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to Wadivostock had been closed by torpedoes, and that Ascold~ Lighthouse (near the entrance), will be extinguished until further
on the date
notee. Accordingly, -mentioned, I telegraphed to Your
Lordship the above intelligence. A Notification was also inserted in
- the Hong Kong Government Gazette
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The temporary occupation
of
"Port Hamilton off the coast Corea by the English Admiral, though doubtless expedient at the present crisis
crisis on naval grounds,
appears
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appears to have caused the Japanese Government to fear that
may follow the example
at the expense
Russiar
hereafter, possibly at the
men in
of Japan. The leading both China and Japan recognise
that Russia is their most dangerous
and that, if England.
enemy;
were
to cease to be a great Asiatic Power May of predominant strength and influence, their countries would soon be exposed to fresh aggression
from
3.
the North.
Admiral Sir W. Dowell ""
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