The Washington times., 1936-11-28
NAVY AIRCRAFT
DOUBLED IN
; YEARS
Warships TrebIed and
Other Gains Cited
To Red CONGRESS

MOSCOW, Nov. % G.N.S0.
Increasing her naval fighting
equipment from two to sevenfold
within four years, Soviet Russia
is pressing forward a program
which will provide a complete
modern navy equal to any prob
lem of the future"
The revelation that the U. S.
S. R. is growing into a sea power
rivalling Germany or Japan was
made today by Admiral Nikolai
Orlov, the Soviet premier naval
commander, before the Congress
of the Soviets in the Kremlin.
1.-THE Soviet Union today has
By far the Uorld'S greatest fleet
of submarines, possibly number
ing ESQ, on the basis OF Admiral
Nikol1i OrloU'S statement.
"Jane's fighting ships" lists 36
submarines for the U. S. S. r.
in 1888. The nGUGl tonnage
cannot be computed, since pr1c-
ticully all ships listed in "J1ne'S"
for 1888 Dere practically lDorth-
less relics of th3 CsGriSt regtme).
Submarines Septupled
Since January, 1888, Admiral
Orlov informed the cheering rep
resentativeS, the unon has made
the following astounding in
creases in her sea-fighting cate
gories:
Submarines, multiplied seven
times; warships, three times;
coast artillery, one and three quar-
ter times; naval aircraft, doubled;
naval aviation more than live
times.
Admiral Orlov said:
Defense COmmissar Klementi
Voroshilov has said that defense
IL not confined to the army, SO
we are now building a most COM
plete and modern navy and sup
plying it with the best equip
ment. We must and will create
a mighty navy"
Actual figures on the navy were
carefully guarded, while the ad-
miral launched an attack on Ger
many's sea-fighting units.
Germany, he said, has nine bat
tleships, IS heavy cruisers, and 80
observation-disclosures, he limited,
the Soviet Union would equal.
High Technique
Bearing out German reports
that the Soviets had developed a
powerful submarine fleet easily
capable of attacks on the Reich'S
Baltic seacoast, Admiral Orlov
said that high technical level"
had been achieved by the Soviet
navy, and he stressed the opera
tive feats of the submmersibleS.
In tests of their cruising radios,
submarines of the Far Eastern
squad exceeded their assignments
in remaining away from base, and
also showed excellence in under
water maneuverS.
The Baltic fleet carried out a
double assignment away from
base, and the Pacific and Black
Sea fleets stayed away four times
the allotted period. The admiral
said:
"The Soviet Pacific and Bal
tic submarine fleets are faster
and able to remain submerged
longer than any in the world.
"They are ready to annihilate
any enemy that dareS to ap-
YNrnach orr coasts"
ANSWER TO THREATS
He closed by blaming the
Threatening attitude" of Ger
many and Japan for compelling
the Soviets to build up a navy.
The congress moved on towards
adoption of new constitution,
having heard a criticism of the
American Constitution from A. j.
Vishinski, the famous prosecutor
who helped send Zinoviev and
Kamenev to the firing squad.
The United States Supreme
Court said Vishinski, is appointed
by the President to cover the
reactionary deeds of the ruling
minority" He added:
Bourgeois courts in all ma
tions protect the interests of
the mOney-bagS. The judges
are usually rich politicians"
Stating that the Soviet judicial
system has reduced crime by 48
per cent since 1881 he added:
"Crime is increasing in the
United States because the social
regime there encourages it.
1--WE shall mercilessly wipe
from the face of the earth
TrOtzky and ZinOviev plOtterS
in the future as in the past"