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Show Ljttr wfj Captain Sigsbee, chief of tlie naval " R h' Intelligence otllec, has prepared a $' series of tabular statements to show rls ' '' ' the coinpaiatlvo strength of tlie prin- $tm l - c''):'' ,1!lv'es of tno woild, says the ; E, Washington Star. I&IpIk '' Coinbliilng tlie list of vessels built I1fC w'1'' t''ilt' of N0S,0'S authorized or PRm?"' building, the result shows that in it battleships, coast defense lionelads i iuu' i,lm()1(Ml cruisers the nations ?. H j'' stand as follows: inf $- Total number. Total tonnage. K I England 04 1,12.1,000 H fi Franco 70 010,020 W- . United States.... 40 490,174 B ' Oermany 45 350,018 k W Russia 40 373,100 Jm I Itlay 24 203,024 tL :' Austria 10 114,050 fi" j Japan .....15 154,24(7 jt i , This list puts tlio United third In U' point of numbers and total tonnage at tho present time. According to the building programme- of Germany, that t" country In 1907 will haven fleet of ' thirty-live battleships, fourteen largo k' cruisers and slxteenjdlvlslons of tor- ).' ' ' pedo boats, sl to a division. Of tho V ' battleships, twenty-llvowlll be first K" class ships or over 10,000 tons, launch-m- ' cd since lbtil. As It takes nearly four ;' : ' year to build a battleship In the United States, our force according to l! ! ships authorl.ed, w ill In 1907 consist of . , thirty-live battleships, of which 1 twenty-four will be first class ships of , jl ! over 10,000 tons, launched 1891. Of 'M r the fourteen large cruisers Oermany j will probably have eight armored IE cruisers, launched since 1891, while Kj& tho United States will have ten. |