GREATER GERMANY.
BATTLESHIP ORDERS TO BE -i DOUBLED. •-.'•'
PREPARATIONS F()K ANY E_fEfc . GENCY. -
BERLIN, December 12, '
Prince Hohenlo'he, the German Chancellor, has introduced in ;fW Reichstag a Bill providing that'tltt number of battleships previously % thorised be doubled, and that'extra taxation to the extent of ten i_illi 01l marks bo imposed to meet increaseij expenditure. Baron Yon Bulow. Secretary!'<jf State'for Foreign Affairs, speaking:., the. Bill, said an adequate navy .-was indispensable, for ■ the ■'.-creation ..__ Greater Germany. He referredto"t__ necessity that existed for concent.^ ting the strength of the Empire,. sothat thejr might be in readiness fop any emergency. Europe, however; -iva. plcdged-to a trans-oceanic policy; gj._ Germany must be cautious.
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Auckland Star, Volume XXX, Issue 295, 13 December 1899, Page 4
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