The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1904-10-28
BAR GATE0F
GIBRALTER
Decks of British Fleet Are
Cleared for Action.
ENGLAND TO ARBITRATE
Admiral Roiestvensky Claims he
Was Attacked by Torpedo
Boats and Destroyers.

arts, OCt- -o.-E.lS lduu HAS OubTet
to submit her differences with Russi;
to international arbitration and it /,
expected that Russia will accept.
Admiral Rajestvensky has been or
dered to remain at vigo until the con
clusion Of negotiations.
Toxic, Oct. 2S.-A desperate attack
was made on Port Arthur October 20
The Japanese captured two forts.
The Russian battleship, Sevastopol,
is reported sunk by the japanese seige
guns.
LONDON, Oct. 2S.-A dispatch from
Gibraltar says that the ships of the
British channel feet have cleared their
decks for action. IL is rumored that
the whole feet with the exception OF
the battleship Caesar, will steam west
ward today with the alleged purpose of
making sham attack against the Rock
oil Gibraltar.
Several torpedo boats have left Tan
gier fully equipped Work at the
arsenal is proceeding under high pres
sure.
division of the Mediterranean feet.
comprising six bnttleships, all the ar
mored cruisers and twenty torpedo
boats, arrived at Gibraltar today.
The situation is generally regarded az
Extremely grave, and as the hours go
by the belief becomes stronger that the
British government will be obliged to
Instruct Lord Charles Beresford to sail
from Gibraltar with the channel squad.
ron to ''muzzle the mad dog fleet" as IL
Is called here.
Rojestvensky's reference to torpedo
boats among the fishing feet is con-
sidered absurd.
1t has only aggravated matters. and
London is talking Of nothing now but
the probability of war. The feeling is
absolutely unanimous In favor of the
Justice of the British demands
One Of the most complicated diplo-
matte situations In recent history and
one that is attended with the most dan.
gerous possibilities for the peace OF
the whole of Europe exists with no
hgn Of immediate solution. The ten
sion that arose when the dispute be-
tween Great Britain and Russia resolv-
ed Itself into the simple question
whether Russia would or would not
guarantee in advance that some pun
shment should he administered to the
officers of the Baltic SQUAD |
'on has been modified by the introduc- |
ion of an entirely new set of con- |
entions contained In Vice Admiral Ro- |
estvensky's report
A copy of Admiral Roiestvensky's |
eport has reached the Russian en-
,assy here. He declares in 1t that he
lad no intention of firing upon the
rawlers. If any stray shot hit one
was entirely accidental.
He states that among the fleet were
wo steamships, moving at high rate
4 speed and exactly resembling tor
edo boats. He concluded that they
7ere Japanese
hoihioi iNbJtstNtHShs tiHpuutlCulll |
enies that Russian warship remain
d behind six hours and did not assist
he injured.
Rojestvensky declares that his Off
ers were totally ignorant that any
'awler had been struck He expresses
xtreme regret himself and says that
very man In his fleet regrets that any
ne was injured. He asks what the
arship was that was noticed near the
,ene.
The admiral declares that all the
ussian ships steamed away together.
e says that the two ships that the
ussians fired at were Enthusiastically
warship type.
Admiral RoJestvensky reports that 9
lie Of the torpedo boats which he be-
yves attacked his fleet was sunk and
e other seriously damaged.
Admiral Rojestyensky affirms that /
ere were no torpedo boats with the (
1ssian squadron on the Dogger bank v
I'd that the two torpedo boats men, q
,ned in the English reports as hav-
9 approached and been seen by the :.
hermen before the Russian ships
ened fire were either japanese or
iglish. VI
These two torpedo boats the admi- d