Show RUSSIA TAKES OVER FACTORIES american built concerns have been confiscated by Govern government merit petrograd Petro grad tho hugo huge factory in russia of tho the singer sewing machine company has been taken over by tho the government and will be devoted to the manufacture of small email arms tho the factory of the american phonograph company also has been requisitioned for tho the same bamo purpose while smelting smelling sm elting concerns operated by americans now aro are being used to mako make steel billets for military purposes I 1 russle has lacked arms factories having depended largely on prance france tor for her small arms as well as for her artillery but today practically noth ing Is coming froni from france and the supplies Bup plies in russia have become so short that some bamo muzzle loading muskets as well as cannon of this same type have been used in the polish campaign |