British authorities refused German coaler loading coal at Cardiff according to the Dutch newspaper Soerabaijasch handelsblad dated 6 December 1904

An item reported that British authorities did not allow a German coaler to load coal at Cardiff, England. The German consul in town was in fact the shipper.

Note
1. At that moment was the Russo-Japanese War (8 February 1904-5 September 1905) going on.