London, Nov. 24.
Mr. Reginald McKenna, Secretary of State for Home Affairs, who was First Lord of the Admiralty at the time of the recent crisis, when shown a summary of Lord Charles Beresford's speech at Portamouth, said that the allegations made baseless. There were ample oil and reserves in the north. The despatch of coal to the north by rail instead of by sea was an experiment and was not undertaken on account of the
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