ONFIDENTIAL Hongkong.
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Hongkong, 14th. June, 1905.
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Referring to your telegram of the
1st. June received through the Governor of the Straits
Settlements, in which you enquired whether I had any news
of the S. S. "Oldhamia", reported to have been captured by
the Russians and sent away with a prize crew in company
with an auxiliary cruiser, I have the honour to enclose
en clair versions of telegrams sent you on the 5th.
6th. instant giving the gist of reports received from
and
Swatow and Tokyo respectively. These reports accounted for
the crew of the captured vessel but furnished no informa-
-tion with regard to the fate of the vessel itself.
onclosure 2.
2.
On the 7th. instant I sent for
Mr. J. Ison who had
the Chief Officer of the "Oldhamia”
arrived here from Swatow and received his account of the
incident. I annex this account as taken down by the Harbour
Master as well as a somewhat fuller statement by Mr. Ison
which
HE RIGHT HONOURABLE
ALFRED LYTTELTON, K. C., M. P.,
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