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3rd
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Ottawa, May 5th 1878.
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Confidential.
Sir.
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The arrival
of
the Steamer Cimbria
in the port of Elleworth, State of Maine, with 60 Russian Officers
in a
4 600 seamen, shipped
Russian Port in the Baltic, gives
rise to surmises as to the obligect of her
mission at this time in American waters.
to
man
It is asserted her crew are
intended
fast Steamers to be purchased in America and under the Russian pennant. there would to all intents and purposes became Russian men of War, intended doubtless to pursue and capture British traders and mail Steamers in all parts
of the Atlantic, in the event declaration of com.
ра
It is stated the Cimbria has a
carys of heavy suns for Naval Service and quantities of Rifles & Ammunition for
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on
chore.
How for these statements
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