Show BRITONS NEUTRAL STEAMER STEAMER HELD UP IN philippine WATERS BY BRITISH WAR VESSEL incident occurred off caraboa island and Is not the first time that britons have interfered with shipping washington violation ot of american neutrality by a british torpedo boat which hold held up at and id examined the alil philippine steamer cebu within the territorial waters of the philippines was waa reported to the war department tuesday by governor general the dispatch immediately was transmitted to the state department and will be mado made the subject of a vigorous protest to great britain the incident occurred one mile and a halt half off air island Acco according to the report of the steamers master lieutenant dalles balles commanding 11 at S destroyer no 2 boarded tho the cebu made inquiries about her passengers and took both the ships manifest and her passenger list apparently the officer was searching for a man named dady bady who was not found on releasing the cebu the lieutenant made this note on lier her log boarded at a in 9 11 16 examined and passed there has been more than one complaint about the activity of tile the british vessels around the philippines and while governor general harrisons Harrl sons r report e furnishes the basis for a specific protest it Is probably that great britain will bo be called upon to restrict tile the operations of her patrolling squadron generally in and near the territorial w waters aters of the islands |