GERMANY

New Zealand Illustrated Magazine, Volume 1, Issue 6, 1 March 1900, Page 83

GERM ANY

To judge by the aspect of affairs in Europe, the Peace Crusade, m which Mr. Stead interested himself so profoundly, is not likely to achieve much in this generation. The European powers are all, move or less, strengthening their hands in order to be prepared for war. Germany has sanctioned the expenditure of 1,600,000,000 marks during the next ten years, for the purpose of adding 19 new battleships, 8 large, and 15 small cruisers, and 33,740 men to her navy, besides a trifle of 261,000,000 marks for harbours and docks.