Show P A SERIOUS STEP or the gulf of boklo and bor ot by lh gi beat 15 A dispatch was at the state department today from minister anni that the japanese Kov emment hits blockaded with torpedoes the entrance to the tt TAS harbor of nagasaki the united states minister WM notified on august 17 that the blockade would take 25 and all vessel would be prohibited from entering or leaving without the conduct ot pilot vessel having on board an officer of the imperial navy no vessels will be permitted to leave between sunrise and einset those arriving from a distance will be notified by the eov boats stationed outside ot the harbor the notice was given by the minister to the masters of american vi asels the action was taken for protection against the chinese fleets I 1 tie the most serious of the war up to date in its effect upon foreign commercial interests |