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Show I '" ' DRITISH navy ncsunvcrortCES. "XaCmWnt Wmrtrm Thiiil Men Will Me ltrillrr.l la Man Hie Warships London, Jnn 3 A news agency nn Bounces thai tlio llrlllsh naval reservei j will bo moblllred I According tu recent eitlmalrs, the reserve forces utthcllrltlsh nary mini- , bernbout 31 OOOtncn Of this number, ' It Is calculated that at loast 10 000 men t will be required In m of ar to com plete tliu manning of tlie warships ol Oreat llrltaln, wlilch ara understood to require a complement of 110,000 men whereas only 100 000 nro actually In service The naval reserve problem V lint long been discussed by Ilrltlsh authorities anil the general opinion appears to bo that the number of men nrallablo It far abort of the number , that Mould be re)ulriMl In osso of war i y In addition to the men In tlio naval ) --Ste . reserve. (Ireat llrltuln has a largo ro- acrve lleet anil a numlier of reserve merchant cruisers. Including ancli vessels ni the Campania I ucanta, I'lrurls, Umbrta, Majestic, Teutonic, , etc. A apodal dispatch from Shanghai aaya that communications are con atintly pawing bolwi-cn tlio llrlllsh 7 ' and Japanese officer, and It la under atood thai the Japanese mlnUUra aro , to effect rcapproachmcnlwltlil'nglaitd on tha basis of a Joint guaranty of ro- ,, J--(. form In Chlncae administration Jl Now York. Jan 9 ltegardlng tlio " , rumor that the HrltUli gorcrntuent ," baa decided to rail into actlvo aervlca her naval reserve lleot, Ilruie Iimsy, i "" , agent of tlio White lltar line, when aim today aatd ho bad no ofllclal or i , , , otlur Information on the subject, j " At the ortlio of the ltrltta.1i ronsul, I , surprise was exprcascd at the report, I ' Inaamucli a Ureal Ilrllalu has a auf- L flclcnt naral fnrro to copo with any 1 t emergency that might nrisa In tho oast without calling to her aid tho aerrleea of tho naral reserro Tho llrltlali consul hero hat no oftlilal Information on tho aubject. |