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to Wadivostock had been closed by torpedoes, and that Ascold~ Lighthouse (near the entrance), will be extinguished until further

on the date

notee. Accordingly, -mentioned, I telegraphed to Your

Lordship the above intelligence. A Notification was also inserted in

- the Hong Kong Government Gazette

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The temporary occupation

of

"Port Hamilton off the coast Corea by the English Admiral, though doubtless expedient at the present crisis

crisis on naval grounds,

appears

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appears to have caused the Japanese Government to fear that

may follow the example

at the expense

Russiar

hereafter, possibly at the

men in

of Japan. The leading both China and Japan recognise

that Russia is their most dangerous

and that, if England.

enemy;

were

to cease to be a great Asiatic Power May of predominant strength and influence, their countries would soon be exposed to fresh aggression

from

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the North.

Admiral Sir W. Dowell ""

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