According
to tidings from Ottowa were the Canadian government and some British
entrepreneurs negotiating about the founding of a new shipping line between Halifax and the United Kingdom with ships with a
speed of at least 24 knots. In this new company were the Canadian Pacific,
Grand Trunk, Canadian Northern and the Allanline interested. For the building
of six ships which could be used in wartime as cruisers was a budget of
30.000.000 dollars. The Canadian government would probably granted an annual
subsidy of 4.000.000 dollars.
