Show ADMIRALTY DEFENDS ITS GUNS but graphic still persists in charges that britaina Brit ains first bull barks are rotten london april 28 the admiralty today issued an official statement regarding the charges made by the dally graphic that fifteen british battleships were unfit for action to the discovery that a number of the 12 inch guns were incapable ot firing fifty full charges the admiralty says that one 12 inch mark 8 gun on board the majestic had cracked at the muzzle and that a second gun showed a crack in the inner tube but they had fired the equivalent of ga and 75 full charges respectively these guns had been exchanged and repaired and will shortly be reissued the statement was made one 12 inch gun was fired with full charges before being re lined the guns on the battleship mars caesar and have fired the equivalent of over sixty full charges and arc still perfectly serviceable graphic persists london april 28 the dally graphic jis morning contends that the admiral tys statement regarding the impairment of the armour Is main iv remarkable for its omissions but it Is an admission of the great general accuracy ot the dally graphics allegations as showing that guns life should be to rounds broke down at CC and 75 rounds and that the 12 locsi wire gun issued to 15 of the test battleships Is absolutely untrustworthy the dally graphic says the official statement should bo welco medas a prelude to ic armament of all the voss sels |