NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.
RUSSIA’S DESIRE FOR MORE WARSHIPS. '(Received February 13. 0.11 a.m.l LONDON, February 12. ■ lb is stated by the “ Daily Mail ” that M. Benckendorff. Russian Ambassador in London. has a-sked Lord LansdoAvnc, Minister of Foreign Affairs, to allow the passage through the Dardanelles of tlio Black Sen- fleet. It is reported that Russia has asked permission for fifteen vessels of the Baltic fleet to pass through tho Kiel Canal. ' February 11. Tlio Russian auxiliary cruiser 1 Smolensk (11,850 tons, 20 knots) was allowed at Port Said 1 to take aboard snfiioien-t coal to cariy her to- tho nearest home port, but she entered the canal with a torpedo boat. Tlhe Smolensk fa the largest and fastest of the- volunteer fleet. WAITING- FOR PREY. (Received February 12. 10.32 p.m.) LONDON, February 12. Two Janon-eso .warships are waiting at the mouth of the Yang-tze-kiang to intercept the Russian gunboat Mandjur, which left Shanghai after coming out of dock. Russian cruisers preven/t* tho Japaneso steamer Kmnagagawa Mam from leaving .Malta. SEIZURE OP MASAMPHO. LONDON, February 11. Japan has seized Masampho (the nearest port in Korea to Japan) and intends to make it a naval and military base.
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New Zealand Times, Volume LXXVI, Issue 5199, 13 February 1904, Page 5
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