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Show A GREAT BALTIC FLEET. Rnssia. Begins the Beo,- lization of Her . Kavy on , an .xt h. Scale. C-r. I 'ciTBmjBVTuJ-O.'? (t-'ihe .Vowfi says th&t the launching n.e new Russian iron-clad, "Navarino," wnifli occured Tues-dar Tues-dar last, is the beginning of a scheme to reorganize re-organize the. Russian Navy. It says: "A great Baltic fleet, able to defend Russian interests in-terests on the high seas and carry on operations opera-tions in hostile waters, will be created; also a fleet to protect the Baltic coast line, together togeth-er with a number of armed cruisers. The government w ill acquire possession of the entire naval shipbuilding industry of the country and establish another naval port besides be-sides Constadt, one not liable to be blocked by ice or blockaded by au enemy." |