| Show JAPANESE WILL SEIZE ROOKERIES victoria B C aug 13 advises advices received hero indicate the reason for the despatch of admiral kalakoca to the siberian coast and one squadron going to and the other to as told in a boklo dispatch of the tenth Is that he Is to seize the russian seal rookeries rook eries on Komando erski island bering and coopers off and on robben island in sea off capa patience off sakhalin Sak halin the russian guard oa robben deserted the rook eries at the of the war but a guard remains on the Komando erski rookery it la incapable however c offering affective resistance sanca the war began a number of raids have been made on robben island by japanese sealers with good success and several have ben essayed at cooper island but they failed an american schooner the carmencita also tailed in an attempt to raid this rookery the rookery at robben island has about seals at this time the month when the herds haul out and there ara six or seven times as many on kom andierski ando erski rookery A san francisco company the commercial company Is one of the concerns having leaser atom russia to take seals from Komando erski islands its chartered steamer the montara Is now en route to and may be in danger of seizure by the japanese war chips ordered to |
