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☆ letter
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to be made for In Lyttelton so the
to
You
to telegram and
ok tele admiralty ref to 29078/04 that arrangement,
will
be made
to intern on
land at Hong Kong.
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FOREIGN OFFICE.
August 23rd 1904.
Sir:-
that this was
Prenton.
unnecessary.
Aud
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Explor
the internment of the crews of the "
With reference to your letter 29002 1904 of the 18th
instant respecting the disposal of the officers and crew of
the Russian destroyer "
11 Burni I am directed by the Marquess
of Lansdowne to request that you will call the attention of the
Secretary of State for the Colonies to the letter addressed
to you on the 22nd of February last
when the question of
Variag and "Koriatz"
小
was under discussion.
I am to enclose a copy of the International Convention
signed at the Hague on July 29 1899 and I am to suggest for
the consideration of Mr. Secretary Lyttelton that Articles
57 and 58 of Section
4, embodying the principles established
by International Law and Custom in war by Land for the
de Under Secretary of State
Colonial office.
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必
internment
1901