SPITHEAD REVIEW.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLVII, Issue XLVII, 11 July 1912, Page 6

SPITHEAD REVIEW.

WITNESSED BY ENORMOUS v 4 GRQWDS. A MEMORABLE SPECTACLE. (Pbsu Association.—Copxbjqht.) '.'i . LONDON, July 10. Mr Asguith. and Mr .Winston Churchill were oii board the ' Admiralty yacht Enchantress . with. numbers of members of Parliament. They : boarded the newest battleships and cruisers. At Spafhead. enormous crowds gathered on vantage points, and there weTe 30,000 spectators afldatf . Greai mterest• was displayed in the'air.men's exploits, the aeroplanists acting as scouts. /Two hydroi-planists discovered and reported by wireloss telegraphy the submarines. , c During -thfe- irianouvres the periscope of submarine D 4, in which the King made a voyage under water at Weymouth, was considerably bent by colliding with a dinghy. The departure of the fleet in a stately procession seawards was the most memorable spectacle of the day. THE MEDITERRANEAN FLEET. (Received July 11, 8.40 a.m.) ' LONDON, July 10. The "Times,''-commenting, on the §pithead review, says that if the insurance premium th4t the Navy represents is high, let us never forget that the insurable risks are almost, incalculable: It believes that the Government and Mr. Churchill are now alive to the lieed of reinforcement 'in the fleet tin the Mediterranean and elsewhere, without drawing upon the forces necessary for Home ■defence." According to their newspapers the re-, suit of the deliberations of the. Com/ mittee of Imperial Defence is that the Government maintains the fleet in the Mediterranean ata'strength. equal to thai of any other Power there. 1 . I