CO129-224 - Foreign Office - 1885 — Page 20

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20 November and referring

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to tenth section of Foreign

Enlistment Act publie

ships

Either belligerents should

not be allowed supplies such

as would assist naval operations

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therefore

Je ve

coal should

belligerent

be furnished to any

ships than would be

to

necessary for moving the nearest fort where no

naval operations are being

carried on no coal should

be again supplied to the

Rame

ship without per mission till after expiration of three months from previous supply also repairs of

billigerent ships and supply

crew should o provision, for

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be restricted to such.

strictly necessary for

are

to enable belligerent ship

to hold the sea on

voyage

to such place as aforesaid

You should allow no repairs to be effected or supplies furnished to belligerent shif except under supervisio of local authorities whose duty, it would be mimediatif to report to this foverna in each case in which the limits imposed

being infringed.

were

Totkay only Repeat telegram to

Governor (eylen fovemar

Straits Settlements."

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