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bas pleɛɛev ozeft „vozjzeb zo lezudzzo od yvaH .M.H yd ebam

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acasteizes eit ot es Jakmazovóð eit of enoitsj mozetyez sism of

vioque edt yd ezeɛluto e 'quere edit of bozabnet need and doldw

vibnue evsel að bæftimter dead oved doldw‚8isos bra ɛezoje to

„Jesā zal odt at etrog Lantuen

eliteod eredt jadt somstetees ent at sub yiegusi si ti

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.gaiqqidë deitita no be

vtraqong beyozjaab enois "nebmi" edt zad yino tok

piirajz możllia owt nedd srom videzoblenos ta beriav ed yan doidw

edt dzvozdə bəzquodi need ɛɛd Eɛoi eidstablenos Tedtzvi tud

detention at various ports in the East where, from time to time,

merchant vessels have been held up, as it was considered unsafe

to proceed to sea.

My Committee would bag to call the attention of R.E.

the Governor to the enclosed leading article, which appeared in

the Hongkong Daily Press of 22nd October, dealing with this

question, and I also beg to enclose copies of articles on the

same subject, which have been forwarded to certain papers in

the Straits and Sydney.

While it is possible the Governments of the Philippine

Islands and Netherland's India may claim they are powerless to

prevent these supply ships from leaving their ports, having been

(as they were) cleared for other neutral ports in the Far East,

it must have been apparent in many cases that the vessel vas

taking stores for the assistance of the enemy from the nature

of the cargo, the manner in which it was at times packed (such

as coal in bags) and also that in some cases reservists, liable

for service with our enemies, were passengers on board.

I would refer to one case of a vessel which unfortun-

ately was not captured until after her cargo and passengers had

been disposed of, and which is now lying as a prise of war in

this harbour, and to that of another vessel with a large cargo

of coals cleared for a port in Siam, and which attempted to

leave Manila bay on several occasions and which on each occasion

returned to the protection of Philippine waters on sighting a

British cruiser.

In all it is estimated that over 30,000 tona of coal,

besides a large supply of stores, have been sent out from Philippine porta alone to the assistance of the German cruisers.