ore. the public has bee
l5Iy Snisled as 10 the real actiyitie
0le navy, sofeheads at home and |,
4 5snany are fond OF representing
eWestul fleet of battleships powerles
~ their northern rathole. found th
~ . standing Joke among the officer
a the grand fleet The truth Is the,
b 1eyer know from day to day where the,
i 63epill be next.
EVERYTHING on the Jump.
| AZ Inc base IN which | io'nd them wa
> busief spot than New York harbor
J ~ only were there more picket boat,
nanehes, dritters and supply ships NOV
~ like ferry boats to and fro inqid
immense expanse Of protected wa
hut there was scarcely a momen
q one could look across then withou
olng ships OF war entering or Iray;n
sometimes singly sometimes j
adrons.
rom an observation balloon In on,
hour, ] saw come in from yario,
ctions q flotilla OF 1estroyerS
cruiser, and four OF the mo-
esu battleships. 1t was one of n
osug delights TO go on deck bciol
Mast and see what new shin, we,
~ what had left their moorinp,. a
with the help OF some expert, (,
lstinguish these changes in such
assembly Of ships was no ear
Ulng task for landsmen
oAQsthisg More to Fight
n American, who hopes that II
\ Of The American navy may be
Gee II this war, must urgently d
el0eef corporation with the Bri
W than has vet been attaine
Aave been sHch changes in !
nfs OF the service that pa
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