Show MAIL SEIZED ON FAR EAST ROUTE Britain Extends Censorship to Pacific in Face of Washington Protests Washington a Oct 20 The Thc The Dutch steamer bound from Crom a n. Dutch port In Borneo to Manila was ns as held upon up upon upon on the hl high h seas August 30 by a British British Brit Brit- ish war vessel and all her mail mall was as tak taken n off otc according to advices reachIng reaching reach rench- ing Inh Washington today No official ex explanation ex- ex I has bras reached the state tate de department department de- de I and antI an inquiry ma may h be he m made a aas as to toh h why a neutral vessel hound bound from one neutral port to another and far tar re removed removed removed re- re moved from front the war nr zone was f ted to such T Great at Britain some time ago as-a extended extend extend- ed ct her censorship to YC vessels plying in inthe I the th far past fast but so far tar as Is known n ne never ner r before has seized mall mail out outside lle British waters or on such a short local local lo local lo- lo cal voyage Several instances of 0 In far tar eastern waters ing Inh the Chinese Prince and the Knue cases pro provoked such opposition here that the British foreign office finally made Informal expressions lons of ot regret and agreed to change her policy Great Britain's explanation of her extension of or the censorship to tho the Pacific Pa la has been predicted on on rumors that Manila in is being used as tho the base for or a Indian German junta looking hooking to revolution ro in In India la No o formal representations containing containing- this chargo chugo havo have been made however and thirty Germans Ger Ger- mans and Austrians said to have havo been driven from Shanghai for and seized some time ago aJo on their WU way to Manila were tere released on complaint by the United States Slates |