An
item reported that the well known American broker in warships Flint
left Moscow with as destination Constantinople. It was believed that his intention was to
sign there an agreement to hoist the Turkish flag on board of Argentinean and
Chilean warships which Russian seemed willing to buy.(1)
Note
1.
At that moment was the Russo-Japanese War (8 February 1904-5 September 1905)
going on.
