Show HELD UP BY R RUSSIANS AMERICAN STEAMER SEIZED BY RUSSIAN SQUADRON I 1 mails malls are R fled by czars men ship owners enter protest and govern ment will t gate the matter official notice has been received by the post postoffice office department in a tele gram from dodwell co cc of tacoma wash that they ned nod to carry the united states mails duding the re maigler of the russo japanese war on account of the seizure of the mails on the steamer Cal chac which sailed from tacoma early in july the tele graphic notification protested against the seizure as an outrage against this country and asked what action would probably be tal en by the government the withdrawal of the steamers oper abed by the company will not cause any material d fforence in the dis patch of the mails to the orient malls mails dispatched by them once a month and such mall as would have been forwarded by them will be di off averted to other 1 nes ties there will be six dispatches of ma Is to the orient during october by other trans pacific lines none of these companies Is un der contract following is the telegram to the de apartment part ment rollon mg cable just received from alfred holt it co cc of liverpool own ers of the british teamer canchas ORLOFF PAYS HEAVY PENALTY ak I 1 r k aa I 1 IM 61 I 1 1 IN lk J alv I 1 I 1 1 nl mj imi GUV aw gen orloff who is blamed tor for the russian defeat at xiaoyan Lia has been dismissed from tl e army by the czir czar which vessel was eizer b by y russian russia n vladivostok squadron off the japan es ese e coast abo it july ag canchas release appealed against b by Y russian crown advocate because among mail matter was financial at anfor mation add eased essed to japanese officials containing in format on of value to the enemy we give definite instructions t to O 0 n notify O 0 atif Y P postoffice post 0 s t 0 office f fi c e department that we refuse to carry any mail mall for japan d during uri n g t the he d duration u r a t i 0 1 l of the war the cale calc as is one f tle regular liners op rat 5 bet veen puget sound london and live pool via japanese waters and the suez canal she was on her regular voyage and her cargo contained no contraband 1 the russian ore a allocate iv I v acate ocate bases hn big appeal against release on the fact that united states ma carried by canchas contained conti ined li format on for japanese of ficiala hope united state will take immediate action i confiscation and detent on of th ill balchas on ac count of carrying the united states mails this is certainly an outrage against the united states that should not lot be slowed to pass please be no tilled that during the duration of the war we must deel ne to carry unite I 1 states mails tor japan an kindly advise what action will probably be faken taken by department postmaster general wynne later consulted with the president regarding the matter the state department probably will enter into correspond ence with the russian government to ascertain the facts in the latter s pos session |