Japanese authorities holding British coalers Venus and Aphrodite according to the Dutch newspaper Soerabaijasch handelsblad dated 11 March 1905

An item dated Tokyo reported that the British coalers Venus and Aphrodite underway to Vladivostok were hold by the Japanese authorities.

Note

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