Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 154, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 June 1910 — BRITAIN WANTS $150,000 WARSHIP OF THE AIR. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

BRITAIN WANTS $150,000 WARSHIP OF THE AIR.

The British government is negotiating for the purchase of the great dirigible balloon named the Clement-Bayard 11., constructed in France. The price is between $125,000 and $150,000. Preliminary to the possible closing of negotiations the balloon will be tested in an attempt to crr,is the British channel and land at Wormwood Serubbs, in England. The British Parliamentary aerial defense committee has an option on the giant craft designed for war purposes. France, it is said, will buy a similar ship named the Clement-Bayard lll.—lllustrated London News.