. The Great war. going, any anxiety on the part ofGreat Britain as to Germanys supposed rivalry is inexplic-able on any other supposition than that she must alwayshave a scare. This in later years has come from France,Russia, and Germany in turn. Effective rivalry on the partof Germany was impossible in 1914 and was to be evenless possible so far as the naval progress of the severalpowers had been fixed. To show the completeness of thetruth of this statement in so far as 1914 was concerned, it isenough to say that the British had in service in that yearin the capital ships 134 and 17
. The Great war. going, any anxiety on the part ofGreat Britain as to Germanys supposed rivalry is inexplic-able on any other supposition than that she must alwayshave a scare. This in later years has come from France,Russia, and Germany in turn. Effective rivalry on the partof Germany was impossible in 1914 and was to be evenless possible so far as the naval progress of the severalpowers had been fixed. To show the completeness of thetruth of this statement in so far as 1914 was concerned, it isenough to say that the British had in service in that yearin the capital ships 134 and 170 12-inchguns, with a muzzle energy of 16,728,430 foot-tons, against98 12-inch and 86 11-inch guns of the Germans, witha muzzle energy of 8,639,200 foot-tons. In other words,the German power in capital ships was but 50 per cent ofthat of the British. The muzzle energy of Great Britains J ? 1 - - riT. jipfcN. ^ ~ • -: * ?» French battleship Paris, 23,000 tons, carrying a main armamentof twelve 12-inch V*rm French battleship Bou-vet, 12,000 tons, carrying a main armament of two 12-inchand two guns. ^^^^^^x^^
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