The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1904-12-01
JAPANESE MINISTER TALKS
Shows the Source of the Great Confidence in
Japanese Finances.

Judging Dy these CONDITIONS, serious
collisions between the governed and
governing were predicted, but when
the war came, this friction entirely
ceased, and the House of Representa-.
tlves, wrich once refused to pass a
budget Of $125,000,000 as excessive
and unbcarable, gave q aready and will
ing assent to the first war budget Of
$28S. 600, 900.
"At this session Of the diet, the gov.
ernmeat will be compelled to present
a budget calling for $685.. 900. 900, and
indications are that 1t will be passed
without the slightest difficulty. This
happy phenomenon Is attributable to
the characteristics of our people.
Before a great national problem
our people unite, and friends and op-
ponents join hands for the accomplish
ment Of our national purposes. With
the great problem Of the war before
them, the people Of our nation have
become as one man. We have no
war party and no peace party, as Rus
sia has. but, on the contrary; our ma
tion Is one, and united with a deter.
mlnation to fight to the last extremi-
ty."
NORTH SEA AGREEMENT.
London. BY Cable.-The Foreign Or
ficc has issued the following English
transaction of the declaration signed at
st. Petersburg by Sir Charles Hardinge,
the British ambassador, and Count
Lamsdorff, the Russian Foreign Min
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errment and the imperial Russian gov
crnment having agreed to entrust to
an international commission Of inquiry
assembled conformably to Articles TX
to XIV OF The Hague convention OF
July 20, 1899, for the Pacific settle
ment Of international disputes, the
task Of calculating by means Of an i'm
partial and conscientious investiga-
tion the questions Of fact connected
with the incident which occurred du-
ring the night of October 21-22, 1904,
il the North Sea ION which occasion
the firing of guns on the Russian feet
caused the loss OF boat and the death
Of two persons belonging to British
fleet, as well as damaging to other
beats of that fleet and injuries to the
crews of some Of those boats), the un-
de-signed, being duly authorized
thereto, have agreed upon the folliw-
ing provisions:
article |. The international commits
Eve members commissioners Of whom
two shall be officers of high rank in the
British and imperial Russian navies,
respectively. The governments of
France and of the United States shall
each be requested to select of their
naval officers of high rank as men,
Der of the commission. The fifth shall
be chosen rs a member Of the commits
sion. The fifth member shall be chosen
BY agreement between the four men,
bers above mentioned; in the event Of
ro agreement being arrived at between
the four commissioners as to the se.ec-
ton Of the fifth member Of the COM
mission. his imperial and royal majes-
ty the Emperor OF Austria and King
Of Hungary will be invited to select
him. Each Of the two high contracting
parties shall likewise appoint legal
assessor to advise the commissioners,
and an agent officially empowered to
take part in the labors Of the commits
sion.
Article III. The commission shall in
quire into and to report on all circum-
stances relative to the North Sea in
cident, and particularly on the ques-
tion as to where the responsibility lies
and the degree of blame attaching to
subjects of the two high contracting
parties or to subjects Of other
countries in the event Of their
responsibility being established by the
inquiry.
"Article III. The commission shall
settle the details of procedure which 1t
will follow for the purpose Of accom-
plishing the task wherewith 1t has been
entrusted.
Article w. The two high contract
ing parties undertake to supply the
commission, to the utmost Of their abil-
ity, with all the means and facilities
necessary in order to enable it to ac-
quaint itself thoroughly with and ap-
preciate correctly the matters in dis
pute.