9318.
SIR,
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No. 130.
FOREIGN OFFICE TO COLONIAL OFFICE.
(Received March 24, 1905.)
[Copy to Governor, Straits Settlements, March 28, 1905, General, L. F.]
Foreign Office, March 23, 1905.
I AM directed by the Marquess of Lansdowne to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 15th instant, enclosing a copy of a telegramt from the Governor of the Straits Suttlements, relating to the grant of supplies to Japanese war-ships at Singapore.
I am to state, in reply, that, in his Lordship's opinion, the answer returned by Sir J. Anderson to the application of the Japanese Consul was right and proper in the circumstances, and was consistent with the treatment which it was decided "should be accorded to Russian men-of-war.
I am, &c.
F. A. CAMPBELL.
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Enclosure 2 in No. 130 A.
The MARQUESS OF LANSDOWNE to Consul-General GURNEY, Marseilles. (Sent March 23, 1905.)
(Paraphrase.)
TELEGRAM.
REFERRING to your telegram of to-day's date. Telegraph name of vessel.
9714.
(Secret.)
No. 130 A.
FOREIGN OFFICE TO COLONIAL OFFICE, (Received March 25, 1905.)
THE Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs presents his compliments to the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies, and, by direction of the Secretary of State, transmits herewith copies of the undermentioned paper relative to the possibility of the Russian fleet coaling at Diego Garcia.
Enclosure 3 in No. 130 A.
Consul-General GURNEY, Marseilles, to the MARQUESS OF LANsdowne, (Sent 7:40 AM., received, Foreign Office, 11 A. M., March 24, 1905.) (Paraphrase.)
(Secret.)
TELEGRAM.
WITH reference to your telegram, Treaty, of 23rd instant, I was asked by friendly ship-owner as to possible means of communicating with Diego Garcia, as he was anxious to communicate with the captain of a collier who had been instructed (I presume at some port of call in Madagascar) to proceed there.
He admitted that cargo of coal was intended for the Russian fleet, and that it was insured against war risk. Name of steamer was, however, not mentioned, but I will endeavour to ascertain this.
9633.
No. 131.
Foreign Office, March 24, 1905.
HONG KONG.
Reference to previous letter.
FOREIGN OFFICE to COLONIAL OFFICE, December 14, 1904.‡
Description of Enclosure.
Name and Date.
(Telegrams.) Consul-General Gurney (Marseilles), March 28; to ditto, March 24; Consul-General Grrasy (Marseilles), March 24, 1905
Subject.
French collier, with cargo of coal for Russian
fleet, ordered to Diego Garcia.
Enclosure 1 in No. '150 A.
Consul-General GURNEY, Marseilles, to the MARQUESS OF LANSDOWNE.
(Paraphrase)
(Received, Foreign Office, March 23, 1905.)
TELEGRAM.
FRENCH Collier which is chartered by Marseilles firm and bound for Madagascar with cargo of coal for Russian fleet shipped at Cardiff has been ordered to proceed to Diego Garcia. Vessel insured against war risk.
(Secret.)
SIR,
GOVERNOR SIR M. NATHAN TO MR. LYTTELTON.
(Received March 25, 1905.)
[Copy to Foreign Office, April 6, 1905, L. P.]
Government House, Hong Kong, February 13, 1905. REFERRING to your cypher telegram of the 26th December, 1904, instructing me to report by telegraph the movements of the British steamers "Sandhurst" and. Woodford," their proceedings on arrival at Hong Kong, and whether they were acting under orders of the Russian fleet, I have the honour to confirm my telegraphic reply of to-day's date,† to the effect that the first-named vessel arrived here on the 11th instant, that she was clearing this afternoon with coal (5,400 tons), for Sasebo, in Japan, that there was nothing suspicious in her proceedings, and that there was no evidence of her acting under the orders of the Russian fleet.
(2.) Previous to the purchase of the vessel by her present owners, Messrs. Watts, Watts and Co., she was run by a Tyne firm as the "Toronto ; before this she was called the "St. Enoch," and was registered in Liverpool. This accounts for the three names by which the vessel is referred to in your telegram.
(3.) The Master, Captain Robertson, is known to the Harbour Master liere as having been previously in this port in command of a vessel also carrying coals to Sasebo, and is believed to be trustworthy. I annex a copy of the orders delivered to Captain Robertson, which was furnished by the local agents of Messrs. Watts, Watts and fo
(4.) The vessel has been watched by the water police since her arrival in port, and nothing suspicious has been noted with regard to her.
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