Note 873 — Chapter V · UNNEUTRAL SERVICE
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Two cases of interest occurred in 1905, during the Russo-Japanese War. The Industrie, a German vessel, and the Quang-nam, a French vessel, were captured and condemned by the Japanese for being in the employ of Russia as reconnoitring vessels, although the former pretended to collect news in the service of the Chefoo Daily News, and the latter pretended to be a cargo vessel plying between neutral ports. See Takahashi, pp. 732 and 735.