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Show RELIEF NEEDED AT ONCE. Stranded Paitengers In Serious Plight ' on Midway Island. Washington The plight of the 806 passengers nf tho Pacific Mall steamship steam-ship Mongolia, which recently went ashoro near Midway Island, was mado known to gnternment ortlclnls hero through n cablegram received by tho manager In this city of tho Commer- J clnl Cable company The necessity for I tho Immediate sending of supplies "wa I mado apparent, nnd tho question was raised If It would bo In contravention of tho coistwlsn navigation lawa to send a relief ship under foreign register. regis-ter. The matter waa brought to tho I, attention of tho department of com- k merco nnd labor, nnd In turn tho trcas- B ury department officials were consult- Si ed and tho decision reached that there Ml would bo no objection to aendlng the "BasBsWaU foreign built cahleshlp Iteitorcr, now TnjBB at Honolulu, to Midway nt onco, car- wP rylng needful provisions, supplies nnd Jfl wrecking npparattts for tho relief of 'i the Mongolia and passengers, Thero tV aro ordinarily loss than forty people ii nn Midway Island, nnd the Influx of 100 additional population would mean Jit a serious drain on tho rosonrcos of a J tho Island unless Immediate relief !' were given, IF ' |