Every war teaches its own lessons, and the main deduction which has been drawn by some observers from the recent struggle by sea is that the battleship 1s doomed owing to the development of the submarine on the one hand and of aircraft on the other.
"Surface craft," says Mr. Archibald Hurd, in the "Fortnight ly Review," "it is claimed, have been rendered obsolete, and it would be to waste money either to retain in commission at heavy ex pense, those which have been bulls or to continue to construct such vessels.
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