SHIPS FOR CHINA
— — — ♦■ MERCHANTMEN PREFERRED TO ' WABSHIPS. (By Telegraph.— Press Association.— Copyright.) (Times—Sydney Sun Special Cables.) (Received February 3, 8.30 a.m.) PEICIN, 2nd February. Tho Manchu Government has con-, eluded a contract with the Bethlehem Steel Corporation for the purchase of warships to the value of four millions. The President, General Yuan-Shih Kai, has confirmed the contract, but has stipulated that merchant vessels shall be substituted.
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Evening Post, Volume LXXXVII, Issue 28, 3 February 1914, Page 7
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66SHIPS FOR CHINA Evening Post, Volume LXXXVII, Issue 28, 3 February 1914, Page 7
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