An item referred to the newspaper Nieuwe Rotterdamsche Courant which used the Standard as source that on short notice England intended to lay down the keels of 3 battleships of an enlarged Dreadnought-design. The hope that a third ship would not be built as a result of the conference at The Hague was false. (1)
Note
1. Probably the second peace conference at The Hague between 15 June and 15 October 1907 in which England unsuccessfully tried to limit armaments with Germany as main opponent fearing that England wanted to end the growth of the German Imperial navy.
Note
1. Probably the second peace conference at The Hague between 15 June and 15 October 1907 in which England unsuccessfully tried to limit armaments with Germany as main opponent fearing that England wanted to end the growth of the German Imperial navy.