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Show I NAVY PLANS MAKE BOURSE RESEMBLE BETTING RING Special Cable to The Tribune; VIENNA. May 13. The Zelt announces an-nounces that the Skeda works at Pllscn have constructed a colossal howitzer of forty-two centimeters, or more than -fifteen and one-fourth inches caliber. The new weapon, which carries a projectile of 600 kilogrammeB (132:2 pounds) In destined for the defense of the Auslro-Hungarlan coast against an eventual attack by Dreadnoughts. The Zclt siatc3 further that preliminary trials arc being conducted with a twelve-centimeter steel gun for the Austro-Hungarlan heavy field artillery. Coast defense Is to go with the building build-ing of a great navy. The government has warned the people against wild speculation spec-ulation on the bourse which has resulted out of the beginning of work on four Qrcadnougnts. The proceedings on the Vienna bourse nave for some time past been viewed with Increasing uneasiness, both bv the government gov-ernment and by banking and financial circles. Since certain sums were voted ny the delegatin for the construction of Dreadnoughts, -speculation has been rife In ammunition and ship armor works shares, which have risen with enormous rapidity In a very shorl time. The wild speculation especially affected the shares of the Skeda works, which have been entrusted en-trusted with the work of furnishing the guns for the Dreadnoughts. |