ASSURANCE OF VICTORY
AMERICA'S SHARE IN THE WAR
AN ARMADA OF IWERCHANTME*
RAW AND SNOW IN FRANCE
BRITISH TAKE GROUND ON WIDE ■■■•
FRONT
REVOLT IN BULGARIA
GERMAN TYRANNY GOES TOO FAR
SOCIALIST INTRIGUERS
RUSSIANS AND GERMANS IN COK:i«
FERENCE
SOUTH AMERICA AND THE HUNB <
AMERICA'S AID.
GREATEST SERVICE TO THE
ALLIES
BUILDING A MERCHANT
ARMADA
THREE SHIPS A DAY.
[Press Association.] (Reuters Telegrams.) ' (Received April 13, 9 p.m.) LONDON, April 12. Reuters Washington correspondent, commenting on the Avar preparations, says: "President WiLsftn^. believes that America will do. the ~ greatest service to the Allies by pro^ yiding an armada of merchantmen toinvalidate the undersea campaign. .. • '^Tlio coiihtry's; "entit'e shipbuilding . facilities, including one hundred jiew plants, will eonsti-uct a fleet- of* wooden ships of two thousand tonsand upwards. The first year's production will average three ships ■ daily. The vessels .will be armed.
"Colonel Goethals, the builder of" the Panam& Canal, will be in chargoof the scheme."
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Marlborough Express, Volume LI, Issue 87, 14 April 1917, Page 4
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154ASSURANCE OF VICTORY Marlborough Express, Volume LI, Issue 87, 14 April 1917, Page 4
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