Ogden Sun | 1905-08-01 | Page 3 | Germany is Arousing England

war preparation is directed against 1 kaisen london july 28 in the course ot a discussion 0 the vote for naval work in the house of commons lieutenant colonel arthur hamilton leo civil lord of the admiralty announced that the admiralty had decided to not proceed with the chatham dock yard extension but instead to push work on the new docks at firth of forth scotland the chatham extension he explained in 1903 contemplated the expenditure pend iture of explaining the reasons torl ls step lieutenant colonel lee said there was a probability that warships jn the future would be fewer in number and greater in individual power hence the beruein c ar d docking pace must ba 0 the largest size the admiralty had decided ahat possess pos sees creater and other advantages than chatham the civil lord of the admiralty added that he did not wish to enlarge on the strategic advantages of a naval base ona the east coast as they must be patent to everybody the plans he said had been prepared for a naval base the most complete known so that operations could be carried out as required in a speech at a dinner of railway men in east leigh in february colonel lee was quoted as having said that in the recent distribution of great britaina Brit ains naval forces england had not so much to keep her eyes on france and the mediterranean but to look with anxiety toward the north sea and that the fleets bad been so distributed as to enable them to deal with any danger in that direction should it occur