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...Germany . . . by a larger fleet . . . will bring the British to their senses through sheer fright! . . . England! Uncle! A most charming fellow, this King Edward VII! Ineffable cheek! Pharisee! Rot! Twaddle! Bunkum! Hurrah, we've caught the English scoundrels out this time...
...built one at Ismid, with a model village for 1500 workmen and 250 French engineers and foremen. The Yawuz Sultan Selim was hauled into a floating dry dock, which promptly sank under the cruiser's weight, had to be rebuilt. But the work was finally completed. Last week's fleet maneuvers proved that the Yawuz Sultan Selim is still one of the most useful of battle cruisers...
Appointed. Capt. Ernest Granville Diggle of 5.5. Aquitania, onetime com mander of the Mauretania and Berengaria: to be commodore of the Cunard Line fleet; succeeding Capt. Sir Arthur Henry Rostron who retired last month...
...will cost $22,000,000, and on which but $2.500,000 has been paid. Last year U. S. Lines lost $728,000; this year they will lose more. The gist of Mr. Chapman's S. O. S. was that the Government should take back all or part of the fleet, allow United States Lines to operate them for the Government's account; or after payment of a lump...
...nation with the seesoo (guts) to fight Soviet traders, namely Finland.* In Helsingfors. the resolute Finnish populace was found to be building poison-gasproof rooms in private homes, factories, hotels and hospitals. The idea: Leningrad is only one hour by plane from Helsingfors. At any moment a Soviet air fleet may appear over the Finnish capital, loose gas bombs. On hotel tables at Helsingfors are round green receptacles for coins. A sign on each beseeches: "Give your bit for gas defense...