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The case of the _Three Friends_ has been up in courts again.
You remember how she was seized, and the case against her was dismissed
because Judge Locke decided that, as President Cleveland had declared
there was no state of war in Cuba, the vessel could not be breaking any
laws in carrying merchandise to Cuba.
This decision was appealed against, and was taken into the higher courts
for further consideration.
The higher court has decided that as it was known that troubles of a
warlike nature were going on, the _Three Friends_ was guilty of breaking
the laws, and should never have been set free. Chief Justice Fuller
therefore decided that a new trial must be held, and the steamer once more
taken into custody.
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News comes from Siam that the government there has agreed to arbitrate the
Cheek Teakwood claim, in the endeavor to settle which our Vice-Consul, Mr.
Kellett, was wounded, as we told you in Numbers 16 and 17 of THE GREAT
ROUND WORLD.
The Siamese government has also agreed to look into the matter of the
assault on Mr. Kellett, and punish the guilty persons.
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