UNPREPAREDNESS.
LORD BERESFORD'S STATEMENTS. ALARMING STATE OF AFFAIRS DURING THE RECENT CRISIS. By Telotrraph-Prcsa Association—Copyright Rec. November 23, 10.15 p.m.) London, November 23. Lord Charles Beresford, speaking at Southsea, said the crisis was past, but it was a blessing in disguise, in suggesting the need for instant preparedness by means of a war staff at tho Admiralty. During the recent crisis tho British fleet was divided and there was no reservo of coal or oil. lie mentioned the transfer of coal by rail and added that there were no military guards over tho magazines, dock gates, or caissons, nor wiiero the railways were liable, in periods of a crisis, to bo destroyed, and no mino clearers for ports or fairways. Mr. Jl'Kenna, who was then First Lord of the Admiralty, interviewed, categorically denied the above and maintained that tho transfer cf coal was an experiment to ascortain. whether tho, traffic would bo dislocated. The question of guards concerned tho War Qffico, but the allegations wore obviously untrue.
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Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1294, 24 November 1911, Page 7
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167UNPREPAREDNESS. Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1294, 24 November 1911, Page 7
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