RIVAL NAVIES

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10535, 23 January 1912, Page 5

RIVAL NAVIES

CABLE NEWS

(United Prm Association — By ISleo* trie Telegraph—Copyright.)

GERMANY'S EXPENDITURE TO BE IMMENSELY INCREASED. (Received Last Night, 11.40 o'clock.) LONDON, January 22. The Daily Telegraph's forecast of the German naval shipbuilding programme indicates a recrudescence of rivalry of a more intense form. .it states that Germany's contemplated expenditure for 1911-12, under the 1900 Law, has teen doubled. She has built, or is building, nine additional battleships. Sho has also doubled her destroyer flotilla, and commenced, outside the provisions of the Navy law, twenty other vessels.

'LARGE RUSSIAN EXPENDITURE. I NEW BASES IN THE BALTIC. (Received January 22, 8 < 15 a.m.) ST. PETERSBURG, Jan. 21. The Ministry is preparing a Bill to establish new bases in the Baltic, also for the construction within five years of four super-cruisers, besides auxiliary cruisers, transports, torpedoers. f and submarines, at a total outlay of | £50,000,000. TWO DREADNOUGHTS TOR j ITALY. I (Received January 22, 8.15 a.m.) I LONDON, January 21. I It is announced that Italy lias unexpected! v decided to huild two more lame Dreadnoughts. The Russian, naval programme and. Italy's increase is considered more potable as following Germany's intenI toon to build three capital ships year1/ly instead of two.