The Archive · 1904

Took an Oath at Port Arthur

not to divulge anything that occurred! either there or before. I am bound not to say anything about any aspect of the incident."

"By whom was the oath administered?"

The Captain said he was sworn to secrecy by a Russian tribunal at Port Arthur and had not said a word to anybody. since, except, of course to his owners, What was the oath for Captain Kilvert could not say. Por-haps the Russians did not want him to. little or no space left for the doings of be at liberty to divulge what ho saw at other women who had husbands' or|Port Arthur. The oath was, however, fathers at the exhibition business, and comprehensive one, for it binds the America being a particularly free country Captain not only to keep silence about opposed to monopolies, these dear ones the state of Port Arthur, but also with thought it time to uphold the principle}rogard to any detail of the Foxton and ao started one of the leading papers Hall incident. on the track by printing a lender on} "Anyway your. owners presented a toadyism, in whi Mise' Roosevelt was not so" perfect as ea the allie was honoured," remock it was proved that heavy bill whi enthusiasts had tried to wake her out to] "Yes T don't know on what basis our

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cing this might be From shoovsirings the sunt charges, atid various other clu jiier bat} cluded the expenses of the crew, Govern-piper went on to other things equally started in the wake, crowding on all the important, and the next day other papers pay per fat aig end canal ess) could carry, until Miss Roosevelt. pub liber The Foxton Hall left Barry on her. pre-helm hard aport and scudded for Poppa at Sent voyage with 6,000 tons of coal for Washington, whence no news was heard Manila, of orders. The last two words of her for days, while the repentant paper- [seem to indicate that the ship has not 18 opened wide their columns to the {much fear of what the Russians can do. iving in more names [It was idle to ask the Captain, but the reader can conjecture. The Foxton Hall left for Manila this afternoon,—' Times of Ceylon," 29th Angus

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