The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1904-10-28

relations between Great Britain and
Russian Is concerned, the North sea
incident seems to be almost closed.
Nearly every newspaper this morning
prints the report that Lord Lansdowne,
the minister Of foreign affairs, has
informed Sir Seymour King, member
of parliament from Hull. that the
cars apology is to hand, and those
who are inclined to doubt the cor.
rectness of this information express
the firm belief that the apology togeth-
er with an indication that all reason
able demands for PREPARATION will be
acceded to, will arrive in few hours.
Public feeling still runs high, how
ever and the other feature of this
mornings news, the alleged order to
Admiral Lord Beresford, commanding
the Channel fleet, to take IN coal and
be prepared to leave Gibraltar at a
moments notice, has been received
with great satisfaction. The informa-
ton may not be true. 1t emanates
from Plymouth and is just as likely
to be the offspring Of over heated i'm.
agination. But the public Is ready
to accept it as correct and to glory
in the fact that government would,
If need be, not hesitate to make Rus
sia feel Great Britain's power. This
is poor satisfaction to those who are
hoping against hope that crushing
broadsides from British warships will
be sent into the Baltic squadron's s
vessels, but it is something; 1t is, in
fact, more than some dared to expect,
for It is known that the government
does not desire war with Russia and
the radical element feared that this
peaceful mood might lead Premier
Balfour to be more courteous in the
matter than the occasion and Brit
aims power required.
News from st. Petersburg is scant.
The censor is evidently a busy man
just now and in compelling the news
papers to report the incident as a
collision, Of purely accidental origin,
he has stopped all channels through
which the real facts might percolate
into the minds of the Russian pub
lie.
AS the matter stands this morning,
only a disproportionate demand for
reparation on the part of the gov
ernment can force the incident into
the category of casus belli. This
the average Briton regrets. For the
North sea trouble has shown, above
all other things. that his hatred of
Russia and all things Russian is deep
rooted and bitter. He will hear of no
explain alton and of no mitigating cir
cumstances. The best he is willing
to say today of Russias naval men is
that they are fools and drunkards.
And he says much more.
London, Oct. 25.-Uondon Times)
-TheBritish people do not want war
with Russia over the outrage commit
ted by the Cars mad dog feet" on
the North sea trowlers, and conf
IDENTIFY expect that the St. Petersburg
government will promptly make am
pie apology and reparation. At the
same time, II the commander-in-chief
of one of the British fleet patterning
after RoJestvensky, should have an
attack of temporary insanity and sink
a dozen or fifteen vessels Of the Baltic
fleet his countrymen would hail him
England's greatest naval hero and. in
the course of time, might erect a
monument to him that would make
Nelson's column look like a hitching
post. This is no exaggerated state
ment of the feeling here. Everybody
seems to think that an apology and
money will not be enough to pay for
the blunder. There is a distinct cray-
ing for the infliction of punishment
upon the guilty feet. Some Britishers
actually sigh when they think that
there is no practical way of securing
this result. II seems to them extreme,
Z ly unjust that the whole affair will
be settled by telegram announcing
that the czar is very sorry for the
indiscretion of his feet and willing to
pay for all proper claims for damages
They want Russian warships sent to
the bottom, and undoubtedly their
craving would be satisfied If Russia
were to decline to do the right thing
and do it quickly for there are plenty
of British warships close at hand and
ready to execute any order Of the ad,
m!ralty.
This contingency, however, Is not
considered within the range of pos,
sihillty, so that the British craving
may be turned on the Baltic feet is
not to be fired through anything grow.
ing directly out of the North sea in
cident.
Some naval men, however. say that
II is quite likely, that there will be
more outrages before the mad dog
feet goes much further. They accept
the Berlin idea that the CHIEF in com
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