Ogden Daily Standard | 1914-12-10 | Page 1 | Great Britain Heads Navy List

GREAT BRITAIN I HEADS NAVY LIST H United States Navy Depart- ment Reissues July State- I H ment of World's Naval H I Tonnage. L I I U. S. RANKS FOURTH H With Completion of New Ships Great Britain, Germany Ger-many and France I Will Lead. Washington, h c 10. in order that the United State!) may observe Itrlrl ! neutrality In the European war, the ' . I i department will not Issue this I month the usual comparative state- i': '."'4 mem of the warship tonnage of the i fv principal nasal powers of the vorld, I ithertc Issued in December and Jab. V'j of each year Instead of attempting I to put out a Statement corrected to j i . 1 1 the Intelligence office of tl e de- I I lartment toda reissued the ytat ment of last Inly, when all of th nations now at 'ar wort pursuina tl1 8 I pathfl of peace. While the issuance by the Unite J '!'' States of a statement Retting fort the j nava strength of the warring na- i lions miKht bo improper In Itself, It j was also poln'od out that the changes i Wrought in the various navies by Ses-miction Ses-miction of v-ssele on the one hand ; and purchase and completion of croft on the other, would make it quite Impossible to compile the neces data. The July statement, reissued ioday, shows Great Hr'tain at the head o the lis. with a completed tonnage of 2,157,860, while the other nations in rh order of their tonnage are Ger-many, Ger-many, United States, France, japan, Italy, Russia and Austiia-Hungarj . This statement shows that nlth tho comph tion of vessels built and build : ng July 1 tbe order would be Gn-at 1 I'ritain. Germany, FYanee. Cfulted ! States, Japan. Kussia. Italy, estria-Uungsry. estria-Uungsry. This lattor calculation would place the United states fourth I instead of third among the world I naval ( owers. 'H