The greatest activity prevails in the German arsenals. It is, of course, necessary to repair guns and manufacture rifles and large supplies of ammunition. But, if reports may be believed, the Germans ace doing more than this. The sucooes of their siege guns has started a craze for big weapons, while, no doubt, the terrible fire of the British battle cruisers at the battle of Helgoland has eet the Minister of the Navy thinking how be can hope to contend againat them. The British Fleet can out-close the German gunnery and, with the German Fleet practically idle, it appears that an effort is being made to supply the armoured cruiser sand Dreadnoughts with new ordnance. A brief telegram from Copenhagen states that travellers arriving from the Kiel Canal report that Krupp'sare turning out num-here of a type of gun with which they have been experimenting for two years. It has long been known that if the Krupp firm had been permitted to have its way, the German Dreadnoughts would have all beea provided with bed plates for placing their famous siege howitzers on board. These weapons are of the same type as those used to reduce the forts at Lidge, Namur and Antwerp. To put such guns on a Dreadnought would be an experiment, and experts have in the past been sceptical as to the success of placing high power howitzers with high-angle firing on men-of-war. The naval gunner has an inherent dislike of the weapon, although the have used mortara with effect when attacking forces on land.
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