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Show May Become Matter of Protest "8T. PETERSBURG, Dec. 11 Considerable Consider-able Interest Is manifested In the report from the Island of Perim, In the Straits of Bab-el- Mandeb, that the British steamship steam-ship St Leonards was taken to Perim by the British cruiser Fox because she was credited with carrying coal for the Russian Rus-sian second Paeiflo squadron, and particulars par-ticulars are anxiously awaited. If it should appear that the St. Leonards was stopped solely for the reason that she was carrying coal for the Russian squadron squad-ron the. matter is likely to become thai subject of a protest to the British Gov- I eraaaat, 'I J |