It would, however, be an important factor if allied with the English.
|Battle- |Armoured |Armoured| Armoured |Protected |Number |N S Nation.

|ships |Coast |Gunboats| Cruisers |Cruisers |of |u u |above |Defence |and | | |Torpedo |m b |5,000 |Vessels |Armoured| | |Vessels |b m |Tons.

|from |Ships | | | |e a | |3000 Tons|under | | | |r r | |to 5,000 |3,000 | | | | i | |Tons |Tons | | | | i +--+-------+--+------+--+-----+--+-------+--+-------+----+----+o n |No|Displ.|No|Displ.|No|Displ|No|Displ.|No|Displ.| |From|f e | | | | | | | | | | |200+|80- | s | | | | | | | | | | |Tons| 200| | | | | | | | | | | | |Tons| -- -------+--+-------+--+------+--+-----+--+-------+--+-------+----+----+--- GERMANY: | | | | | | | | | | | | | Ready |25|332,410| 5|20,600| -| -- - |10|114,590|33|122,130| 117| 70| 12 Voted or | | | | | | | | | | | | | building|12| -- - | -| -- - | -| -- - | 4| -- - | 7| -- - | 14| -- | -- | | | | | | | | | | | | | ENGLAND: | | | | | | | | | | | | | Ready |50|793,260| -| -- - | -| -- - |38|484,970|66|333,540| 223| 36| 53 Voted or | | | | | | | | | | | | | building|12|286,640| -| -- - | -| -- - | 6|145,320|20|101,320| 51| -- | 19 | | | | | | | | | | | | | FRANCE: | | | | | | | | | | | | | Ready |22|314,930| -| -- - | -| -- - |22|214,670|10| 50,780| 71| 191| 52 Voted or | | | | | | | | | | | | | building| 4| 93,880| -| -- - | -| -- - | -| -- - | -| -- - | 13| -- | 19 | | | | | | | | | | | | | ITALY: | | | | | | | | | | | | | Ready | 8| 96,980| -| -- - | -| -- - |10| 79,530| 4| 10,040| 53| 39| 7 Voted or | | | | | | | | | | | | | building| 4| 84,000| -| -- - | -| -- - | -| -- - | 3| 10,200| 14| 28| 13 | | | | | | | | | | | | | AUSTRIA- | | | | | | | | | | | | | HUNGARY | | | | | | | | | | | | | Ready |11|102,620| -| -- - | -| -- - | 3| 18,870| 4| 10,590| 18| 66| 7 Voted or | | | | | | | | | | | | | building| 5| 94,500| -| -- - | -| -- - | -| -- - | 3| -- - | 6| -- | -- | | | | | | | | | | | | | RUSSIA: | | | | | | | | | | | | | Baltic | | | | | | | | | | | | | Fleet | | | | | | | | | | | | | Ready | 4| 62,300| -| -- - | 1|1,760| 6| 64,950| 4| 27,270| 60| 19| 13 Voted or | | | | | | | | | | | | | building| 8| -- - | -| -- - | -| -- - | -| -- - | -| -- - | 1| -- | 1 Black Sea| | | | | | | | | | | | | Fleet | | | | | | | | | | | | | Ready | 6| 72,640| -| -- - | -| -- - | -| -- - | 3| 13,620| 17| 10| 4 Voted or | | | | | | | | | | | | | building| 4| -- - | -| -- - | -| -- - | -| -- - | -| -- - | 14| -- | 7 Siberian | | | | | | | | | | | | | Fleet |--| -- - | -| -- - | -| -- - | -| -- - | 2| 9,180| 20| 7| 13 | | | | | | | | | | | | | UNITED | | | | | | | | | | | | | STATES: | | | | | | | | | | | | | Ready |30|434,890| 4|13,120| -| -- - |14|181,260|16| 65,270| 40| 28| 19 Voted or | | | | | | | | | | | | | building| 7|190,000| -| -- - | -| -- - | -| -- - | -| -- - | 14| -- | 20 | | | | | | | | | | | | | JAPAN: | | | | | | | | | | | | | Ready |13|194,690| 2| 8,540| -| -- - |13|139,830|12| 49,170| 59| 49| 12 Voted or | | | | | | | | | | | | | building| 3| -- - | -| -- - | -| -- - | 4|107,120| 3| 15,000| 2| -- | 1 -- -------+--+-------+--+------+--+-----+--+-------+--+-------+----+----+--- Let us assume that in event of war England as well as France must leave a certain naval force in the Mediterranean, which need not be stronger than the combined Italian and Austrian fleets, but might be smaller, in event of a change in the grouping of the States; let us further assume that numerous cruisers will be detained at the extra-European stations--the fact, however, remains that England and France together can collect against Germany in the North Sea a fleet of battleships alone three times as strong as that of Germany, and will be supported by a vastly superior force of torpedo-vessels and submarines.

If Russia joins the alliance of these Powers, that would signify another addition to the forces of our opponents which must not be underestimated, since the Baltic Fleet in the spring of 1911 contained two large battleships, and the Baltic fleet of cruisers is always in a position to threaten our coasts and to check the free access to the Baltic.

In one way or the other we must get even with that fleet.