New-York daily tribune., 1855-08-23


sThe oonparison Of al there data authorizes me 70
regard as correctly stated the ressm< Of fae's which
now have the honor 70 commun'os,e 70 you. 1.
"An armed boat is directed, in time Of war towards
the landing Mace at Hango Udde. The officer IN com
mand of iands without having esked, waited for, or
obtained the preliminary perm,seion. ne Puts on
shore FIVE captive FinlaDders, whom ne seu Tree, II
such was the object Of bis mission, It was acconphshed
Having fulfilled it without any resistance ne should
have Immediately gone away, pushed on from the
sbore and returned on board the Coessck. Far iron
H. heleaves bis boat, and advances on hostile ground:
He ia not alone; he ie accompanied by number OF
his crew With what intention His object was, be
says. 10 communicate with the people, TO speak with
The man on duty the telegraph, to purcnase II pos
sible provisions All this does not come under reg
Mar flag Of truce An official message IL sent from
one military authority to another IL ls neither ad-
dressed TO the people 20 Telegraph official What
ever was the object Of the expedition OF Lieutenant
Genese on Russian TERRITORY, and viii abstain from
deecrbipgt object was neither regular nor avo@ed
this is evident. .
After having left bis boat at bis own rsk and peril,
that officer falls into ambuscace; he does not ex
tect IT, having only seen two or three women on the
shore By his want Of foresight he s surprised by
force superior In numbers Then to ensure his safety
le claims the protection of a flag Of truce Had he
the right 10 do sol Had he taken the necessary pre-
c,uors 10 be recognized in that chsrac er before he
landed on hostile ground Nothing OF the sort Sur.
rounded on every side, he surrendeIs prisoner OF
vay Dr. Easton, Mr.. Sulvan and his crew share bis
fate.
throw overheard the gun with which the boat was
armed Three hundred cartridges are sezed 400 caps
and two incenciery tubes with their matches Among
the muske's taken by our men msny OF them gav9
proof that they had been recently fired.
"Tbe above facts have been elected from an inves-
m alton set on foot by Ade-de-canp OF hs Majesty
the Emperor, intrusied Herewith on the frst news
received by Gen. de Berg Of what had taken place
sThat II vestigatisn clearly established, according
10 the unanimous evidence of all the witnesses OF the
occurrence bat the flag Of truce not perceived on
board tie Cossack board the boat sent to the
landDg-plece, nor IN the hands OF me ofncer VINO
landed.
After this explanation ask of you, NJ. Amira!,
whether that Oficer-even if be had attached, ~ he
save he did piece of white linen to the handle Of
boathook-cOuld claim the protection of a flag of
ucel Is every officer TO be allowed 70 seek provs-
ions on hostile ground to reconnolier the locality, 70
enter il TO communication with the Inhabitants, aud, II
be falls by ithap into the hands Of superior force,
Is he 10 be allowed TO retreat safe and sound, and to
am after failure the pretended title of an envoy, 80
as 10 avoid being made prisoner when overcome by
numbers
"Leutfnant Geneste by his own fault, de facto aud
de jure fell into our power. The crew he commanded
shared bis fate. We have only TO regret the loss OF
Fix men, whose lives be exposed by his adventurous
enterprise which nothing justified, unless It was hls
hope TO carry il out with impuDity.
Yet there must be sOme limit TO stratagems OF war.
If this were not So everything might be thought al
lowed unoer the abusive protection OF flag OF rucs
respected as legally recognized by law in times OF
war This is why we cannot consent, under existing
circumstances TO exempt Lieutenant GeDese fro n the
captivity he bin self incurred, and which the crew un
der his orders have 10 share.
"Ihave the honor, NJ. PAmiral, 10 request you TO
make this decision known TO the Government of her
Britannia Majesty.
81 have the more reason to believe that the Adml-
rally will be convinced Of the legality of this decision
ss in its order Of the goth Of June il pointed out itself
the omission of Lieutenant Geneste in landing before
his sigDal-hag wac recognized by counter-signal
from the shore.
'Havng given full explanation Of the facts re-
lating 10 the incident of Hango Udde will now reply
to the second part of your letter OF the 4th OF july
IL contradicts in q positive manner the allegations
made previously by authorities in Finland respect
ing the abuse of flags of truce by officers OF the Royal
Navy.
II am under the painful obligation, NJ. lAdmiral,
of giving You a new proof of il today IL results
from the annexed statement of the burgOmsster of the
town of Raumo, in Finland.
II feel it duty to place before you the official de-
Of the goth of June July o.
"The eorrectness of the facts therein stated is,
moreover, proved by the reports of our military au-
thortes.
In perusing this document you will take notice Of
two circumstances which regret to have to point out
TO you:
fcers of your squadron devating from the letter of
your instructions of the 29th Of May, do not confne
themselves 10 stopping coastng vessels at sea- as pre-
scribed to them, but with unusual severity strikes
heavy blow the propretOrs of vessels al anchor not
trading ard against which ii was your express order
that injury should be done.
"2. That this expedition, undertaken by officers OF
the Royal Navy with this object or destruction be-
yond the circle Of military operations, is done under
ihe appearance and under color of flag of truce.
results thererom that our forces, called upon TO
protect the property of open towns exposed 10 the
attacks of your cruisers are brought against their
will in collision with flags of truce displayed by your
officers with view TO deprive the inhabitants OF the
coast Of their means of existence.
''To the communication of the annexed document L
cannot help adding fact which equally deserves your
Just that on The coast of the
Island of 0ese cruisers of the Royal Navy, after hav
ing intercepted and destroyed some simple fishing
boats deprived the sailors of their money and even II
their clothes.
"In mentioning this fact can but associate myself
entirely with the conclusion of your letter. II says that
It is the duty of all civilized nations to employ the
means in their power 10 mitigate the anlmoslty which
war tends to produce. rely with confidence upon the
efforts YOU will doubtless make TO prevent the renewal
Of acts similar to those have Just pointed out to you
(Aunex)
Report Of NJ PETssstN BsygGgsH's,s, q he tom Of RaH'
IhAve the honor inform your Exeelepey that The Nh
Of June I'd of July) s A. NJ vessel Of the enemy
eeatey The fact Captain Karstedt who had
arrived here the 2lst Of June s Sd July with deseh
soldiers defend Raumo Captain Karsted proceeded
the port and made his ceeqpy military positions Az
NJ four enemy boats pulled BY rowers ayed IN the port
under s.g Of truce Having proceeded to meet them 900
II there any troops in the neigborhood
The pilot Grsnland who accompanied and who speaks
question The enemy then demanded thai the inhabitants
sps = s. ,e ,me dawn or hse % pspeT .s ropes
sddng that fihey no given up to them they
would the replied that IL impossible for
an The vessels in port BELONGED 10 them and that We mi sht 90
the sey made for the nearest vessel and attempted
Capt KlIstedt tber ordered hs open FIRE senel