Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 19, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 June 1909 — BATTLESHIPS FOR FRANCE [ARTICLE]

BATTLESHIPS FOR FRANCE

Naval Program Calls For the Building of Sixteen War Vessels. Paris, June 8. —The naval program approved by the cabinet involves an expenditure of $600,000,000, covering a period of ten years. Six battleships of the Danton type, six of the Republic type and four armored cruisers of the Gambetta type are included in the estimates.