London vii Bombay, 22nd September.
The text of Mr. Secretary Hay's dispatch of the 30th of August to St. Petersburg regarding the decision of the Vladivostock Prize Court ye the Arabia, shows the unbending attitude adopted by the United States towards the contraband question.
Mr. Hay declares that this decision would practically mean the destruction of all neutral commerce with the non-combatant population of Japan, would obviate the necessity of a blockade, and obliterate the distinction between contraband and non-contraband, In conclusion, Mr. Hay says that. the United States is completely unable to recognise the principle of he decision, still less to acquiesce The German steamer Arabia was seized by the Vladivostock squadron on
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