Ogden Evening Standard | 1910-09-12 | Page 1 | Japan Will Build Ship

1 BUILD SHIP Battleships and Cruisers of Great Size Are to Be Ordered I K'lctoria, P.. C., Sept. 12. The con-! con-! structlon of a battleship of 2$oo ' tons, three armorca cruisers of 2u oon tou, two cruisers of five thousan I lens and vtwo destroyers will shortly be ordered by the Japanese government. govern-ment. The Maluicbl Merupo sa s there are at present under construe-I construe-I tlon, under the previously arranged building program ships aggregating 102,500 tons, tho appropriation fci those ships being about $12,000 OOi.i, , the program to be completed In l!Hr. The diet will be uskeJ to appropriate appro-priate ten million dollars next session ses-sion for new construction work. The vessels now being built include the battleship Sottsu, 20.S00, Akl. l'.rsoO J tons; Kav.atbi, 20.:inu tons; armored cruisers Ikl and Kurma, each 11.020 I tons; two r.nno ton cruisers and tour , large destroyers.