This newspaper used another Dutch newspaper the Java-Bode dated 30 June as source for her own news item. The auxiliary cruiser Terek (the former Maria Theresia of the Hamburg-America line) was that morning anchored along the coal piers, weathered and filthy but unemployed. Alongside of her was the Dutch merchant ship Mossel of the Koninklijke Paketvaartmaatschappij and at some distance the flotilla vessel Siboga, the only Dutch warship at Tandjong Priok. Yesterday were wilt all efforts 300 ton coal loaded and informed her commanding officer captain Panferoff via the Russian consul the Dutch jhr. A.A. van Ploos van Amstel the Dutch authorities that he was not able to reach Djibouti or even Madagascar. If the Dutch East Indies government could not guarantee that the lacking 1,300 tons of coals were available the next day he was forced to end the voyage and to disarm his ship. On 30 June was a meeting between the assistant resident for the police L. Kreischer, the commanding officer of the Siboga lieutenant F.J. Goedkoop, a lieutenant commanding the detachment of soldiers on the coal pier, the Russian consul and a lieutenant of the Terek. The guarantee could not be given partly while the coolies refused to work if they were still inspected. Although the Terek was prepared for a disarmament was there fore a order of the commanding officer of the naval force in the Dutch East Indies needed. Around 11.30 o’clock arrived the tiding that the Governor General would announce his decision. The Russian consul and the Russian lieutenant went to the Terek to inform her commanding officer while the commanding officer of the Siboga, the assistant resident and the marines of the Siboga which were temporarily waiting in the fore part of the harbour office went all back to the Siboga. In the afternoon was the order to her disarmament received and started with the preparations. Some essential parts of the engines and the guns were removed and the flag lowered and she was anchored in the basin with her crew to stay on board guarded by Dutch soldiers. The same newspaper dated 4 July published a tiding that the Terek arrived at Batavia and was yesterday (=3 July) loading coal. And a day later she published a tiding dated London (!) 1 July that the Terek arrived last Monday (=3 July) at Batavia where she was disarmed.
Another Dutch newspaper Het nieuws van den dag voor Nederlandsch-Indië dated 25 September reported that she was armed again and prepared to depart immediately after receiving orders. On 16 October reported this newspaper that in the afternoon of 15 October sailors of the Terek caused a lot of trouble in the city and one was arrested by a Dutch patrol and brought on board. Another item reported that as soon as she was ordered to leave she was destined for Japan to transport prisoners of war backwards from there. The same newspaper dated 21 October 1905 reported that she was to leave on Tuesday 24 October towards Japan.
