CO129-426 - Public Offices - 1915 — Page 248

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regular collier;

another, the "Tübingen* 18

now known to have recently had coal placed on boaré ber for storage purponas by ! acondray; while a third, the "Princens alice" at Cebu, has received 1869 tons

of coal since arriving there,

in these circumstances

the more interment of a few of these ships would apparently leave the remainder free to take on board

the coal in question and to mail with it if an

opportunity arisen.

iwa therefore to muggest that his Lajenty'a

Covernment should approach the United States and Dutch

Covernments simultaneously, pointing out the facta regarding the activities of German supply ships in the waters of the whole zast Indian archipelago in wust

and September and drawing attention to the fact that

these activities will inevitably be renewed tự the

sixty Gemaar: ships which are now in the various lutch

and United „tates porta of the archipelago, in the

event of another German cruíner arriving in these

ML# 13.

a to surgeat that, in view of these facts

Ela umjesty's Government should request the etheriand

and