El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-09-10
NetU Naval Methods Enable Japan
To Defy Western World And Work
Her VIII In China Or In Siberia

tempted to do has been TO enforce
the two power" standard; which was
the doctrine that the British navy
must be able at any time TO take
on at once the two strongest cont
mental naVies- With the rise OF the
German challenge in the first decade
Of the century, and the growing
friendship with France and Russia,
this policy was abandoned and the
admiralty contented itself with ma IN
tanning a comfortable superiority
over Germany alone, at the same time
calling its Mediterranean fleet TO the
North sea
To-day the German fleet has com
mitted hari-kari; the rs naval yes
sells left the new republic do not in
clude a single modern battleship, and
Germany at present no longer exists
as a sea power. II is not now ques-
ton for England OF the two power
stand in Europe. the British fleet
could sink all the navies Of all Euro
pean countries in a single engage
ment. Britannia's position so far as
Europe is concerned reverts with the
peace to that obtaining after Mel
sons victory over French and Span
iards at Trafalgar
Britain. accordingly. is faced BY the
question whether to rest on her oars
satisfied with her preeminence in
Europe. or build against navles out
side Of Europe There are only two
large ones; ours and the Japanese.
The Mystery Fleet.
During the war the British silently
constructed a fleet as big as the
whole German navy Nothing was
said or heard about it, those Few out
siders who saw il under construction,
mostly newspaper correspondents
like myself. wrote under strictest CEN
sorship. and were compelled 10 con-
fine ourselves 20 generalities- British
naval stories were the most eNasper-
ating Of the war TO write; the CORE
spondent knew so much, and could say
so little.
Now. the lid Is off. During the
war England added nearly 1900
900 tons TO her fighting forces.
and had another 100000 tons on
the stocks when the armisticc
was signed. -Four OF the new oil
burning Is knot battle cruisers
with Is inch guns. II light crufs-
ers, 100 destroyers and 50 subma-
rlnea were not fIniSheds some OF
them may never he, for Britain
has just given evidence either OF
her trust in her neiEhbOrs or her
confidence IN her present super
iority by cuncellnE work on all
those ships not already launched.
In all. Britain now has 7O2 warships.
against "a American and 239 French
Japan has 13e. British naval tonnage
is greater than Americn. French. Ital-
ian and Japanese combined It Is not
only such figures as these that show
British fighting superiority. She has
ten oil burning battle cruisers armed
with IS inch guns and heavily ar
morsd, the Queen Elizabeths and the
Royal Sovereigns. tat are entirely
unmatched in any navy. We have not
yet a single battle cruiser IN commits
sion, nor has any other European
power. The japanese have seven; but
they are OF the class OF the now OBJ
solete British Lion and Tiger, which
are not included in the ten terr0rs
that make up the First and Second bat
tie SQUADRON under the white ensign.
Plane Carrying WarEhips.
IN the flying squadron" unique in
the worlds navies. England has four
very fast and very large sea plane
carrying ships whose reconnaissance
work would give the British a great
advantage against a navy not pos
could now send out 40 planes while
at sea The Furious. flagship OF the
SQUADRON. called during the latter part
OF the war the mystery ship" was
make % knots After Jutland. the
guns were removed. a hangar was
built FOR ten seaplanes on the fore
castle deck. and a platform $50 feet
long constructed for taking off, At
the rear OF the ship Is a flying on
7S6 feet in length. nearly twice as
long as the original dreadnaugbt. but
displaces only q - feet OF water.
and her newer sister ships are under
stood to be Of similar size and speed.
Has Great Submarines.
Britain's new submarines. eciipsinE
IN every way the finest U-boats. are
They are 53S feet long.
with a beam Of 261-2 feet, and are
faster than the fastest ship afloat 20
years ago Making "a knots on the
most certainly viii make them allies
Of Germany in any future war. To
abandon France now having done