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Show RUSSIA PLANS TO . . : BUILD 616 NAVY PARIS, Jan. 1 Vice-Admiral Doubass-off, Doubass-off, who succeeded Admiral Kansakoff as Russian representative on ' the Interna-tional Interna-tional North Sea commission, has arrived in Pans and was received by Foreign Minister Defease. It Is known that, bis service on the North Sea commission is a mere Incident, his chief mission being to preside at the meeting of the naval tech ntcal commission, which m coast dwlng the oomplets rehabilitation of the Russian navy. This is not connected with the fall of Port Arthur or with the present war, as the Russians recognise the necessity for recruiting their navy without reference to the contest with Japan. Dolgeroukoif, Poreotklne, Brine k and other naval experts ex-perts have arrived here, after visiting ths shipyards of Germany. Holland. Aastria, Italy snd France for the purpose of learning learn-ing their capacity for the execution of an extensive programme for naval construction. construc-tion. Admiral DoubassonT will preside at the meeting eX experts and go over the reports. It is understood that ths Russian programme pro-gramme contemplates the expenditure of ta00.40tt.O0O during- the next three years on nsvsl rehabilitation. The meeting of the experts leads to a coincidental gathering of ths representative of th leading shipyards, ship-yards, Including the American yards. r |