§ Lord CHARLES BERESFORDasked what were the main and secondary armaments, respectively, of the Japanese battleships "Aki" and "Satsuma;" and whether the Admiralty, in computing the comparative strength of our own and foreign navies in battleships of the "Dreadnought" type, class the "Aki" and "Satsuma" as "Dreadnoughts" or pre-" Dreadnoughts "?
§ Mr. McKENNAThe armaments are as follows: "Aki," four 12-inch, twelve 10-inch, eight 6-inch, eight 12-pounder, four machine-guns, five submerged torpedo-tubes; "Satsuma," four 12-inch, twelve 10-inch, twelve 4.7-inch, four 12-pounder, four machine-guns, five submerged torpedo-tubes. For the purpose mentioned in the question, these vessels, owing to their size and powerful armament, are reckoned by the Admiralty as if they were of the "Dreadnought" type.