BIG GUNS ON GERMAN BATTLESHIPS

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2678, 26 January 1916, Page 5

BIG GUNS ON GERMAN BATTLESHIPS

SEVENTEEN-INCH MONSTERS ,1 —— , CONTROVERSY IN BRITAIN Br Telegraph-Press Asodatlon-CopyTlßM ; ; ('"Ernes" and Sydney "Suu" Services.) j . London, January 24, The possibility of tlie Hindenburg (which was built to carry 12in. guns) and other new German battleships carrying i 17-inch guns has been recognised for ; some time. Mr. James Douglas, in the "Daily News," states that a 17-inch ; naval gun was used to shell Dunkirk. 1 One expert said that the 17-inch guns would require special ships, and it was j ridiculous to suggest that they could ba ; put on ships built for 15-inoh guns. ; Mr. Spencer Wilkinson declares that . j the British and German, Admiralties are ■ ÜBing every resource science offers to outdo one another. The only test which 1 the Admiralty could have more thorough would be a battle. , Sir Arthur Conan Doyle is delighted with the fact that tho Germans will try the alleged 17-inch gun- Ho'says: ; "Supposing we are still restricted to ! the 15-irich gun, I -undertake that three of our shells will get home for every two by the Germans." - ANOTHER WAR FACTORY j WRECKED FIFTEEN PEOPLE KILLED. Buffalo, January 24. Fifteen people were killed and twenty j injured in an explosion which wrecked J the plant of the Eelker..Blower Com-. j pany, engaged on war munitions. A panic was caused in the neighbour* ing schools. i