§ Mr. MITCHELL-THOMSON (for Mr. Middlemore)asked the First Lord of the Admiralty whether the cruiser which is to be built as an answer to the foreign super-"Invincibles" is to be of a design which will merely enable it to outrun capture by the foreign vessels, or whether it will be itself equipped with such speed and armament as will enable it both to outrun and to capture the enemy's vessels?
§ The SECRETARY to the ADMIRALTY (Dr. Macnamara)It is premature, as yet, to give details of the design of this vessel.