CONTRABAND OF WAR
LONDON, Dumber 12. 'A British warship seized stores, coal, &rms, and products of oxide mines belonging to a German firm at Moenckhaus, on c ,the island. of Abumusa, in the Persian . Gulf, on the ground that they were contra- . band of war. German and English firms yhold concessions .from rival' sheiks, who each claim authority on "the island. Some of the Berlin newspapers angrily attribute toe action to British jealousy at the competition of German shipping companies.
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Otago Witness, Issue 2805, 18 December 1907, Page 27
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80CONTRABAND OF WAR Otago Witness, Issue 2805, 18 December 1907, Page 27
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