CANADA OFFERS 3000 MEN, AND THE SHAH OF PERSIA 40 ,000.
Mother armed -■;' CRUISER.
FIFTEEN TO BE APPOINTED..
; (FLEOTBIO TELEGRAPH. — COPYRIGHT.) * | SPECIAL TO UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION. | London, April 16. The offer made by the Canadian Government m March last to send 3000 to ; the Soudan has been renewed, but this time the offer is for service m Afghanistan. . It is expected that the Admiralty will charter one of the New Zealand Shipping Company's steamers — probably the Rimuv takaor Kaikoura— as a cruiser. It has been decided to equip fifteen "fast cruisers, which are to be stationed ait the most frequented ports.. - In the event of an ontbreak of hostilities with Russia, the Shah of Persia offers England the assistance of 40,000 troops. ... i-
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Manawatu Standard, Volume IX, Issue 114, 18 April 1885, Page 3
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123CANADA OFFERS 3000 MEN, AND THE SHAH OF PERSIA 40,000. Manawatu Standard, Volume IX, Issue 114, 18 April 1885, Page 3
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