London vit Bombay, 27th February.
A Russian destroys er last Monday might stopped the liner Mombasa in the Red Sea.
An officer boarded her and examined her pai 29th February:
It is reliably reported from Suez that Russian warships anchored in the Gulf have seized the British steamers Ettrickdale and Frankby, land the Norwegian steamer Mathilda, laden with coal—Reuter. Ist March.
The two British coal-ships and one Norwegian seized by the Russians in the Gulf of Suez have been released by order of the Czar.
The Liverpool coal-ship Oriel, bound to Singapore, has been seized by the Russians in the Red Sea—Reuter.
Later The Russians detained the colliers seized by them ten days before re-Teasing them.—Reuter.
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