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Show 00 vn lruiiPinn 1 a to mil' oip 1 a r 1 r -$ Mlfl clii lift-" UlKImIi KAIUlK Enters British Port, Is Provisioned, Pro-visioned, Goes Out and Sinks a British Ship. SAN FRANCISCO, May 26. Archdeacon Arch-deacon B. Pottor of tho Church of England, Eng-land, arrived here last night from abroad. Archdeacon Potter is In charge of the provinces of Syria and Cyprus, with headquarters at Jerusalem. Jerusa-lem. In discussing the naval situation in eastern waters, he staled that a few weeks ago a German raider came into Capetown, flying the Swedish flag, managed to pass the rigid Inspection of the British officials and was provisioned provi-sioned and released. He Btated that tho vossel then left for the Indian ocean and a short time lator sank tho British steamer Worcestshiro near Ceylon, shortly after the archdeacon had left that vessel at a by-port. No report of tho subsequent movements move-ments of tho. raider was made, according accord-ing to tho archdeacon's statement. |