GERMAN NAVY.
LEAGUE WANTS BIG CRUISERS MORE QUICKLY. (ni TELEGEAFH—DtESS ASSOCIATION— COPYItIfIUT.) (Rec. September 29, 10.56 p.m.) Berlin, September 29. The German Navy League, in .a manifesto, demands the building of sis new largo armoured cruisers to replace the six which, in the ordinary way, will not be replaced until 1914 to 1919. According to a programme published on June 29, Germany had then under construction seven. battleships of the Dreadnoght class and two armoured cruisers of the Invincible class. Tho British Indomitable is Of tho Invincible olass, and lier recent trans-Atlantic performances were so remarkable as regards speed and ranee of action, proving her to possess such formidablo powers either to fight or run, that the vigilant German Navy Leaguo now desires to expedite the armoured-cruiser section of the Kaiser's navy-building programme.
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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 315, 30 September 1908, Page 7
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133GERMAN NAVY. Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 315, 30 September 1908, Page 7
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