According
to a tiding from Shanghai sent to the newspaper Morning Post developed
the Chinese government a naval shipbuilding program. The navy was to consist of
3 new squadrons each consisting of one battleship, 2 cruisers 1st class, 4 or 5
cruisers 2nd class, 5 cruisers 3rd class, gunboats, torpedo boats and one or
two submarines. New taxes were to be used for paying the costs.
