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Show Russia Forblda Use of Wireless Tela-graph Tela-graph by Correspondent. Tho Russian government has glrca notice that newspaper correspondents correspond-ents using wireless telegraph will be treated as spies and shot This notice was served on tbo state department by Count Casein!, the Russian ambassador, ambas-sador, and It Is understood that similar simi-lar communications were made to all foreign offices. This notice opens up an entirely new line of treatment of correspondents. The reference to existing ex-isting conventions Is taken to oxpress the belief of tho Russian government that if wireless telegraphy had been practiced prior to The Hague declaration declara-tion concerning Implements and practices prac-tices ot war, it would surely have beem ,) prohibited even In neutral hands, it happens that some of the leading British Brit-ish newspaper correspondents are making free use of the wireless tola-graph tola-graph for transmission of their war news and it Is posslblo that they wilt appeal to their government to define their status, and to securo an offlclal . determination of tho question as to whether a neutral on his own ship oat-side oat-side the territorial waters of a belligerent bellig-erent power and without contraband of war aboard can bo treated as a spy. |