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THE WORLD'S ADVANCE 



PEACE ACTIVITIES AND NEW DEFENSE GUNS 



A delegation of promi- 

 nent American and 

 British women who 

 sailed on the Holland- 

 America liner "Noor- 

 dam" for The Hague, 

 Holland, to discuss 

 peace measures. The 

 party included Jane 

 Addams of Hull House 

 fame, Mrs. Pethick 

 Lawrence, the British 

 suffragette, and Mrs. L. 

 Post, a prominent suf- 

 frage worker. 



A fourteen-inch gun 

 installed in a land 

 turret at the Sandy 

 Hook proving grounds 

 where the turret is 

 being thoroughly test- 

 ed. The idea of using 

 a turret for land guns 

 is not a new one, but 

 it promises to give 

 greater combative 

 power to coast de- 

 fenses. 



Members of the Regular 

 United States Coast 

 Artillery swabbing out 

 a fourteen-inch gun. 

 Should the tests of the 

 land turrets prove 

 them to be satisfactory, 

 they will be installed in 

 the various fortifications. 

 By the use of the tur- 

 rets the gun crews will 

 have greater protection 

 against hostile shells 

 than at present. 



Photos. Copyrighted International News Service. 



