The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1904-11-03
APPEAL TO HAGUE.
England and Russia Agree
to Arbitrate Trouble.
WAR CLOUD VAkISHES.
Russian Fleet to Stay at viso, spairs.
Pending Exhaustive inquiry
Into North Sea Tragedy.
Excitement AIIayed.

A London special Of Friday saysdI
All danger Of war between Russia;
and Great Britain has been averted,
and-th settlement. Of the only points:
in dispute regarding the attack by
the Russian second Pacific squadron
on British trawlers, October 81, has
been referred to an internationalS
commission under The Hague convensS
tion.
Premier Balfour, speaking as .
meeting of the National Union OF Consi
seryatiye :. Clubs at Southampton..
Thursday night, broke that silence;
which had brought the people of the
United Kingdom by cindition OF AZ
most desperate irritation and given:
rise to misconceptions which Mr. Bal-
four himself exposed.
"The Russian ambassador" sad
Mr.. Balfour, has authorized state
ment to the following effect: The
Russian government on hearing on
the North sea incident at once ezs
pressed its profound regret and also:
promised most liberal compensation;
The government has ordered the dats
tention, at Vigo, Spain, OF that paat
of the feet which was concerned m
the incident, in order that the nav9E
authorities might ascertain what ON
GERS were responsible for it,: thai
those officers and any material Wit
nesses would not proceed on the V05ss
age to the Far East; that inquig
would be instituted into the facts M
an international commission as pro-
vided by The Hague convention
That, Nj, Balfour interpolated. I'M
nothing to do with arbitration; It M0
the constitution of an internatiOnaE
commission in order to find out fh6
facts and any persn found guilty
would be tried and punished ad4SS
qua1ely. The Russian goyernmene
undertook that precaution would k4a
taken to guard against recurrene1
of such incidents. Special. instru1
tions on this subject would be issued
Preliminary to this court, said Ms
Balfour, there would be the coronefA
inquest at Hull over the dead fisher
men, a board Of trade inquiry and al1s
inquiry by Russian officials at ViGo
Apology and compensation havinl
already been offered, nothing now r6
mains but to determine which accour
is correct, Rojestvensky's or th3
trawlers. ss;s$ M
Eventfui Day in London. S
Thursday was an eventful one Wv
the metropolis. The population, stt
red by iaring head lines in the NOR
ing newspapers, seemed convtnca
that war was inevitable. The cabiuelS
meeting, which was held at noon4
served to increase rather than alla&
anxiety. Throughout the countr3
there had spread deep rooted, thoue4
perfectly erroneous, idea that GraM
Britain had given Russia a time lim&
in which to reply, and Charles" Berea
ford, England's naval idol, was on. the1
spot. Many, indeed. thought It VIZ
only question Of hours when h
would be demolishing Russian ships i
Car Nicholas Approves.
A st. Petersburg dispatch says: IT,
North sea incident will be settled gys
an international commission. This ts
absolutely assured. The British pr
posals submitted to Russia was to ~
fer the question to commission ~!
der articles to IA Of The Hague con-
vention, and a certain Of officers nL
the Russian squadron cimpetent W
give testimony were to be left behinAs'
Russia's proposition submitted t0;;
Great Britain through Ambassad1s
Benckendorff declares that the empe&S
or, being desirous of shedding the fu*5
est light on the North sea fncideRs
proposes that the whole question ~
submitted to scrupulous investigations
by an international tribunal.