NAVY LEAGUE DEMANDS.
FORCES IN PERFECT READINESS.
(Received Nov. 22, 5.5 p.m.) . LONDON, Nov. 22. The Navy League demands the laying down of four large armored unite in addition to the five ships provided for in next year's programme, in order to guarantee supremacy for 1915.
Mr H. J. Tennant, M.P. for Berwickshire, and Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Trade, speaking at, Holborn, said that the defensive forces of the Empire were in perfect readiness, and an expeditionary force was ready to start at any moment. He added that Sir John 'French had stated that the British guns were not inferior to those which had worked such havoc in tlie present war in the Balkans.
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Marlborough Express, Volume XLVI, Issue 279, 23 November 1912, Page 5
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116NAVY LEAGUE DEMANDS. Marlborough Express, Volume XLVI, Issue 279, 23 November 1912, Page 5
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