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The Seattle Post Intelligencer
Seattle, King County, Washington
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In London on Feb. 29, Gen. Wolseley, new commander-in-chief, advocated expanding Britain's navy and opined that war could not cut off food supplies, as American merchants would continue delivering wheat and flour despite blockades.
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London, Feb. 29.—The new commander-in-chief, Gen. Wolseley, in the address which he made on Thursday in this city, advocating increasing the navy as Great Britain's first line of defense, expressed the opinion that in the event of war it would be impossible to sever the food supply of Great Britain. His chief argument was that all the fleets of the world would not prevent "our American cousins," who are always looking out for money, and who have an eye to the main chance, from running into our harbors with cargoes of wheat and flour.
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London
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Feb. 29.
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expressed opinion that in event of war it would be impossible to sever great britain's food supply due to american merchants running cargoes of wheat and flour into harbors.
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The new commander-in-chief, Gen. Wolseley, in an address in London on Thursday advocated increasing the navy as Great Britain's first line of defense and stated that all the fleets of the world could not prevent American cousins from supplying wheat and flour in wartime.