Peking, Sept. 29.
The following official telegram from the Foreign Office has been handed to Renter's Agency at Peking London, Sept. 28.
The British Admiralty reports that since the outbreak of war up to September 23 the total number of German ships detained and captured is 387, with a tonnage of 1,140,000 tons, whereas the—total number of British ships detained and captured is only 86, with a tonnage of 229,006 tons.
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