Jasper County Democrat, Volume 21, Number 2, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 April 1918 — RUSS SHIPS TAKEN BY U. S. [ARTICLE]

RUSS SHIPS TAKEN BY U. S.

Vessels Were Detained Here When Bolsheviki Gained Control, New York. April 5. —The United States has requisitioned for use in entente service a number of Russian steamships formerly engaged in transporting supplies between America and Russia, according to authoritative information received Ui shipping circles here. The vessels are those which were detained in American ports when the present Russian government came into power. They will continue to fly the Russian flag. It is understood they will be operated by the Russian Volunteer Fleet. wliich, representatives of tile former Russian government in the United States say. is still intact.