BRITISH NAVY
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United Pre** Association — By Met> trie T'legraph — Vopyriohi
THE RECENT CRISIS
STATEMENTS BY LORD BEHESFORD.
.DENIED BY HON. It. McKENNA
(Received Last Night, 10.43 o'clock.) LONDON, November 23. Lord Charles Beresford, speaking at Sou Mi Sea, said the crisis was past, hut it was a blessing in disguise, suggesting the need of instant preparedness and the means for a W. n .r Stair at the Admiralty. During the recent crisis the British fleet was divided, and thero was no reserve coal or oil. He -mentioned the transfer of coal hy rail. Lord Beresford added that there were no military guards over the magazine, dock gates, or caissons, nor where the railways were liahle in periods of crisis to be destroyed. There were no mine clearors for the ports or fairways. The Right Hon. Reginald McKenna, First Lord of the Admiralty, interviewed, " categorically denied the above. He maintained that the transfer of coal was an experiment to ascertain whether traffic would be dislocated. The question of guards concerned the War Office, hut the allegation was obviously untrue.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10486, 24 November 1911, Page 5
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180BRITISH NAVY Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10486, 24 November 1911, Page 5
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