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I think the enquiries should go to discover whether the Ship's Log was 

 taken from the steanier before she was burned, and if it was then written 

 up at the time with an account of what happened. Enquiries should also 

 be niade as to any Protest of the Captain and as to any Statement made 

 by him to the owners of the Ship. Copies of all these documents should 

 be obtained, and if the Captain and the Principal Officers can be found, 

 further detailed Statements in writing should be taken from them. These 

 statements should go to show if possible exactly what threats were used 

 and how the officers were forced to do what they did, and that 

 they were not willing agents in the matter. If moreover, statements could 

 be procured from any of the officers on the Men-of-War, that would assist 

 greatly. I ought also to be informed of what nationality the Captain and 



officers of the were, together with their names, and of what nationality 



the Chinese Eastern Railway Co. is, whether they were the Owners of the 



Steamer and if not, who where the Owners and to what port she 



belongs, also how the goods came to be on board the I should also 



like to be informed what happened to other steamers at Chemulpo at the 

 time. It is hinted in Professor Murmetzer's Opinion that they were captured 

 by the Japanese. I ought also to have before me a translation of the whole 

 of M. Pavlov's Report. Only a small piece is translated and the newspaper 

 sent is incomplete. It does not contain the end of the Report. I ought also 

 to have before me a copy of the original Russian Policy of which this 

 Policy is a reinsurance, together with a translation of it into the English 

 language taking very particular care of the translation of the words which 

 state the perils against which the Insurance is made, and if there are any 

 Conditions imported into the policy by reference, and not actually embodied 

 in it, then I ought to have a copy of these with a very careful translation 

 of them into the English language. At the same time I think the claimant 

 ought to ask the broker to show me the "Slips" (i. e. the preliminary Contracis 

 for these Policies) so that I may satisfy myself that the policy is in conformity 

 with the preliminary Contract. 



I shall also be glad to receive from the claiment copies of their Orders 

 to the brokers to effect these insurances and copies of their replies. 



After I have received these documents and that information I may be 

 in a position to give an opinion on the question of whether what happened 

 was a peril insured against by this Policy. 



While therefore I cannot at present give any opinion on the matter, I 

 think it better to draw the attention of the claimant to an important point 

 in the case, (one upon which Professor Murmetzer does not touch in his 

 Opinion), viz. whether this Reinsurance Policy does in fact cover all or 

 only some of the perils mentioned in the "Free of Capture and Seizure 

 Clause", and here I would remark that the form of his reinsurance is in 

 my opinion a vicious one if it is intended by it to cover more, as regards 

 War Risks, than an ordinary Lloyds Policy, without the "Free of Capture 



