NO MORE DREADNOUGHTS

Evening Star, Issue 15515, 10 June 1914, Page 6

NO MORE DREADNOUGHTS

' LORD BRASSEY’S VIEW;

BIG SHIPS FOR THE OPEN OCEAN.

(London ‘ Times ’ and Sydney * Sun ’ Services.)

LONDON, June .8.

Referring to Admiral Scott’s statement that siibineijsibJes have rendered it unnecessary to go on building ■ battleships, Lord Brassey says hs does not contemplate the disappearance of big warships, which will long remain lords of the open ocean, but a new typo of ship will ho necessary for narrow waters.

The .Admiralty, he adds, is making a sj/ecial study of the prevention of disease in the Navy. Those who have suffered from enteric fever will be periodically examined, and those engaged at canteens will not be allowed to handle food unless their medical history has proved that they non-germ carriers. THE PUBLIC WANT TO UNDERSTAND. LONDON, June 9. While there are differences of opinion regarding the correctness of Admiral Scott’s views respecting submarines, there is a growing desire to learn more of the facts whereon his reasonings are based. Franco has experimented with a view to the abolition in future of the big unit with an underwater fleet, but apart from the great expense, the would suffer from the temporary loss of her naval position.

GERMANY’S CLAIMS.

Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright.

BERLIN; June 9.

Writing in the ‘Deutsche Tageszeitung’ with reference to Admiral Scott’s pronuricinmento, Count Von Roventlow says that the German submarines are all ready for service and have been constructed for use on the high seas, which, is by no means the case with those owned by other Powers.