Title: The raid of the Russian cruiser ‘Kaskowiski’, an old story of Auckland, with an introduction and appendix on colonial defence

Author: Luckie, David Mitchell

In: The Pamphlet Collection of Sir Robert Stout: Volume 72

Publication details: Victoria University of Wellington Library, Wellington

Part of: The Pamphlet Collection of Sir Robert Stout

License: Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 New Zealand Licence

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Contents.

	Page
Past and Present Views on Britain's Naval Defences	iii.
Preface	vii.
Intropuction:—
The Franco-Russian Friendship	xi.
Defence Movements in the Colonies	xi.
Lord Salisbury on a Possible Hostile Descent on Cardiff	xii.
Unnanounced Entrance of a Russian Warship in Wellington Harbour	xii.
Russian Policy of Hostile Cruisers on Trade Routes	xiii.
The Great Rusian Cruiser "Rurik"	xiii.
Sir George Grey on Russian Policy Twenty Years Ago (foot note)	xiii.
Peter the Great and Constantinople—The Hereditary Aim of the Tsars	xiii.
Decadence of the Turkish Power	xiii.
Pretexts of Potentates for War	xiii.
Warlike Movement in Europe	xiii.-xiv.
The Navy the Guardian of Britain's Coasts and Commerce	xiv.
Story of the "Kaskowiski" at Auckland	15
The Early Cry for an Australian Squadron	21
Some Comical Incidents of the Scare in Auckland	22
The "Noah's Ark" Hoax (foot note)	22
Appendix:—
Captain Eardley-Wilmot on Raiding Cruisers, and Australian Defences at King George's Sound, Port Darwin,. Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, Tasmania, Auckland and Wellington	24
Sydney, the Portsmouth of the Pacific	24
Defensive Unity of Australasian Colonies—Obsolete Weapons	25
Torpedoes and Submarine Mines	25
The Mother Country and the Colonies	25
List of the Royal Australasian Squadron	26
Colonial Subsidies to the Royal Squadron	26page x
List of the Australian Colonial Navy—New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia and Victoria	26-27
Naval and Military Forces of the Principal British Colonies	27
Australasia	27
Cape Colony	28
Dominion of Canada	28
Britain's Stake on the Seas—Home and Colonial Commerce	28
Merchant Shipping of the World	28
More Fast Cruisers Wanted	28
The Armies and Navies of Europe	28
The British Army at Home and Abroad	29
Peace and War Forces of Russia, France, Germany, Austria and Italy	29-30
Other European Land Forces	30
Forces of the Nations of the World	30
The British Navy	31
Lord Charles Beresford's Programme	31
Proposed Purchase of the Mediterranean Island of Lemnos	32
Naval Strength of Britain, France and Russia	32
Warships of Other Powers	32
Growth of Torpedo-Boat Forces of the Three Great Powers	33
List of Royal Naval Reserve Merchant Cruisers	33
New Demand for High Speed—S.S. Gothic	33
Permanent and Volunteer Forces of New Zealand	34
Permanent Artillery	34
Submarine Mining Corps	34
Strength of New Zealand Volunteer Forces in the Different Districts	34
Obligations of the British Navy	35
Expenditure for Naval Construction in Britain, France and Russia in 1894	35
Coaling Stations for Warships Protecting Trade Routes	35
Lord Roberts on Sympathetic Relations with the Colonies	35
A Prominent French Statesman Prophecies War—His History	36
Is a General Disarmament Probable?	37
Progress of the New British Warships	37
Condition of French Battle-ships	37