NOT A TALKING NAVY.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 841, 13 June 1910, Page 7

NOT A TALKING NAVY.

WILSON REGIME A VERY DESIRABLE CHANGE. CRITICS APPLAUD. l)y Telegraph—Press Association -Copyright Lomlon, Jump 10. Farourablo comment is made on t-lio administration of the Navy by Sir Arthur Wilson, who succeeded Lord Fisher of Kilvorstono as First Sea Lord. Naval critics welcome the- return of tho traditiqu of a silent Navy, without warring factions of tho Bnrnsford and Fisher type. FORTY-FIVE BATTLESHIPS. MIGHTY MANOEUVRES IN .TTJLY. London, June 10. Naval manoeuvres will be held in July, when tho Mediterranean, Atlantic, and Homo fleets will combine. The force will include 45 battleships and 25 armoured cruisers. The Admiralty has arranged that the Australian draft of officers and men who arc in England for training shall serve aboard destroyers of the Tribal class during tho July manoeuvres. [Tho Tribal class is an ocean-going destroyer of considerable size (Hie Tartar is 870 tons) ami high speed. The stipulated speed of the'class was 33 knots, but the Tartar did 38 knots in war conditions. Others of the class range from 33 to 37 knots. Criticism against them is chiefly directed to the point of sea-keep-ing qualities in bad weather. In tho River class the power equals 16 indicated hores-power • per ton displacement. In the Tribal class it has risen to 18 horsepower per ton, with a consequent greater strain on the hull It is argued that speed in a seaway is at least as important as tho maximum speed in smooth water.] RECENT MANOEUVRES. "THE ENEMY'S" SUCCESS IN APRIL. Writing of the April naval manoeuvres, tho "Daily Mail" says:—"The first stage of the naval exercises in the North Sea has issued in the complete victory of the Blue or hostile fleet, under' Vice-Admiral Prince Louis of Battcnberg, over the Red or defending fleet, under Admiral Sir William May, Commander-in-Chief of the Homo Fleet and. British admiralissimo in time of war. "Prince Louis has thus repeated his brilliant feat of a few years ago, when ho escaped from Argostoli, in Greece, and defeated the Mediterranean Fleet,' arrayed against him in greatly superior force. The results of his campaign, as claimed by the Blue Fleet, are-.— Naval baso of Rosyth captured. Forth Bridge destroyed. Forth ports raided and captured: Loss of one battleship, three cruisers, two scouts, and thirteen destroyers inflicted on Red "The loss of Blue Fleet was a single cruiser. "In strength the Red Fleet was 50 per cent, superior, the figures beingRed. Blue. Battleships 9 6 Cruisers > 13 5 Scouts 3 2 Destroyers 20 18 "Red Fleet claims that at the close of the period allowed it was in a position to destroy Blue Fleet. But when all is said the victory obtained- by Blue in the opening operations illustrates in uncomfortable fashion what dash and luck might do for even a weak enemy descending on our coast from a base ,in the North Sea."