EUROPEAN WAR-CLOUD.
lord CHARLES BERESFORD STEAKS OUT'. SHORTCOMINGS INDICATED. 'By Electric Telegraph.—Copyrigi t.) (United Press Association.) London, November 23. Admiral Lord Charles Beresford, speaking at Southsoa, said the crisis ,vas past, but it was a blessing in disguise, suggesting the need oi instant preparedness. Tne means was a war stall at the Admiralty. Daring the recent crisis the British fleet Avas divided, and there was no reserve of coal or oil. He mentioned the transfer of coal by rail, and added there were no military guards over magazines, dock gates or caissons, nor where the railways Avere liable in periods of crisis to bo destroyed, there were no mine clearers for ports or fairways. Mr. McKenna, formerly First Bord of t lie Admiralty, inter viewed, categorically denied the above, and mentioned tlie transfer of coal. Ho declared this Avas an experiment to ascertain whether the traffic Avould be dislocated. Tho question of guards, added Mr. McKenna, concerned the War Office, hut the allegation was obviously untrue. *
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXI, Issue 86, 24 November 1911, Page 5
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