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FOREIGN OFFICE, July 3
AUG 05
1905.
Sir:
an directed by the Marquess of Lansdowne to
acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 21st
instant, relating to Mr. A. H. Rennie's claim for
compensation in connection with the detention of the
Steamships "Calchas" and "Arabia" by the Russian
Naval Authorities, and to state that His Lordship
concurs in the course proposed by Mr. Secretary Lyt-
telton.
I am at the same time to enclose a copy of the
Russian Prize Regulations, and to call attention to
Rules 58 (2), 87 and 88, and I am to add that the
question of which is the competent court in which to
initiate proceedings is at present forming the sub-
ject of correspondence with the Russian Government.
I an, Sir,
Your most obedient,
The Under Secretary of State,
Colonial Office.
humble Servant,