The San Francisco call., 1904-11-28
RUSSIA EXPECTS TO DICTATE TERMS
FOR VARS End NITHIl TEN MONTHS
Terms of Anglo
Russian Peace
Compact.
DOGGER BANK
ARBITRATION

LONDON. Nov. 27.-The Foreign Of
Zee has issued the following English
transiation Of The declaration signed
al 81. Petersburg bx Sir Charles Har-
dinge. the British Embassador, and
C9unt Lamsoorf, the Russian Foreign
Minister:
His Britsnnic Masesty's Government and the
lmaeris. ttussiau Government. having agreed
= enter into aa International commission OF
inquiry, ass -mblec oIFormalty with Articles
~ 10 NIN of The Iaeue contention on July
- 1888. for the pacific settlement of interna-
tional disputes. with the task OF clEcidating
br means OF an inuaa-tia7 anl conscientious
lut estiEatlon the questions Of fact connected
y m the incident which occurred during the
MINT of October 2l-22 1908. I'm the North
Sea con which occasion the firing o. guns by
The Russian feet caused the loss of a b9at and
the death ~ two persons belonging 70
British nshine feet. as wei as damages 70
other boats OF that feet and injuries the
crews OF some OF those boats). the undersigned,
being duly authorized thereto, have agreed
upon the following provisions.
Article The international Commission of
Inquiry shall be composed of I'VE members
fcommissicnersl, ~ whom two shall be off,
GERS OF high rank in the British and imperial
Russian naHles respectively. The GoNernm enis
OF France ana Of the United States shall each
b requested 10 select one OF their naval Off
mission The fifth member shall be chosen
by agreement between the four members above
mentioned in the event Of no agreement being
a the selection q the fifth member OF the COM
mission. his imperial and royal Majesty the
Emperor Of Austria and King Of Hungary
VIII ne invited 70 select him. Each or the
two high contracting parties shall likewise ap-
point legal assessor 10 advise the commits
Ei0uerS and an agent officially empowered To
take rart in the iafors OF she commission.
Article 1.-THE commission shall inquire into
ard report all Fcumstances relative TO the
Ncrth Ses incident and particularly on the
question as 10 where the responsibility lies
and the degrees OF blame attaching TO sub
1ects &C the two high contracting parties or TO
inquiry
Article IH-Ehe commission shall settle the
oetails of procedure which il viii follow for
the puEpose Of accomplishing the task with
Whioh IL has been entrusted.
Article IN-The two high contracting parties
undertake % supply the commission 10 the ut
r9-0st ~ thetr ability with all the means and
facilities necessary. in Drder to enable il 10
scQuainr itself thoroughly and appreciate cor
recf,y the matters In dispute
Article N-T'he commission shall assemble in
Paris rs soon as possible after the signature
~ this s-reement.
Article NI-The commission shall present its
report - the two high contracting parties
Article fII-The commission shall make eli
Us decisions by a majority Of the votes Of the
i've commissioners.
Article VII-The two contracting. parties
undertake each 10 bear on reciprocal terms
the expense of the inquirs made by IL pre-
Vious 10 the assembly OF ~ commission. The
expense incurred by the international commits
sicn after the date Of its assembly in organ
tzin@ its staff and conducting the investga-
rons which it viii have 10 make, shalt be
equally shared by the two Governments.
II f2ifh whereof the undersigned have
signed The present agreement tdeclaration) and
2ttNed tEeir seals 10 IT,
Done in duplicate al St. Petersburg. Novem-
Der .. 1905.