Show I NAVY LINES UP TO REASSURE BRITONS London July 16 One 16 One hundred and forty eight orty-ol orty ht British warships dropped anchor In the Thames tonight tho the array array array ar ar- ar- ar ray extending from the Estuary at tho south end of ot the er river to Westminster bridge In the heart of ot London Tho The total tonnage of or this fleet Jeet fleet Is Its cost Is pounds s and It is officered und amid manned manned by 42 of ot the time picked sons of tho he nations More warships warships to be bo exact exact exact-as- assembled as as- for tor the time naval na review at Spit Spit- head hend in 1897 but at least thirty of ot those could neither steam nor fight and were there simply for show purposes Tho The fleet now on the tho Thames Is without a useless obsolete unit Every one of or orthe the tho lab 18 vessels could go o Into battle battlo ata at nt ata a 0 moments moment's notice and give a good account account ac nc- ac- ac count of Itself What Is to be bo tho the object of this extended extended ex ox- tended and superb display of Britain Britain's s t fighting power afloat First it Is an panic anti show Uneasiness Uneasiness Uneasiness Un Un- easiness prevails In iii every quarter Quartel of ot Britain Anxiety in to the time higher circles as to th lh the condition of the country's de defense defenso do- do has bred apprehension and pessimism pessimism pes pcs throughout hout the body politic Loid Lord Roberts sa says s 's the army Is a traI tra- tra git Joke jok Admiral Beresford says tho the navy is hi not what It has been en consider consider- considered e ed And Germany German Is accused of having havinga designs ns against the lute a aggressive peace and liberty of or The Tho result of ot all this ferment Is that the country Is In danger dunger of ot going off ott It s head The mighty armada on the Thames the tho assembling of ot which has been boen saddened by b- the tho loss of a submarine submarine submarine rine on the North sea sod Wednesday Is tho the Admiralty Admiralty's s heroic seductive They o ha made the country think that we wo have bao no navy said Admiral Fisher The rime British millions may now lino Uno up tip along the tho rhames Thames go out ID ip boats and see the great reality for lor themselves ems el ves |