The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1904-11-02
APPEAL TO HAGUE
England and Russia Agree
to Arbit9ate Trouble.
WAR CLOUD VANISHES
Russian Fleet to Stay at Vigo, Spain,
Pending Exhaustive Inquiry
into North Sea Tragedy
Excitement AIIayed, i

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I A London special Of Friday says
All danger Of war between Russia
and Gqeas Britain has been averted,
and the settlement of the only points
in dispute regarding the attack by
the Russian second Pacific squadron
on British trawlers, October u, has
been referred to an international
commission under The Hague conven-
tioH.
Premier Balfour, speaking at
meeting of the National Union Of Cor
servative Clubs at Southampton,
Thursday night, broke that silence
which had brought the people of the
United Kingdom by cindition ef al
most desperate irritation and given
rise to misconceptions which Mr.. Bat
four himself exposed.
The Russian ambassador" sad
Mr.. Ral3our, has authorised state
ment 10 the following effect: The
Russian government on hearing OF
The North sea incident at once e{-
pressed It's profound regret and also
promised most liberal compensation.
The government has ordered the de-
lention, at Vig0, Spain, of that part
of the feet wAich was concerned IN
the incident IN order that the naval
off
GERS Were responsible for it; that
chose officers and any material wit,
nesses would not proceed on the voy-
age TO the Far East; that inquiry
would be instituted into the facts by
an International commission as pro
vi6ed by The Hague convention
That Mr.. Balfour interpolated, lad
nothing to do with arbitration; it was
the constitution of an international
commission in order to find out the
facts and any persn found guilty
would be tried and punished ade-
quateiy. The Russian government
undertook that precaution would Re,
taken to guard against a recurrence
of such incidents. Special instruc,
tions on this subject would be issued
Preliminary to this court, said Mr.
Balfour, there would be the coroner's
inquest at Hull over the dead fisher
men, q board of trade inquiry and an
inqnlry by Russian officials at Vigo.
Apology and compensation having
already been cIfered, nothing now re
mains but to determine which accoupt
is correct RojestYensky's or the
TaBIers.
Eventftl Day in London.
Thursday was an eventful one il
the metropolis. The population. sti'
red by faring head lines in the morn
ing newspapers, seemed convinced
that war was inevitable. The cabinet
meeting, which was held at noon,
served to increase rather than allay
anxiety. Throughout the countrT
there had spread a deep rooted, though
perfectly erroneous, idea that Great
Britain had given Russia a time linn
in which TO reply, and Charles" Beres-
ford, England's naval idol was on the
spot Many indeed, thought it was
only a question of hours when he
would be demolishing Russian ships.
Gear Nicholas Approves.
A St. Petersburg dispatch says; The
North sea incident will be settled by
an international commission. This is
absolutely assured. The British pro,
posals submitted to Russia was to r.
fer the question to commission UNI
der articles 8 to II of The Hague con
vention. and a certain of officers Of
the Russian squadron cimpetent to
give testimony were to be left benin"
Russia's proposition submitted to
Great Britain through Ambassador
Benckendorff declares that the empe"
or, being DESTROYS of shedding the fl =
est light on the North sea incider ?,
proposes that the whole question re
submitted to scrupulous investigation
by an international tribunal