THE NAVY.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 555, 9 July 1909, Page 7

THE NAVY.

i ■•;.■■; •.■;.: -■ ■ ' » ' ■..■■■■■•■'. ' THE CONDITIONAL DREADNOUGHT S. , NO ORDERS YET. MANOEUVRES CONfIDENTIAL, ■ (By Toleßraph.-l'ress Associatlon.-Copyrlßbt.) ;; :/ .., ' (lleo. July 8, lo'p.m.) : : : - ' ' "•'• . ' _; ;'.- ' '■■■-.'"■'■ London, Julyß.' x , In, the Hiuso, of Commons Mr. J. U. Lpnsj, dale' (Unionist) i asked the First Lord of the j Admiralty (Mr. M'Kenna).whether tho gun-' _. mountings and'material, bad ;vet been ordered . preparatory to laying down the fourcoridij tional Dreadnoughts'oil April 1 next. ;-,' lj- Mr..M'Konna: "No." ■...'..,' . In reply to a further question by Mr. Lonsdale, ae to the- result of "the recent naval manoeuvres in tho North Sea—when the'. Blue-Tlcot, representing tho enemy, essayed t to prevent the junotioning of , the two- deJ- fending fleets—Mr.. M'Kenna: said 'that the : manoeuvres were .of a confidential nature,. I .and it was undesirable to state tho conclu- . J. sions drawn therefrom as bearing upon the I Navy's preparedness'for war.' .■' ■■■ ' .' ; ■.""[Qu'estjpned' in thj House of Commons' bn 1 May 27,»Mr.-M'Kenna s&id .that the tenders l , ifor, the gun-rnountings of the tw'O'Dread--1 noughta'to be laid down-in Government''yards >- this year would, be , invited shortly. In reply ■ to. a further question by Sir-Berkeley SJicffieiil as to what arrangements had been made in * the matter of guii-mountings for the: .f(v;r, - Dreadnoughts that[.-.might be wanted shortly . (that is, the conditional ships ; referred to in to-day's- cablezram)/ Mr. Jl'Kenna' Raid: "As : explained in the debate ofllareh 29 last',' ar- ; .rangementsvwere/made for-.such,an extension .: of. plant of the gtin-mouriting manufacturers, as would meet the requirements referred to."]