Show HOLLAND ADOPTS NAVAL PROGRAM i I Two Cruisers and Family of Biggest Type Submarines Will Be Built PRESENT CRAFT OBSOLETE No Dreadnoughts Provided For Pending the Outcome of War in Progress 1 The Hague Netherlands July Juh 3 3 Fast cruisers and submarines are arc to form torm the bulk of or the tho additions to the Dutch naV navy In 1916 according to th the naval budget The minister of ot marine marln obtained the consent of or parliament to begin the building of ot two new cruisers cruisers cruis- cruis ers and four tour submarines of ot the biggest big big- gest type at once while he was WM authorized au au- au- au to purchase a number o of h hydro hydro-aeroplanes yd ro roa a ero plan es Tho The cruisers are to develop a speed of ot thirty knots at their trial and ti to possess a steaming radius of or miles at a minimum speed of knots The They arc are to displace tons ton and to cost coat each ach and are t to tobe tobe be build In Holland under the superVision supervision super super- vision islon of ot a foreign forcin n firm which mus must guarantee the quality of ot their construction construction con con- and that the they attain th the tho requirements laid down b by tho the government gov gov- Thc They arc to be bo armed with Ith three Inch ton ten six-Inch six quick firing semiautomatic quick arranged arrange for tor use ule as weapons an and four tour machine guns uns The armor belt 1 Is Isto isto to be of ot three-Inch three plates and the decks deck I also are arc to be protected all over wh while lIe their bridges and and ammunition hoists hoist are to be reinforced b by steel Turbine engines are to be used and liquid fuel fue to be burned Each of ot tho the four tour new submarines 1 Is Isto isto to displace tons and to Possess posses six torpedo tubes The cost of ot each Is estimated at Both the cruisers and submarines submarine are to be fitted with special ventilation tion arrangements and accommodation for tor the crews is to be of ot the tho most modem modern modern mod mod- em ern kind to make tho the vessels com corn In the tho tropics The new h aeroplanes hydro six in number are arc to cost each and are arc areto areto to be purchased abroad It had been Intended b by tho the government to Introduce Introduce Introduce Intro Intro- duce a more extensive program but the ministers considered It wiser to wait walt till tho the end of the war so as to profit b by Its lessons No I The reason big battleships were not provided for was that in case Holland should bo be drawn Into the tho war the Dutch fleet would be compelled to adopt the principle of ot a defensive reinforced by an occasional offensive b by the submarines whose presence would make mako the North sea perilous for any enemy Holand's Holland's Hollands Hollands Holland's Hol Hol- lands land's co coasts ts contain inlets Inlet each ench of ot which would serve as a base for tor submarines submarines submarines sub sub- marines which with the assistance of ot fast mine-layers mine and the strewing of ot tho the shallow coast waters with wilh fixed mine fields would play pIa the most Important Important Important Im Im- Im- Im part in the tho Dutch sea operations opera opera- Tho Dutch colonies In the East Indies also could be he placed In an excellent excellent excellent ex ex- ex- ex state of ot defense b by means of ot submarines fast tast cruisers and destroyers destroy destroy- ers ors and much of or the Dutch na navy Is stationed stationed stationed sta sta- in colonial waters for tor this pur pur- pose As a matter of fact tact half halt of the mone money voted for this years year's naval ap appropriations appropriations appropriations ap- ap Is to be paid b by the colonIes colonies colon colon- ies los themselves It has always been a fundamental I Idea of ot those in charge of tho the Dutch naval al defense to have tho best possible possible pos pos- sible material at hand even though It should be only small In quantity For this reason It has been decided to re replace replace replace re- re place nearly all the present Dutch war vessels b by newl newly constructed ships as soon a as possible The two newest ships of or the navy are the Jacob van kerck built In 1906 and tho the Zeven built in 1909 Some of ot the others are vcr very old The I for tor Instance Is expected to be bo put out of ot commission after atter one more trip to tc the West Vest Indies The Koningen Re- Re gentes Jentes the De and tho the Hertog Herto k too are fifteen years ears old oh while four Cour other cruisers are aro old and although they thoy carry earn good guns suns arc are arcI I not regarded as of or much fighting value The Thc Dutch Sailor The Tho Dutch sailor Is universally considered considered con con- on- on as ns among the tho best Like the thc themen men of or all other navies he is uniformed uniformed uni uni- I formed In III blue Tho The cut of his clothes Is similar to that of ot the German bluejacket bluejacket bluel blue blue- l jacket and like him and the fighting sailors of all other nations thc they bear similar ornaments to those worn bythe by bythe bythe the men of oC the tho British fleet the fleet tho three white whit stripes 3 on the tho borders border of ot the fall down collar which celebrate Nelsons Nelson's Nelsons Nelson's Nel Nel- I sons son's three victories of ot the Nile CoPenhagen Copenhagen Co Co- Co- Co and Trafalgar and tho the black scarf worn in a a. sailors sailor's knot below the collar In front as a a. sign of or mourning I for tor Nelson The total number of or sailors regularly reguL regularly regu regu- InrI serving with tho the vessels of ot th the L fleet is in round figures men ol ot all ranks but at tho the present pre time some Borne of tho the naval militia taken from I the ranks of fishermen and merchant marine manne have been bean called up This tact fact has caused the tho cost of ot the Dutch navy to rise to a a. sum gum considerably higher than Is usual and an nn Increased appropriation appropriation for tor the maintenance was as necessary noo- noo es essary sary I |