Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 223, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 September 1910 — WAR VESSELS FOR YOUNG TURKEY [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

WAR VESSELS FOR YOUNG TURKEY

TURKEY, under the rule of the progressive “Young Turks,” Is to have a strengthened navy, the first step In that direction being the purchase of the German battleships Brandenburg and Worth for a sum said to be five million dollars. These sister vessels are declared to be too slow for the special needs of Germany, but will serve the purpose of Turkey very well. It would appear that the ex-eultan of Turkey will pay at least some of the purchase money, though against his will, for It Is said that certain moneys in the Deutscher bank to the credit of Abdul Hamid will be turned over to the German government In part payment for the warships.