Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-03-05
England Doesn't Want to Add
Vessels to Navy, but Might
Use Some of Them for Naval
Training Ships.
PARIS AUTHORITIES
HOLD DIFFERENT VIEWS
Would Add Whole Teuton
Strength of Ocean Power of
Gallo Republic; London Sc
riousIy Objects.
BY Joseph w. Crigg.

querque Journal and New York
WorldD
Copyright, 1919, by the Press Pub
fishing Co.
London, March 4,--French de-
mands for a major part, If not for
the whole of the German fleet, and
the desires of Italy to obtain the
Austrian war vessels, have again
centered public attention here on thN
final disposition of the enemy ships
II the peace conference adopts the
policy of distributing the vessels
among the allied nations. Britons be-
lieve that they are entitled to the
lions share, In that case it will then
have 10 be decided what to do with
them.
There Is little, If any, opinion
among naval men that Great Britain
would add any of them to her fleet.
on the contrary, the opinion was ex-
pressed to The World corr espondent
in .,ell informed quarters tonight that
they would probably be dlsmantled
and used either as depot or school
ships.
It is generally believed that on the
advice t its naval chiefs the British
to sink the enemy vessels as the best
way out of the problem to avoid
recriminations. No hard and fast
policy in this connection, 1t is as
serted, has been formulated.
Might BE Used In Harbor Works.
One argument, from economic
grounds, against the sinking of $780,
100000 worth of warships is that they
can he used, when filled with con-
crete, as the foundations for break
waters and piors.
The World correspondent ascer-
tanned the views today of some noted
naval men as to how the ships can
best be disposed of.
Admiral Sir Cyprian Bridge said:
'If any allied or associated nation
wishes to preserve its due portion Of
the German fleet and add to its own
fleet, there can surely be no objection.
My personal view is that the German
ships would not he worth the cost of
preserving them"
Commander Carlyon Pella're. n
well known naval writer and member
Of parliament, said: share out the
lighter craft in proportion to the
losses, The dreadnaughts and sub
marines should be stripped of all
their fittings and then sold on condi-
tlon that they he not resold, but
broken up within twelve months of
peace"
Admiral Sir Edmund Fremantle
said: THE destruction of the German
ships would be wasteful. I would
suggest an equal division between
England and France, the ships to be
demobiiZed, the machinery removed
and used as necessary elsewhere, and
the ships utilized as harbor depots
for maritime purposes, either naval
or mercantile. Italy could similarly
appropriate the Austrian fleet"
Liberal Press Opposes French.
Commenting upon the French de-
mands, the liberal weekly the Ma
tion. strongly depreeates the desires
of France to incorporate the German
fleet in her navy, saying: Quite
frankly, we are tired of hearing of
the special claims of France. One
would have thought France would
have laid special claim to a prolong
ed peace. Instead, her special claims
tend all in the same direction--to-
ward introducing once mre into the
world the intolerable competition IN
armaments which precipitated the
woTd war. Few in this country are
prepared at Frances bidding, or any
one else. to see the race to arma
ments deliberately started all over
again"