Show I I j I I r BRITISH CONTROL IN THE TUE CASPIAN Russian Flotilla Is Taken Over by Naval F Forces By Associated Press I LONDON March Naval S. forces I under British comm nd now dominate L I the In the Caspian sea acI ac- ac r cording fo o official information secured by Reuters Reuter's Limited I II For some months past there have been British naval forces on thIs sea the official account states They were originally sent to prevent the viki from dominating the situation This naval force seized pertaIn armed steamers which h flow are manned n by Russian crews hW W which 1 marched r up by byland land from Mesopotamia with a British force as a nucleus These steamers are commanded by British naval officers The Tho original Russian flotilla In the Caspi n It Is added consisted of two gunboats two dispatCh vessels and three steamers These also have havo just been taken over by the Rus British sian naval forces |