Zurich Herald, 1916-03-17, Page 3WARNS AGAINST
THE 17 -INCH GUN
BRITISH NAVAL CRITIC URGES
VIGILANCE.
:Wisdom of Preparing to Meet Possible
Menace Strongly.
Needed.
"Reason for a long time has whis-
pered in the ears of Englishmen a
sea power for granted. History
teaches us that hungry vigilance is
the price of sea power."
James Douglas, naval critic, he an
article in a London daily paper, dis-
cusses the possibility of the German
fleet being equipped with 17 -inch
guns and in the course of a lengthy
article sounds the ,,warning note
quoted above. He continues:
"I think it will be admitted that we
are putting most of our energy into
the organization of vast armies and
that in consequence our navy is rap-
idly receding into the background.
If this navy were to fail us an army
of ten million could not save us. We
nevertheless assume that the navy is
not subject to any unforeseen vicis-
situde. That 'theory may hold good
in a short war. Does it hold good in
a long war?
Did It on Land.
"The question I desire to raise is
this: If it was possible for the Ger-
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POTENT HELP TO THE NAVY.
British Mine Sweepers Prevent Many
Ctastrophks.
A racy account of the part the
trawlermen have played in the war
was given in London at His Majesty's
Theatre by Mr. Tom Wing, M.P.,
who formerly represented Grimsby.
Lord Selborne, president of the
Board of Agriculture and Fisheries,
who presided, told of one young
mans and Austrians to establish .a trawler skipper who had hacl two
lead in heavy field pieces before the boats blown up under him while
war and to do it without the know- trawling for mines, and was now in
ledge of the present allies, is it not the hospital for the second time re-
covering from his injuries. "And his
one great hope," added the Minister,
"is to get on to the third and even
better boat which he has had pro-
mised him when he gets well again."
"A most potent auxiliary to the
navy." Lord Selborne described the
trawling fleet. It was almost entirely
within the bounds of possibility that
the Germans may establish a lead
in naval guns during the war? It is
not enough to be told that we may
safely trust to our secret intelligence
branch and to our experts. Nations
which have been caught napping once
may be caught napping twice. After
what happened at Liege, Namur, due to the trawlers that the deet and
Warsaw, Kovno, Novo Georgievsk, the merchant ships were 4b1e to pas
and elsewhere, common prudence tells to and fro on our seas with so few
us not to trust blindly either to es- catastrophies. He did not know how
many mines the Germans had placed
but he was prepared to risk the state -
"Doubtless it was a very stupid act ment that there were vet'y molly thee -
on the part of the Germans to reveal sands.
by the shelling of Dunkirk the exist Mr, Wing said that if at the last
ence of a 17 -inch. naval gun, ,but the great naval review at Spithead there
Germans are constantly• doing stupid had been, say, 2,000 trawlers, people
thiegs It is possible that they used Would have complained that it was
this gun to persuade us to believe making the spectacle ridiculous. If
that it is e field gun and not a naval at the last army manoeuvres there
gun; At any rate. there is no doubt had been a quarter of million min-
as to the existence of at least one ers, people would have said, `Well, it
Getman 17 -inch naval gun. We may doesn't- add color.' Yet fishermen and
be quite certain that Krupps have miners had proved as essential as
manufactured more than one of these any in the great struggle in which
guns. We may even go as far as to we were engaged. They were the
assume that they
have nanuacttied
men with
the real technical knowl-
many of them. It is significant that edge which had proved indispensable.
the 16 -inch howitzers used by the The men who manned the trawlers
Central Powers are Austrian guns had swept the Channel and the North
manufactured at Skoda. What was Sea practically clear of 'mines and
Essen doing while Skoda was turn- submarines, and in the Mediterran-
ing out its heavy howitzers? Clearly; ean thousands of others had been clo-
the answer to the question is that ing the same.
Essen was turning out heavy naval "His Majesty has had occasion to
guns. It may be said that 1'Z -inch realize the size of their hands and
naval guns are useless without bat- the warm grip they can give," said
tleships or battle cruisers in which to Mr. Wing, "One burly fisherman who
mount them. Here, agaiu, we are at , had received a decoration said after -
the mercy of the expert. , wards that he could not believe that
What of the Hindenburg? he was 'actually in Buckingham Pal -
"It is known that several German ace and was to be decorated by the
capital ships were due to be coin- King; he thought it was a dream un-
pleted several months ago. There til the Ring shook hands with lin,.
may have been more. The fog of And When he found the King grip -
war hangs thickly over the German ping his great fist he was so anxious
shipyards. One of the new ships, the to snake sure that it was real that
Hindenburg, has undoubtedly been he took firm hold with his other hand
completed. Has the Hindenburg been also, and really `help up' the ?Ging
armed with 17 -inch guns? Have other for the time."
capital ships of the same class been
armed with 17 -inch guns?. If not, STOPPED SHORT
what was the gun which fired on
Dunkirk made for?
"The expert may declare that it is
impossible t-0 put 1.7 mall guns into a
•_ ,r,
ship which was not designed t to carry
them. Ilene, again, I say that the
not a safeguide. If you
expert is n)
eau put a 151 inch gun into a moni-
tor, you may be able to put a 17
inch gun into e ship designed for a obtained only from proper food,
15 -inch gun, And there is another "I found myself on the verge of a e er Euro can arse and nate
peonage or to experts.
The Shells at Dunkirk.
WAR HIS PLATFORM,
Some Characteristictterances of Sir
George Reid.
Right Bon. Sir George Reid, the
late High Commissioner for Australia,
who has been elected unopposed to the
British House of Commons, for St.
George's, Hanover Square, London,
will be a distinct acquisition toe the
House, and is already being referred
to as the "Member for Anzac." His
first speech as M.P. was characteris-
tic of the man. "I have only three
planks in my political platform," he
said, with his usual bluntness. "The
first plank is the war; the second
plank is the whole war; the third
plank is nothing but the war."
Here are two characteristic utter-
ances which have fallen from Sir
George, Nearly a year ago, explain-
ing the secret of his unabated vigor
on his seventieth birthday, he de-
clared, "I have aimed at health and
happiness, and when confronted by
a formidable obstacle I have just
tried to knock it over; failing this, to
get round it, if not, then under it;
and if all these manoeuvres failed, I
have been content to lie down in its
grateful shade, lauding it as a beau-
tiful blessing in disguise."
The other utterance was the mess-
age he despatched to Australia when
the story of the heroism of Anzac
was known. "The whole world knows
to -day what I always knew :that
Australians are true to the core and
loyal to the backbone."
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DISDAINED HONORS.
The Kaiser Will Never Again \1rar
a British Uniform.
Dr. Henry S. Smitten., in the course
Of la leetrure, declaredi
"If you have to be shot, the best•
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Simplicity.
"Together with the keys, I give you
an order bestowed on nee by your
sovereign, the Order of the Red Eagle
—which I could never wear again."
With those sad words Jean Dollfus,
Mayor of Mulhausen, the pioneer of
the profit-sharing system for etre- ,
ployees, handed over the keys of that
Alsatian city to the Prussian contman- •
derm1810.
A very different spirit urges Wil -
Taking Tonics, and Built up on helm II, to declare that he will never l
Right Food. again wear a British uniform. Yet j
there is a spark of bitterness behind
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out -monitored our monitors. They and et11dy and to illness in the :tam-
; uniforms total three thousand. usually thrown away. So also do the •n'
At a British recruiting meeting re-
cently the speaker, having got his
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may have put their 17 -inch gun into .ily," writes a young mother. • A special valet, with a large staff
monitors or into some new type of 1 "My friend:; became alitrmed be- of assistants, has charge of this very
hip designed to convoy and cover enuse 1 grew pale and thin and could important section of the Kaiser's ward
transports. Have wegot an effect- ( r robe. Apart from the enormous
not sleep nights. • I took various
tive answer to the .17 -inch naval gun? tonics but their eiiects wore off amount of care bestowed on the gar-
1.yleaso forgive my hungry vigilance." shortly after I stopped taking them. ments, Lary rani hasm to e an expert
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on military uniforms and kno\V the
My food did not seem to nourish me, correct accessories for each suit, Woe
Not an Exacting Girl. "Reading of Grape -Nuts, 1 deter- betide those who allow any inaccuracy
"Your love," he said, "would give mined to stop the tonics and see what to creep into the Kaiser's martial ap-
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"Dearest," she murmured, "it will Grape -Nuts four times a day with .--'-----'--sr----'---
only he necessary for you to raise the cream, and drank milk also, went to
dust.' bc.cl early after a dish of Grape -Nuts,
--- 'in about two weeks I was sleep -
Hath• Surprised, ing soundly. In a short time gained
weight and felt like n different Wb-
i;,:tly trecogni:eietg former .servant,) 1 Gra c -Nuts and :fresh ''air were
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That is the first question that comes
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