RUSSIAN WARSHIPS.
THEIR VISIT TO COLOMBO. Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright LONDON, May 20. (Received May 21, at 9.21 a.m.) Replying to Lord Crewe's comment on the unrestricted admission recently .of eleven Russian warships to Colombo, Lord Selborne (First Lord of the Admiralty) deprecated the production of papers,' but promised to bring the matter before the Committee of National Defence. [These warships were on their way to Port Arthur Ordinarily only two foreign warships are allowed in port at the one time, and the presence of such an exceptional number created some uneasiness, especially as (he Russian officers were allowed to investigate the British arrangements for storing coal at the port.]
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Evening Star, Issue 11892, 21 May 1903, Page 6
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109RUSSIAN WARSHIPS. Evening Star, Issue 11892, 21 May 1903, Page 6
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