October 10. 1914 
LAND AND WATER 
THE WAR BY WATER. 
By FRED T. JANE. 
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AND TAKB8 NO BE8F0KSIBII.ITT FOB THB C0BRECTNES8 OF THB STATElfEXTS. 
THE FAR EAST. 
THE situation hero is somewhat complicated by the 
fact that the Scharnhorst and Gnciacnau, which 
were supposed to bo blockaded in Kiao-Chau, 
appear to have got out before the Anglo-Japaneso 
blockade was completed. They have been reported 
loose in the Pacific. 
To date their exploits have not gone further than the destruc- 
tion of the old French gunboat Zdee — wliich was disarmed as 
useless — and tho bombardment of an unfortified town in the 
Fiji Islands. Neither exploit is glorious, but it counts. 
Since these two ships have escaped, we may take it that all 
the swift cruisers have done the same thing, and that the present 
German fleet loose in the Pacific is as follows : — 
icharnliorat, ll.flOO tons. Gum, 8 8-2', 6'. Speed 221-23 
kta. Belt, G inches. 
Oncittr.aii, 11,000 tons. Guns, 8 8-2' C G*. Speed 2i^23 kts. 
Belt, inches. 
Lnpzig, 3,250 tons. Guns, 10 41'. S|ieeil, 23 kts. 
Nurnbcrg, 3,450 tons. Guns, 10 41' Speed, 23i kts. 
Emdin, 3,000 tons. Guns, 10 4-1'. Speed, 24J kt«. 
Of these wo already know all about the Emden. As for the 
others, the SchartJioral went badly aground three or four years 
ago, and thereafter failed to steam at any decent speed. Tie 
Gfneisenau also was never quite a success. But the odds (on 
which we must calculate) are that both e\u^a have since been 
brought to efficiency. 
(Passage deleted by Censor.) 
As for the lesser German cruisers, the fighting value of these 
is trivial. But they have to be caught. 
The mystery is where they have all been hiding, and why 
they havo'been hidden so long. The secret bases must bo more 
numerous than we thought. These bases can hardly be on tho 
mainland anywhere, for, if so, some of them must have been 
heard of. 
Coaling at sea is possible enough. A whole fleet once coaled 
in mid-Atlantic twenty years ago. Consequently it is by no 
means unlikely that tho (Jerman raiders do not always use lonely 
islands as ba,se3, but have certain fixed rendezvous on the high seas 
where they can always meet colliers and other supply ships. 
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