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Show RUMOR OF 8EA BATTLE. Report of -Fight Ean$ of Malay Peninsula Penin-sula Not Believed. Dispatches from Amsterdam, Holland, Hol-land, under dato of April 12, say: A fight Is now In progress near tho Anambas islands (Cast ot tho Malay peninsula) according to a tologram from Batavln, Island of Java, to tho Handolsblad (newspaper). Tho dispatch adds that flvo Dutch warships aro near tho scone of battle. A St. Petersburg dispatch says: Tho admiralty has no Information in regard re-gard to tho alleged naval battle in progress off tho Anambas Islands, as reported to a newspaper ot Amstor-dam Amstor-dam from Batavla and docs not credit tho possibility of a general naval bat-tlo bat-tlo yet. Tho officials concede, however, how-ever, that tho Japaneso may havo attempted at-tempted a torpedo boat attack on a convoy during tho night. It Is pointed out that there Is no cable connecting tho Anambas Islands nnd Batavla, and that tho first news of a fight should como from Singapore unless tho Dutch warships nro ablo to communl-cato communl-cato with Batavla by wireless telegraphy. teleg-raphy. No confirmation hns yot been received re-ceived In London of the reports from Batavla, Java, of a naval battle off tho Anambas Islands, and as thero Is no cablo connection with those Islands It Is difficult to seo how Batavla could havo got such nows boforo Singapore. |