GERMAN WAR SCARE.
NATIONAL HYSTERIA. [By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.] (Per Press Association.) Berlin, December 20. The estimates for 1912 show a. deficit of £2,187,000, mainly due to the widening of the' : Eiel canal. Compared with 1911 the navv expenditure has increased by £1,27.7,000, and the army £1,000,000. ... The National Defence League is being formed to help the army on similar lines to the Navy League. It is semi-officially stated that the report about British plans of Wilhelmshaven is a sheer invention. .Some newspapers interpret the occupation of Soluk as foreshadowing a new British naval base.
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Oamaru Mail, Volume XXXIX, Issue 10955, 21 December 1911, Page 4
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94GERMAN WAR SCARE. Oamaru Mail, Volume XXXIX, Issue 10955, 21 December 1911, Page 4
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