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Show New Ships for Russia. St. Petersburg. The council of the empire has adopted the marine budget restoring the appropriation of $1,700.-000 $1,700.-000 rejected by the duma. This amount is to go toward the construction construc-tion of four new battleships authorized author-ized i 190S. but as yet the work of construction has not begrtn. Keels of the first two battleships will be laid July 18 and August '.i. Vice Admiral Birilieff. ex-minister of marine, in his speech on the subject of new ships of war, advocated the sale of all old ves-vels ves-vels of the navy which Aave become useless. |