OCR Text |
Show TORPEDO BOAT SALE BY GERMANY IS RUMORED BERLIN, April 23. Some sensation has been caused by a rumor to the effect ef-fect that Germany has cede'd to Russia certain torpedo boats building In private yards which are on. the point of completion. com-pletion. Eight of theee, Which are being built by the Schichau yard, aro the largest torpedo boats as' yet constructed in Germany, being 550 tons with an average aver-age speed of twenty-eight knots. In order to prevent a breach of neutrality neu-trality It would be necessary that the German Government annul Its contract with the yard, leaving the builders free-to free-to do as they please with the torpedo boats. |