WEST INDIAN BASE.
AHIEK.ICAir EXAGGERATION. ■ FOUR SMAXIi CRUISERS. LONDON, Aujust 5. An official BUMMge fays that tile American statement that Britain is contemplates the establishment of a great nnval b.i£e at Bermuda is an exaggeration. the naval pressure in Europe the number of vessels was temporarily reducer!, sind tlio Admiralty now propose to station four cruisers of tlio comity class in the West Indies for the winter months, which is a smaller force than was LaEcd there in earlier years. Some of the Xew York correspondents dccl;re that tlie American story is all twaddle, and point out that there, whb n Bermuda naval Btation even before the Monroe doctrine.
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Auckland Star, Volume XLIV, Issue 186, 6 August 1913, Page 5
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109WEST INDIAN BASE. Auckland Star, Volume XLIV, Issue 186, 6 August 1913, Page 5
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