October 10, 1914 
LAND AND WATER 
THE WAR BY WATER. 
By FRED T. JANE. 
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THE FAR EAST. 
TIIK situation Lere is somewhat complicated by the 
fact tliat the Scharnhorst and Gneiscnau, which 
were supposed to be blockaded in Kiao-Chau, 
appear to have got out before the Anglo-Japanese 
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 Zdec — which was disarmed as 
useless— and the 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 
Ccmian fleet loose in the Pacific is as follows : — 
SdiarHlwnl, 11,000 ton!. Guns, 8 8-2', G C. Speed 22i-23 
lets. Belt, G inches. 
GntUtnau, 11,600 tons. Cuns, 8 8-2' G C' 
Belt, 6 inches. 
Ltipzig, 3,250 tons. Guns, 10 41'. Speed, 23 kts. 
Xunibcrg, 3,4.'i0 tons. Guns, 10 i\' Speed, 231 kts. 
Emdcn, 3,000 tons. Guns, 10 41'. Speed, 24i kt«. 
Of these we already know all about the Emden. As for the 
others, the Scharnhorst went badly aground three or four years 
8 8-2', G C'. Speed 
Speed 221-23 kts. 
ago, and thereafter failed to steam at any decent speed. TLo 
Gneisenau also was never quite a success. But the odds (on 
which wo must calculate) are that both ships have eijice beeu 
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 have been hidden so long. The secret bases must be more 
numerous than we thought. These bases can hardly be on tho 
mainland anywhere, for, if so, some of them must have beeu 
heard of. 
Coahng at sea is possible enough, A whole fleet once coaled 
in mid-Atlantic twenty years ago. Consequently it is by no 
means unlikely that the German raiders do not always use lonely 
islands as bases, but have certain fixed rendezvous on the high seas 
where they can always meet colliers and other supply ships. 
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