Washington, Apr. 13.
The Navy Department is reliably learned to have been informed that Japan is building a fleet of super-cruisers of 10,000 and 18,000 tons, the unmatchable speed, mobility and striking power of which may revolutionize naval tactics.
Three such vessels, it is reported, are at present being built. They are capable of 40~knots, and will be armed with eight or nine 12-inch guns.
"If such ships are being built, high naval official said today, "they represent perhaps the most powerful sea weapon in existence. While they could not successfully engage a battleship iny close fighting, they would be mote powerful than any British or United States cruiser, and would be the scourge of the world's shipping
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