Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-07-25
Instructions for the SmOlensk aud
St. Petersburg to Return
Have Been CabIed.
ASSURANCES TO GREAT BRITAIN
Are Satlsfactory-Graud Duke Alex.
ander Mlkhaeloyich Caused Trouble
By Taking Matters In Hand.

ST. Petersburg, July 25.--The Assocl-
ated Press Is informed that the Rus
sian volunteer feet steamers Smolensk
and ST. Petersburg have already been
ordered home, and that instructions for
them TO return have been cabed. The
assurances given Great Britain on this
point are declared to be satisfactory.
The instructions given the command
ers OF the vessels repeal the orders
heretofore announced In these dis
patches directing them to refrain from
further attempts to stop merchantmen
either In the Red sea or the Mediter-
ranean
The decision not to insist upon the
war status OF ships was probably reach
cd at the conference held Saturday.
The two ships may be brought TO the
Baltic and formally recommlssoned.
Russia has reiterated her assurances
that all vessels seized pending the re-
ceipt OF instructions by the captains Of
the smolensk and st. Petersburg shall
at once be released, and that the Brit
sh steamer Ardova win be freed upon
her arrival at suez or Port Said, the
sumo as the Scandal.
Great Britain's bill for damages
against Russia for demurrage and other
indemnties connected with the arrest,
detention and Smelling OF the British
ships In the Red sea will probably be
very heavy Already II Is roughly es-
timated at s5,000,0O0.
The popular version OF the Red sea
ENHANCEMENT which has so embnrrass-
ed the Russian foreign office is that
II grew out OF Grand Duke Alexander
Mlkhaelovich, head OF the department
Of mercantile marine practically taxi
ing matters into HIS own hands and
commissioning the vessels OF the volun-
teer feet which had passed through
the Dardanelleg bound for the far east.
TO hoist tho Rnsstin war flag. IA seize
merchantmen in The Red sea IL is un-
derstood that the emperor has censured
his brother-in-lnw for taking a step
Of such gravity without consulting the
foreign office,
There Is general relief however at
the fact that Grand Duke Alexander
Milthaeloyich's precipitate action has
not resulted IN irreparable complica-
lions. The hlunder Of the grand duke
Is attributed to his youth and mex
perience in affairs Of state. He is well
known In the United States, as he was
first STAFF officer on board the armored
cruiser Dimitri Donskoi on the occa-
sion of the visit OF the Russian squad
ron to HAMPTON Roads and New York,
In 1898.
CASE OF THE ARDoVA.
London, July 25.-whlle no protest
has yet been made against the action
Of the Russian volunteer fleet steamer
Smolensk, In firing two shots over the
British steamer Ardoya, II the British
official report bears out the press dis
patches, a strong protest will probably
be entered against the Smolensk en-
dangering the lives Of the Ardoya's
passengers by the irregular proceedings
Of the captain OF the Smolensk. Gus
tom requiring that when a vessel at
sea refuses TO obey the signal OF q war
ship to stop. TO follow II up with a solid
shot across her bows
The captain Of the smolensk. II Is
added, might be liable TO a severe PEN
atty for his act, and also for the trans
fer OF the Ardova's crew on board the
Smolensk. But, these collateral ques-
lions will be the subject Of mutual me-
gotiations when Great Britain presents
lfl VII lOI hbiltktN Inc UltlN lUlnb
Is that, so far as the volunteer feet
steamers are concerned the acute stage
Of the diplomatic crisis has passed.
II has been decided at the request Of
Great Britain. in order to avoid fur
Their loss OF time, not TO send the Ma
lacca to Suda bay, Island OF Crete, but
TO release her az Algiers. The AssoCl-
ated Press is Informed that II ia posi-
Bile there VIII be no formal inspection
Of her cargo by the British and Rus
sian consuls, but merely n declaration
by the British consul. In behalf OF the
British government that the munitions
on board the Malacca belong 10 Great
Britain.
PROTEST OF ARDOVAS CAPTAIN.
suez, July 25. Capt. Smith OF the
ArdoYa. has lodged with the British
consul a protest against the capture
and detention OF the steamer Part OF
the Ardoyas crew, who are aboard the
Smolensk, will be landed az Jedda, Ara
bla.
ARDOVA WILL BE RELEASED.
st. Petersburg, July 25.-(S.5O p. ny
Russia has given Great Britain writ
ten assurances that the British steamer
Ardoya, captured By the Russian vol
unteer fleet vessel Smolensk, will not go
beyond Suez before being released
THE ARDOVA TO BE RELEASED.
suez, July 25.--The British steamer
Andova, seized by the Russian yolun.
teer fleet vessel Smolensk. viii be re-
leased tonight, The Russian consul has
sent or a lighter 10 bring the Russian
consul has sent OF a lighter 20 bring
the Russian officers and prize crew
ashore