The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1905-05-09
ALLIES
WERE BLIND
French Permitted Russian
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FOR FULLY TEN DAYS.
Rojestvensky's Supplies in Dangerously
Low state When He Made Kan
ranh Bay Text Of Cen
sored Despatch

New York, May S-A Hong hong
cable to the Sun says:
Following is the cable dispatch ad'
dressed TO the Sun ON April so, which
the French authorities at Saigon re-
fused to allow TO be transmitted nom
| that place, basing their action On art.
| Y Of the telegraph convention;
"My visit to kamranh bay and my
personal observations have convinced
me that without French assistance IN
allowing the Baltic fleet to rendezvous
at Kamranh bay and TO receive the full,
est supplies OF coal, cattle, water and
fresh and other provisions, and to make
full use Of the French telegaphs, the
Russian fleet would have been IN sad
straits. When they arrived on April
Is they were dangerously short q sup
plies.
1.-THE fact that Kaniranh IS a magnlti-
cent bay. which is held by the mar
quis Bartelemy Portals, who, as a con-
cessionaire, is allowed to receive cargo
and tranship it without It's passing
through the French customs, suggests
Encouragement, with the knowledge Of
the French. Immense quantities Of coal
and other stores have been stored at
Saigon. with the full knowledge Of the
French authorities that they were for
the use D. the Baltic feet, for months
past ready for transshipment.
@The reproyisioning Of the Russian
vessels proceeded under the direction OF
Prince Lieven, captain OF the informed
Russian cruiser Diane He was assisted
by Ginsberb, a Russian naval eontrae
tor, who came TO Saigon for the pur-
pose. The captains Of French and Ger-
man vessels received enormous sums for
carrying the stores from Saigon 70 KAN.
ranh Bay.
During nearly the whole time that
the feet was replenishing its supplies
no attempt was made by the French
government to check this violation Of
neutrality, until / cabled to the Sun
what was actually occurring Then,
about April 49, Admiral Delonquieres,
the French naval commander advised
the Russians 10 cease taking aboard
supplies and to hasten their departure
from French territorial waters The
admiral then left for Whatrang, after
arranging with an agent at Kamranh
bay to telegraph him when the Russians
left.
Instead of leaving, the Russians con
tinned their work as before. On the
average three transports daily, and war
ships entered the harbor eoaled and
departed using the harbor All
a base. Admiral DeJonqnires re-
turned on April "a, after further re-
monstrances had been made to France
By japan. The Russians left the follow,
ing morning, thus having had 10 days
in which to receive the fullest supplies.
They only left, however, when their
transports were empty.
"Your correspondent personally board.
ed the French steamer Quangnam, which
had a full cargo of contraband. which
was being discharged under the superin.
tendenee Of two Russian paymasters.
Junks and other boats were CARRYING
these supplies to the Russian cruisers
in the presence OF the French fiagship,
the cruiser Descartes. This wide stretch
of neutrality enabled the Russians to
proceed and intercept neutral vessels.
The Russians are now fully stocked.
thanks to the French allowing them for
10 days to convert Kamranh bay into
practically Russian naval base"
The above is the message which Is
said to have called forth the energetic
protest OF Lord Lansdowne concerning
the French non-obseryance Of neutral
ity