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Enclosure in No. 32.
COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF, Cape of Good Hope, to ADMIRALTY.
TELEGRAM.
(Simonstown, December 7, 1904. No. 200.)
STEAMER arrived Cape Town from Angra Pequena reports three large German vessels laden with coal were lying at Angra Pequena waiting arrival of Russian squadron, which was expected yesterday, 6th December.
40572.
SIR,
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No. 34 A.
MR. LYTTELTON TO GOVERNORS OF CERTAIN COLONIES.
(General. Confidential.)
Downing Street, December 10, 1904. {WITH reference to my [Confidential despatch of the 3rd instant respecting the prohibition of supplies of coal to colliers accompanying the Russian Baltic Squadron, and to my] telegram of 8th instant,t} I have the honour to transmit to you, for your information and guidance, copies of further correspondences with the Foreign Office, dealing with questions raised by the Officers administering the Governments of Ceylon and the Cape of Good Hope as to the treatment to be accorded to the Russian Fleet in the event of their calling at British ports.
I have, &c.
ALFRED LYTTELTON.
41638 A.
No. 33.
STRAITS SETTLEMENTS.
4193.
GOVERNOR SIR J. ANDERSON TO MR. LYTTELTON.
(Received 8:40 A.M., December 9, 1904.)
(Paraphrase.)
TELEGRAM.
[Answered by No. 100.]
Ir the names of any colliers believed to be in attendance on the Russian Cruiser Squadron could be furnished, it would be of great assistance to the Naval and Colonial authorities in reference to your telegram of 26th November. There is no Custom-house at Singapore; and, except by order of the Governor, when there is reasonable suspicion, the authorities have no power to examine ship's papers.
No. 35.
CEYLON.
GOVERNOR SIR H. A. BLAKE TO MR. LYTTELTON.
(Received 10 A.M., December 11, 1904.)
TELEGRAM.
[Answered by No. 44.].
YOUR telegram of 10th December. I have no knowledge any Japanese ships of war near these territorial waters.
41725.
No. 34.
42053.
CEYLON.
MR. LYTTELTON TO GOVERNOR SIR H. A. BLAKE.
(Sent 4:55 P.M., December 10, 1904.)
(Paraphrase.)
TELEGRAM.
[Answered by No. 35.]
It is alleged by the Russian Government that the Japanese meditate an attack on the Baltic fleet in territorial waters near Trincomali. Of course you will take any possible precautions to prevent territorial rights being violated in any such manner.
• No. 24 A.
No. 36.
COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF, CAPE OF GOOD HOPE, TO ADMIRALTY.
(Sent from Simonstown, December 12; received at Admiralty, December 12, 1904.)
(No. 206.)
TELEGRAM.
RUSSIAN hospital ship 'Orel" arrived Table Bay, requires water, and is expecting a collier to arrive.
• I.e., Cape, Natal, St. Helena, Sierra Leone, Gambia, Gold Coast, Southern Nigeria, Lagos, Ceylon, Mauritius, Seychelles, Straits Settlements, Hong Kong, Labuan, Weihaiwei, Gibraltar, Malta, Cyprus, and Fiji.
Colonial Office Note.-The words between {} were not sent to Fiji; those between [ ] were not sent to Cyprus; and the word "further" in the 4th liue was not included in the despatches to Gibraltar, Malta, Cyprus, and Fiji.
† No. 26.
‡ No. 31.
Nos. 24 B, 25 A, and 28: one not printed.
No. 34.
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