RUSSIA.

Taranaki Daily News, 21 February 1917, Page 5

RUSSIA.

'BUILDING MERCHANTMEN. Petrograd, Feb. 12. In the Duma the Minstry of Industry is introducing a Bill to provide a Government advance of one hundrjd million roubles to build merchantmen. PROVISIONING RUSSIAN ARMY. Paris, Feb. 19. The Petrograd correspondent of the Petit Parisien says that Lord Milner, in an interview, stated that one of the immediate results of the conference would be tho appointment of military and naval committees regulating the provisioning of the Russian armies and securing the co-operation of British and F.'tnch specialists. This would le of immense importance in the eonyng campaign. MTiKITIONS FROM AMJ'.iUCA. New York, Feb. 19.' The terni3 of financing a huge munition contract for Russia lias been settled. The Bethlehem Steel Company is placing fifty million dollars of its own securities with trust companies, Mr. Schwab shy-- Hint the Bethlehem notes are secured by Treasury assets and British short term notes. He regards the BritUi) short term notes as equal to gold. Russia will now receive a regular schedule. SIBERIAN COAL DEPOTS BURNING. Received Feb. 20, 6.30 p.m. Petrograd, Feb. 19. i Advices have been received that the coal depots on the Siberian railway have been burning for a week, and that the damage is estimated at thirty million roubles.