Eureka Reporter | 1904-06-17 | Page 2 | More Ships for Russia

MORE 1 FOR RUSSIA ong nal naval Pro gramme wilt be carr ed out A conference vias held in st peters burg saturday between the emperor grand duke alexis the russian high admiral and vice admiral avelan chief of the admiralty at which it was decided to cary out without change the naval pro gramme provis adopted before the war the pro covers a decade the ships will be divided between the black sea and the baltic fleets and no provision Is made for the pacific fleet the con of the new vessels will be gin at once the ships will be built in russia though france may possibly get a contract abe proportion of battleships and cruisers will be practically the same as proposed by the general board at washington for the united states navy