Battleships Defended.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIX, Issue 39, 8 June 1914, Page 5

Battleships Defended.

AS AGAINST SUBMARINES. - # ADMIRAL SCOTT CRITICISED. IBr Electric Telegraph-Copyright] [United Pbmm Amooiation i London, June 6. Admiral Sir Cyrian Bridge opines that neither submarines nor torpedoes have been tested sufficiently to (justify "Admiral Scott’s conclusion. . The Secretary of the Navy League says, his conclusion may considerably injure \mr sea supremacy at a moment when economists are seeking to reduce the expenditure. Submarines have not reached a stage ii their evolutibn to warrant Admiral Scott’s assertions.

The Pall Mall Gazette states that there was a holocaust at the last manoeuvres, owing to Admiral Sir 3. RJellicoe allowing the submarines to go hunting in the bag. So the enormous manoeuvres ended abruptly. The flagship was specially attacked, and an admiral left afloat. Admiral Jellicoe suffered less, owing to his keeping at sea and steaming at high speed day and night. Another authority denies that capital ships are doomed, for the submar-., ines are too slow and too low to see over the waves. Other experts point out that a similar cry was made when torpedoes were invented, and that Admiral Scott was wrong in suggesting that submarines are invulnerable. It is untrue that they are able to attack booms, particularly the new explosive booms which are a great success on the Continent.