Russian fleet still bunkering in French Indochina according to the Dutch newspaper Het nieuws van den dag voor Nederlandsch-Indië dated 2 May 1905

Z.P. Rozhestvensky

An item dated Tokyo, Japan 1 May 1905 reported that the Japanese government believed that Rossdjestvensky (1) still used the harbours of French Indochina for coal bunkering and post office for sending and receiving tidings. They start to doubt the reliability of the French statements and neutrality.(2)

Notes

1. Zinovy Petrovich Rozhestvensky (11 November 1848-14 January 1909 St. Petersburg), vice admial, in active service 1868-1906, commander of the Second Pacific Squadron in the Battle of Tushima on 27-28 May 1905against the Japanese fleet.

1. Russo-Japanese war going on (8 February 1904-5 September 1905.