Garland Globe | 1909-03-27 | Page 2 | Englishmen Were Unduly Alarmed

ENGLISHMEN WERE UNDULY ALARMED 1 Official Statement Regarding Number Num-ber of New German Warships Causes Sigh of Relief. It Is Expected That In the Autumn of .1912," Germany Will 'Have" Thirteen Thir-teen New Warships, All of S the Big Gun Type. V Uorlln. In vlow of tho assertions 1 made in tho British houso or commons 1 that Germany ln tho spring of 101S would havo sovontccn warships, nil ot I them of tho big-gun type, the nnv 1 department nuthorlzes tho stotemenL thnt In tho autumn of 1912 Germnny will have thirteen such vessels. Thes will bo the battleships Nnust.au and. Wcstfnlcn, which will bo ready foi sea In tho autumn of .1909; the bat tieshlps Rhclnlnnd nnd Poscn and the cruiser Von dor Tann, which will be ready for sea in tho spring of 1910; three bnttleshlps to replace tho 01-denberg, 01-denberg, Siegfried and Heowulf, and a cruiser to replace the armored cruiser "G," which will bo ready In the summer or autumn of 1911, nnd three bnttleshlps to replace tho Frlth-of, Frlth-of, Hlldobrnnd nnd Helmgahl, and a vessel to replnco the cruiser "H," which will bo ready for sev In the nutmn of 1912. v