Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-12-26
British Flagship Viii Bring Assurances of
Friendship to American ManeuOers

LONDON. lee. A-Nler text
February rne best ships II the AZ
Lzn-lc squadron OF the American
navy are engaged u their annual
spring exercises off Colon, the At
Ln1c entrance Of the Panama Can
al. there VIII be present q great.
gray. grim locking bettleShip, the
Nelson. bigger and more powerful
than anything Uncle Sam possess
Is L VIII Be there not II anger.
not 70 SPY. but n friendship IN
fact, ~ the express invitation Of
the American government For this
British ship VIII be present 20 re-
turn . courtesy cal paid 10 Scot
land last summer by the American
b~attleshipS Utah. Florida and ARK
anSaS.
The thing came about this way
The British admiralty recently de-
cided TO send O squadron Of IFS new
est ships from its Atlantic forces
10 show the flag in West Indian
waters Therefore. i was decided
that the Nelson, Rodney. Hawkins.
/ York, Dorsetshire, Norfolk and Ad-
venture, under Admiral Sir Michael
Hodges. commander-in-chief OF the
/ Atlantic feet. should visit Jamaica,
Barbados. Trinidad and pemera-a.
They are 10 sail On January g.
IS soon as the American govern
men. heard Of this il extended a
formal invitation to Admiral Hodges
% visit the American feet in his
Flagship, the Nelson And this in
vitation was promptly accepted His
host VIII be Admiral J. v. Chase. in
charge Of the American fleet off
Colon
Mot Powerful ship
The Nelson viii be Of tremendous
interest to the American officers.
because II Is q Tar newer and more
powerful ship than anything IN the
U. 5. Navy. II was completed in
1927. whereas the West Virginia was
finished IN 1923. The Nelson Is
$500 tons; the West Virginia 3D.
600. The Nelson carries nine 10
inch guns and twelve sIx-Lnch guns.
The West Virginia has eight i6-Inch
guns and twelve 5-irch guns. The
Nelson carries % smaller guns. The
West Virginia g.
But aside from the professional
interest IN the Dig British ship, there
vii Dc big dollgs III the way Of
dinner parties aboard the various
vesselS-ccncerts. Iuncheons for the
crews. and. possibly. q regatta For
the fact Is that there Is a better feel
ing between the American and Brit
ish fleets than EVER existed between
those OF any other two nations
This dates back 10 the famous cpl
sode during the Spanish American
var when Admiral Dewey entered
the harbor Of Manila a German
squadron, more powerful than Dew
eys little ships. got into q position
that seemed 70 menace Dewey and
hamper his action Without any
fuss O. feathers. the British con-
rzrder OF q ship. more powerful
than anything that TIE Germans
had, got between them and Dew
eyis feet. II vas . sort CT notice:
-Bico6 Is thicker tran water
Sealed = Lasting Friendship
TIE KzIse-s Een understood
Dewey had 10 further trouble. but
from that tine q The rzT1es @ TIA
-Eo great 6s1oc-zczeS Understood
each or5e-- TIE friendship this
BEGIN was fully sealed during the
Eez. var. Admiral W. s. Sins
Eho Ezs sent 20 Europe 70 s-pe-n-
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