Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1904-07-22
Today's TeIegraphic News
ana steamer MaIacca.

The steamer Malacca.
Alexandria. Egypt. July 22.-No
word has been received from the steamer
MaIacca since she cleared from Port
Said Yesterday. The British cruiser
Venus left hurriedly after receiving a
long telegram in cipher from London,
and the impression prevails here that
she has gone in search Of the captured
P. & O. liner. Englishmen here expect
to see the Malacca brought back here IN
custody of the Venus.
Berlin, July 22.-It is stated mere
that the complications arising from tne
seizure of the 2. & o. steamer Malacca
by the Russian volunteer cruiser Peters
burg, have been settled on the following
terms: England has acknowledged Rus,
sia's right TO search the Malacca, ana
further gives Russia formal assurance
that the steamers cargo consisted oil
English government property RUSSIA
admits the seizure was an error In luug-
ment. and will pay the P. Il 0. Com
pany indemnity for loss of time. kus-
STA also informs England that more err
cumspection will be displayed In the
future. The status of the volunteer
fleet remains underlined. The passage OF
the vessels through the Dardanelles did
not figure in England's protest. Be
fore the settlement was obtained, 1t IS
stated, Russia sought European support
against England but failed. England
on the other hand, informed the powers
that she would reeapture the Malacca
forcibly unless Russia liberated her.
The expectation now is that England
will Immediately raise the question oil
the passage of the Dardanelles by the
volunteer steamers.
The Frankfurter Zeitung asserts that
England has offered Turkey a loan al
three per cent. to enable the porteto pay
the remainder of the S7S war indemnity
To Russia Immediately, instead of in in
stalments as she is at present dong.
This, says the paper, is regarded pre-
liminary to an Anglo-Turkish comblna'
ton to prevent further violations of the
terms of the treaty of Paris, relative tC
the passage Of war ships through the
| Dardanelles.
London, July 22.-The st. Peters
burg correspondent of the Reuter- Tele
gram Company says the British Am
bassador to Russia has received no reply
to the British demand as to the Malacca
The ambassador, he adds, has not re
ceived any news of the reported release
OF the Malacca.
London, July 22.-The correspon
dent of the Publishers Press, in st
Petersburg, telegraphs this evening tina
the Russian government is firmly decid
ed not to yield to England in the seizur
of the English ships and is thus es
pecially resolved in the case of the Pen
insula and Oriental liner Malacca.
St. Petersburg, July 2.-The ForeigI
Office SAYS no order has been issued TO
the release of the p. & 0. steamer Malac
ca. The report Of the captain OF tn
cruiser Smoensk on the incidents in tn
Red Sea has not yet been received.
London, July 22.--The Paris CORES
pondent of the Exchange TELEGRAPH
Company wires that France has inter
vened secretly between England ant
Russia with the result that negotiation
have satisfactorily arranged the Difficult
ty between the two countries, arisin
from the seizure of the p. * o. steame
Malacca.
At the rising Of the House of Com
mons This afternoon Premier Balfou
announced that he had no informatio
relative to the Maacca incident to CIV
out. l. is believed, however, that ne
gotiations toward closing the incider
are in progress.
London, July 22.--The St. Peters
burg correspondent of the Reuter- Telt
gram Company is authority for the state
ment that satisfactory reply 10 Gref
Britain's demands as a result of tn
seizure of the steamer Malacca had bee
r delivered. The correspondent says Rus
f sia's reply agrees that the Malacc
should not be brought before prl1
court. Russia further undertakes to sc
E TO il. that no similar incident shall occu
f in the future. As matter of formally
the Malacca's cargo will be examined
! some Mediterranean port in the present
of the British consul. England, III
correspondent adds, will present a bl
for damages later.