Britain Hurries Warships.

New York Times 100 years ago today, November 7, 1912:
Indications That Strong Forces of Bluejackets Are to be Landed.
    MALTA, Nov. 6.— The British cruisers Good Hope and Dartmouth left here today for Turkish ports in order to embark refugees.
    Four battleships of the British Mediterranean Squadron, the King Edward, the Zealandia, the Hindustan, and the Africa, also passed here this morning on their way to the Levant. They were steaming at a speed of 18 knots an hour. Admiral Sir A. Berkeley Milno, Commander in Chief of the Mediterranean Squadron, went out in a dispatch boat and joined them.
    Arrangements are being made to coal four other battleships of the Mediterranean Squadron which are expected here to-morrow, although no orders have yet been received to send them to Turkish waters.
    A flotilla of torpedo boat destroyers is also coaling, and all the colliers have been ordered to the Levant.
    The landing gear of all the warships leaving here for the Near East was prepared before their departure. This is regarded as an indication that strong forces of bluejackets and marines are to be landed at Constantinople and other points to protect the population.
    Large quantities of ammunition were embarked on the cruisers Good Hope and Dartmouth.