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SUiW, NOVEMBER L
NAV\L AUTHORITIES OF.U.S. WON’T BELIEVE
THE BATTLESHIP IS DOOMED BY SUBMARINE
In Their Opinion the Great Battleship Still Holds the Seas As
the Sipreme Arbiter of the Destines of Maritime Powers.
The Vork Which the British Navy is Doing and Hopes to
Do inElucidating Naval Problems Leaves the Americans
Cold.
London.-Neither words nor acts
have comnced responsible naval au
thorities <i the United States that the
submarine has doomed the battleship
to extincton; nor do they agree with
those win would warn the nations
against pitting "too many eggs in one
basket.” In their opinion the great
battieshij still holds the seas as the
supreme irbiter of the destiny of mar
itime poters. This after two months
of naval warfare, during the course of
which tie submarine has achieved no
slight siccess. The work which the
British lavy is doing—and and hopes
to do—ii elucidating naval problems,
leaves tie Americans cold.
Two Battleships.
Order) have been placed for two
battlesHps, just as though the sub
marine had never been heard of. The
constriction of these two vessels with
one otler to be paid for partly out of
the money paid by Greece for the two
obsolescent ships she acquired this
spring was, it is true, authorized in
the last session of congress. It was
anticipated, however, that the placing
of the country should be delayed until
the constructors now in Europe study
ing raval events—or rather awaiting
naval events really worth study—had
gainod all the information obtainable
bear'ng on matters of design. Not at
all. The naval authorities have de
cide! to forge ahead and put in hand
at once the building of all three bat
tlesiips for which they have received
authority; the third is to be laid down
in a government yard. They have de
termined not to wait for the long-an
ticipated battle in the North Sea, con
vinced, apparently, that when it does
come it will still leave the battleship
mistress of the sea—despite destroyers,
submarines. Zeppelines and seaplanes
-—all-of them carrying deadly arma
ments.
“Lick Creation.”
But even more remarkable than this
decision is the fact that the new bat
tleships are to “lick creation" in size
and power, but not in speed. They will
displace something approaching twice
the amount of ivater of our original
Dreadnought, completed only eight
years ago, the tonnage of each of
these mastodons will be no less than
32,000, whereas our name ship of the
new era was of only 17,900 tons. This
one coupparision will convey some idea
of what American naval officers think
of the arguments advanced in favor
of ships of "moderate dimensions.”
They have built battleships small and
battleships big, and they declare, “Give
us battleships bigger, submarine or no
submarine.”
The increase in displacement on the
other side of the Atlantic has far out
stripped anything that our own naval
authorities, who have the credit of in
troducing the Dreadnought, have pro
posed. it was only by sheer good for
tune that we got the first Dreadnough
afloat. The Americans had realized
the development was inevitable, had
had a design prepared and were wait
ing for congress to say “Yes” when
1 .ord Fisher sailed in, laid down 4 ships,
built them with great secrecy, and
thus obtained a lead which we have
never lost. "Thank God for our food,
cheap food, and the British Navy."
Credit ought to be paid to the Ameri
ican Navy Department for its fore
sight. It just missed the distinction
of being first in Dreadnought construc
tion
American Dreadnought*.
This, however, is to wander away
from the subject, which is the increase
in size of American Dreadnoughts,
though America knows as much about
submarines as we do and a great deal
more than the Germans. They will
not listen to the arguments based on
the danger of placing too many eggs in
one basket. The upward movement
of displacement on the other side of
the Atlantic has, indeed, been very re
markable;
Displacement Armament
Class Year, (tons) (guns)
South Car. 1906 16,000 8.12tn-22,31n
Delaware. 1907-9 20,000 10,12in-16,5in
Arkansas.. 1911 27,000 12.12in-21,5in
Texas. .. 1911-12 27,000 10.14in-21,8in
Oklahoma. 1912-13 27,500 10,14in-21,5!n
New Class. 1914-15 32,000 12,14in-22,5in
At the'first the Americans were sat
isfied with an 11 in, armored belt, now
they are sattisfied with nothing less
than 16 in. There were only two tor
pedo tubes in the earlier ships, and
some naval officers urged that there
should be more, now there are four
all submerged—for the discharge of
the 21 in. torpedo, with 300 lbs. of high
explosive, and a range of about 8.000
yards.
Remarkable Feature.
Possibly the most remarkable fea
ture of the new battleships—which
will closely resemble the Pennsylvania
and her sister, now on the stocks —is
that, in spite of the doubling of the
displacement, there has been little of
no advance in speed; though .triple ex
pansion engines have been displaced
by turbines, the rate of steaming of
the newest ships is calculated to be
twenty-one knots only. If the naval
war has proved—or seemed to prove—
one thing another, it is
that the defence or the big ship against
submarines lies in speed, speed, speed.
For this and other reasons the ten
dency for high speed is observable in
the design of the latest German ships,
and yet the United States, though it
is building the most colossal battle
ships in the world, remains satisfied
with a rate of steaming not very much
greater than that of the newest and
best-equipped under-water craft.
15,000,000 Each.
These two new battleships when
complete with stores and ammtmition
and ready for commissioning, win rep
resent an expenditure of $815,000,000
each. For this outlay the American
AUGUSTA MADE GOODS
Thousands of dollars go away from Au
gusta each day for goods or service that could
be procured in or near this city. Why not put
these dollars at work in the Augusta territory
and keep them at work in the Augusta trade
territory every day in the year?
It can be done—it ought to be done. It
will make Augusta rich and prosperous. Will
you try this for one week—the week of Nov.
14th?
Will you Live at Home, Trade at Home,
Pay at Home, Help at Home for one week?
Let everything you buy for one week, as far as
possible, come from the soil or from the shops
or from the factories and small industries in
the Augusta territory.
Make up your lists now—Food, Wearing
Apparel, Household Supplies—all the wants
and needs of the Big Buying Public of this ter
ritory—let us think of them in terms of Augus
ta Made, Augusta Trade, with the idea of
keeping our people busy and the dollars active
in all channels of trade.
Augusta’s own citizens can pour $200,-
000.00 worth of new trade each, week into
local channels of trade that now goes out of
Augusta—by Living at Home, Trading at
Home, Asking for Augusta Products—using
the service of Augusta and her people in every
way possible.
Are You Ready to do Your Part?
If so, write the
LIVE AT HOME EDITOR
Augusta Herald, for Full Particulars.
navy will gain a broadside of twenty
four in. guns, throwing a projectile of
1,400 lbs., with a sufficient force to
penetrate twelve inches of the hardest
armor at nearly two miles range. Each
gun represents $750,000, calculating on
the basis of the broadside fire. It need
hardly be added that in these battle
ships, which will burn oil only by, the
way, elaborate provision Is being made
to protect them both from attack by
submarines and bombs dropped from
airships or seaplanes The peril of
the big ship is not ignored; a war is
in progress which may show that it is
greater than is thought—indeed as
great as Admiral Sir Percy Scott de
clares—and yet these level-headed
Americans are investing $18,000,000 in
two of the biggest battleships ever
THE POOR UTILE FELLRH III!
There Was No Passion in Her Crying-, it Was Just a
Monatonous, Mournful Moaning and Deep Sobs Shook
Her Poor Little Body. She Cried and Walked on.
She stood outside the village gazing
helplessly into the wide world. He had
sent her away, her husband, away,
home, anywhere she pleased, and lie
had given her only seventy piastres.
He had not been angry with her and
had n%ver beaten her very much, but
already long ago she had felt that
he was tired of her.
And tills morning the “Shek" had
come with the "Scliek el masum” and
they had mumbled and written and
afterwards her husband had spoken
the’dreadful words: "Ruachi —talatilfr,
“Go, I drive thee away!”
She had packed her few belongings
in the old llabara, had kissed hpr lit
tle Moral, until he started to cry, anil
had left. She straightened herself up
and walked slowly. First she must
walk up to Helonan then pass the big
palm and three hours through th?
desert, then she had to go by the rail
road, the same over which she had
come afer her wedding ten yeari ago
And where the railroad end was Mas
el-Kahira, her husband hud said, and
there she must get out and walk across
to the great ralroad depot and buy
another ticket from the Effendl and
—well the rest she had forgotten.
What was it called?
She tried to remember the name,
but in vain; it was blotted from her
memory. She walked on during the
torrid midusminer day, the sand
Scorched her feet, the white nocks
spat fire into the air, which trembled,
vibrated and flickered and made you
shut your eyes. But what was that
name? Suddenly she remembered
that she had promised little Morsl
some erassus and she was about to
return, when she realized that she
must never do so, not today, and not
(tomorrow, nor any other day to come.
She began to cry softly. She had al
ready cried so much that her eyes
hurt. '
There was no passion in her crying,
THE AUGUSTA HERALD. AUGUSTA. GA.
dreamed of by man, directly contrary
to the views of the moderato dimen
sions, and not only that, are giving
them a speed of only about 21 knots.
Confidence.
Some people are nervous as to the
fate of our battleships in the war. The
decision of the American naval offi
cers who have studied submarines
longer than we have, may give them
a measure ol’ confidence. Moreover,
our preponderance in submarine craft
over Germany is rather greater than
our main stength in Dreadnoughts. So,
in any event, we seem to be on tlie
right side. We do well to recollect
that the only notable successes of the
German submarines in the past two
months were achieved under favorable
circumstances, which are not likely to
recur. The time Is not ripe for any
dogmatic statements us to the role of
the submarine, despite Lieut. Com
mander Max Horton's daring exploits,
and evidently American naval officers
are still unconvinced that the duy of
the battleship is over.
it was just a monotonous, morunful
moaning and deep sobs that shook
her whole slender little body. She
cried and walked on. And the sun
grew more fiery than ever, the sand
was like glowing embers and the
white rocks spat fire.
Why had he sent her away so sud
denly? She had done everything
that other wives did! She had watered
her two camels, carried water from
the Nile, as much as they deeded,
bake<l bread and brought his nar
ghilich, when he wanted it, lookel
after little Morsi and fulfilled all the
duties of a wife.
Why? Why? She could not imagine,
was so hard! She was not
used to it. She shook her head —'it
was so Impossible to understand why
she must go away. And she couid
not think of the name of the place,
where she must get out. What was
she to do there? Oh, of course,
from there she must walk to her
father. Her father! Was he then
still alive? He had been a very old
man when she left him to go to lCgfer
el-Blu ten years ago with her hus
band. And what would he say now,
wnen she was coming back? He had
barely enough food for himself and
her mother is always sick, and then
there is her blind brother whom she
had quite forgotten.
Now she remembered everything.
What would her father say? Surely
he would beat her, been use she had
been sent back. He would
never believe that site had not done
anything, How she was afraid
of tier father, and of the long Journey
and tin; big city, where she did not
know anybody, and of the great big
world, which she did know.
She pulled her black veil tightly
across her face and walked on. Her
feet ached and felt dreadfully heavy.
Then a shadow fell across her path
and as she looked up she stood at the
big palm, she had to pass. She had
often seen the lone tree in the desert
from the hills of Kafer-el-elu where
she used to sit with little Morsi. Site
nestled down at the foot of the big
tree among the thorny buHhos, rest
ed her chin on her knee and starel
into the yellow sand. The sun burned
her head mercilessly. She thought of
nothing, any more, she was too tired
to think. From time to time, sobs
shook her body.
Evening came an.l the sun disap
peared in a sea of purple splendor,
then came twilight when everything
looked yellow, the last struggle of light
against the conquering darkness. The
stars came out and glittered like dia
monds. Darkness crept up the sides
-of the violet mountains into the sky
itself and the wind sighed because it
did not bring with It a single dew
drop for the thirsty country. The
wind raised the black veil from the
face of the poor little woman at tho
foot of the palm and blew its coolness
across her burning eyelids. She shud
dered and was terrified, realizing that
it was night and she wiis all alone In
the desert. The anguish crushed her
heart in its iron grip and made her
pulses hammer. Then she thought
of little Morsi who must now sleep
alone, and cried his name aloud, while
hot tears ran down her cheeks. She
cried and cried until the, stars grew
pale and the desert began to grow
grey in the light of the coming dawn.
Then she was too exhausted even to
cry. v,
The sun rose in the East, not the
young, refreshing, life-giving sun of
the north, bill a merciless . yellowish
white sun white sun which set to
work to dry up everything. The air
once more began to vibrate and
fli'ker and the. white rocks spat fire
The poor little Fellah woman at tile
foot of the palm stirred and groaned.
Everything felt so strange. All around
little red flames were glowing. A
form appeared. Looking upon his
houkah, her face was stern and angrv..
He did nut speak but continued to
*rr>fv bigger until he was like a moun
tain. Then all at once he disappeared
and all around her were crowds of
people and sheep end camels Then
the red flames came again all around
her, scorching her face, she could
not move, for her limbs felt ns heavy
as lead, but she cried out In pain Hko
a dying animal.
And the merciful angel of death
flying across the desert heard her
cry and carried off her poor, little
trembling soul, which had struggle 1
Its hardest against the misery of life
under the palm tree.
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