Show ENGLAND TWO VO TURK SHIPS BEING BUILT WASHINGTON SHI Au Aug The Th The The- British capture of or Apia In German Sa Samoa mea was was' announced In an o official I message fromi London to the time British emba embassy y here here Ioda today In Jn connection with the time seizure of or the theto two tuo Turkish warships In iii English shipyards ship hip yards ards tho lie foreign office sent the followIng follow Ing statement to the emba embassy s 1 I In accordance with the recognized principle of or the right and supreme dut duty to Insure national safety in time or of war war Ills majesty's s government o took over o two ships shiw which were building III in England for or th the j 1 Turkish government but had no not yet been beel delivered to them Ills majest majesty majesty's s government govern govern- go ment has lias not only offered to pay In t tand full fuU fulland and return the ships In good condition after the war var or supply equivalent ne new ones but also additional and generous compensation for the time use of ot the pre pre preempted empted ships during during- lor the tue war I |