Show new ships for russia st petersburg the council of the empire has adopted the marine budget restoring the appropriation of 1700 rejected by ahn duma this amount Is to go toward the construe construction of four new battleships authorized tr t 1908 but as yet the work woric of cons construction trudon has not begun keels keela of the first two battleships will be wd ald july 18 and august 3 31 vice admiral ex minister ot of marine in his speech on oil the subject of new ships of war advocated the sale of all old ves vels of the navy which kave become useless |