ON THE EVE OF WAR
GERMAN PLOT REVEALED. j TO CRIPPLE GIBRALTAR. * ITALY REFUSES TO JOIN. | 'Australian and N.Z. Cable Assn.) Received January 5, 9.55 a.m. LONDON, Jan. 3. The Evening Standard discloses a German plot on the eve of war to cripple Gibraltar, with a view to establishing a naval base. It recalls the aviation exhibition arranged at Malaga in the summer of 1914, in which Germany displayed great interest. Many aviators entered ostensibly as competitors, but really in readiness to bomb Gibraltar, co-operating with the Italian and Austrian fleets, which were expected to quickly dispose of the French fleet. Italy's refusal to participate upset the plans, but anyhow, the British had learned of the. intentions at Malaga.
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Waikato Times, Volume 92, Issue 14255, 5 January 1920, Page 5
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