Show THE BATTLESHIP PROBLEM It is claimed in the east that at the recent nava naval conference called by the president at Newport the fact was revealed that there were defects in hi the four great battleships which are now under construction construction construe tion that the fore and aft turrets are arc too low that some of the guns lack in power that the steering gear is not sufficiently protected etc I Perhaps that is true The consolation is that there has never yet been a perfect ship of any kind built The was supposed to be the only perfect perfect per per- feet ship that it contained all the properties needed offensive and defensive power speed everything and now with only a year gone by the is looked upon as second class in England and is to be greatly exceeded in all the requisites needed for a battleship by two that are building now Admiral Evans gave a comforting reply when asked whether the armor of the present battleship fleet was sufficiently low or sufficiently high Hi His reply was that when a ship was in a fight and the right fellows were aboard it did not matter whether she had any armor at all or not the thought being that if the men aboard did their duty they would keep the enemy sufficiently entertained so they could not pick out a weak place to fire firc at that they would have all they could do to look after their own ship or as was expressed pressed by the thc Irishman long age who ho I Iwas was riding a bucking horse and his friend advised advisee him to jump off he replied Bedad I have all Ican I Ican can do to remain where I am |