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LONDON, March 21. (Received March 21,. at 10.15 p.m.) In the House of Commons during the debate on the Navy Estimates Lord Charles Beresford declared that Germany would have 35 capital ships in ISI7, and probably 58, silica she must continue building owing to the money invested in tfej yard« and the armament lactones and the number of workmen employed. Thirty-one new British cruisers would ho_ required to cope with the merchant ships which other nations claimed tho right to aim.
Mr M'Kenna admitted the possibility of Lord Charles Bsrosfovd's contentions, but said that Britain did not admit the claim; consequently they must await ovents. If merchant ships were commissioned Britain would prove fully equal to the emergency. It would be time to consider how to act when an emergency arose.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 15098, 22 March 1911, Page 7
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