NO MORE DREADNOUGHTS.

Evening Star, Issue 15514, 9 June 1914, Page 8

NO MORE DREADNOUGHTS.

CRITICISMS OF ADMIRAL SCOTT'S PROPOSALS.

Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright.

LONDON, June 8.

Admiral Six F. C. Bridgeman says that Admiral Scott's letter contains nothing: new to the Admiralty except the advice immediately to reduce the shipbuilding programme and to resort to inaccurate, undeveloped -weapons. The time has not arrived for such radical changes, although it may ultimately be reached by future developments. Ix>rd Sydenham considers that Admiral Scott's theory is a fantastic dream. He emphasises the statement that aeroplanes are useless for scouting or assisting submarines at night time or in fogs and "storms. The submarine is very vulnerable on the surface, while -wholly submerged navigation is difficult and dangerous. Mr John Leyland, editor of the organ of the Navy League, 'The Navy/ considers that they must hasten slowly alont* Admiral Scott's pathway, awaiting developments. He foresees that the sue of submarines will increase until the dimensions of a submarine battleship are attained* Sir Phillip Watts, adviser on naval construction to the Admiralty, declares" that half the submarines' power for harm is t-b>Mr immersibility. They could not attack at night without a searchlight, which, would indicate their position. GERMAN ADVICE. 'GO AHEAD, ADMIRAL SCOTT." BERLIN, June 8. The Berlin 'Post' urges Admiral Scott to endeavor to convince his own countrymen, adding: "Germany will not follow threat Britain's example, but will gratefully inherit the supremacy of the seas, which, will then be hers without a struggle."