RUSSIA AND NEUTRAL SHIPPING.
THE STEAMER AIXANTON. A Strong Case for Appeal. (Received 9.10 a.m.) LONDON, August 22. Mr. Rea, the owner, declares that the steamer Allanton was chartered prior to the war, and landed coal in Japan after the outbreak. He now has ample evidence for appeal, showing that when the vessel was seized she was carrying coal from Muroran and the Japanese island of Yezo to Singapore. The Prize Court, in condemning the vessel, alleged, on the other hand, that she was bound for a Japanese or Korean port, and decided that a vessel carrying contraband on the outward voyage was liable to condemnation. If she was afterwards seized, according to this decision, which waa totally opposed to international law, and at variance with Russia's own regulations, hundreds of British vessels were liable to confiscation. ELEVEN RUSSIAN CRUISERS ENGAGED. (Received 9.10 ajn.) LONDON, August 22. The officers of the Russian volunteer cruiser Ural state that eleven other vessels have been entrusted with a mißsion similar to that of the Ural in seizing contraband.
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Auckland Star, Volume XXXV, Issue 201, 23 August 1904, Page 5
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