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Show I A Modern Navy i .HPHE flying boat is the latest subject of con- troversy in naval circles. According to the dispatches from London, the British have developed devel-oped the hydroplane to the point of a thousand horsepower motor and a body carrying from twelve to a hundred passengers. This craft is to have a range of i5or miles. It can therefore cross an ordinary ocean and go about anywhere a cruiser or dreadnought can go. And it can go much faster and go .up in the air if necessary. The new engine is'called the "Cub" and the new body the Titania. Meantime the submarine is being developed to carry an eleven-inch gun. In view of all this - Senator Borah wants to know, 'and has asked by resolution "What constitutes a modern fighting navy? " " |