Developments in the Submarine
IT is reported that the United States, in common with other leading governments, has plans under way for a new type of submarine torpedo boat. It is to be twice the size of any now in existence, with a speed of twenty-one knots, and a cruising radius of about 3,500 miles. The greater speed, the increasing size, and other improvements in the submarine, are making it now an ocean-going vessel, in the place of having it, as hitherto, confined to duties about the harbor, or kept in convoy of larger sea-going vessels. The first attempts at the big battle-ships were in the form of monitors, and they were not designed for the open ocean, but it was thought they could be used only in harbor defense. Very quickly, however, the ocean-going battle-ship was developed. Now it seems that the submarine is destined to the same advancement; and when we contemplate the improvements in battle-ships of the skies, as well as other war implements that men are devising, it is not surprising that many people should become uneasy. But if we know the meaning of it, and if we are acquainted with the protection that is afforded by the power of the divine Father, all these terrors are removed.