Friday, November 30, 2012

India To Aid British Navy.

New York Times 100 years ago today, November 30, 1912:
Native Rulers Plan to Offer Twelve Big Warships.
    BOMBAY, Nov. 29.— Three super-dreadnoughts and nine first-class armored cruisers will soon be offered to the British Government by the independent rulers, Princes, and nobles of India if they ran carry out successfully a plan recently drawn up by them to collect funds for the purpose among themselves.
    It is suggested that the warships when presented be stationed in the Red Sea, the Mediterranean, and the Indian Ocean.

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