NAVY WILL ALWAYS BE NEEDED

Chronicle (Levin), 4 June 1946, Page 5

NAVY WILL ALWAYS BE NEEDED

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Received Tuesday 2.45 a.m. LONDON, June 3. j Critics who expressed d,oubts of ! the future utility Q.f simface naval J vessels, apparently liave not envis- j aged the possihility of ships mount- I ing atomic guns, says the editpr of Janes Pightiiig Ships," the new edition J of which is issued today. This is ] apart from the potentialities* of an I atomic torped'o. As- long as the hulk of the world 's essential commerce has j to, he transported "by sea, marchant- . ! rpen will need protection a»gainst ! eyery forrn of sea attack. Drawing attention to the fact that j most German ships were known to ! have displaced considerably more ! tha-n originally- reported, while the | Japanese carriers Syokaku and Zuikaku turned out to he 30,000 tons ! instead of 20,000 tons, Janes says all this goes to show.the fallacy of j relying for spcurity on naval *1 treaties limiting displacemeiit, since ' everything must ultimat'ely depend ! on the good faith of the signatories. I When fignres were falsified on an ; extensive scale, the object of agreements on tonnage "basis were missed. On the future of the Royal Navy, 1 Janes confirms reports of the ahan- 1 donment of construction of four Lion 1 class hattleships and stresses the I need for more carriers. -ti-*-.-*