The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-11-02
NOT A HITCH IN
. THE NEGOTIATIONS
Alarmist Rum0rs Of Friction Be.
tween England and Russia
WITHOUT FOUNDATION
THERE WAS NOT ONE SINGLE IN.
STANCE TO JUSTIFY IT,
PERSONNEL or coMM,s,
SION no INvEsTi-
GATE.
By the. Associated Press.

| BY the Associated Press
| London Nov. Negotiations be
tween Great Britain and Russia look
| ing to settlement ot D North Sef
affair are progressing favorahly. ant
| there is not the slightest danger oi
any friction arising between the twe
governments The constitution cf tho
International commission under The
Hague convention Is on verge Of SET
llement
| In spite OF pacifir clnlitioaJ Grea
britain today experienced a war panls
| that can only be compared 10 the pan
ic created when the news OF tho sink
| ng OF the trawlers In the North Sea
was received The most extraordinary
feature of tho scare. which was seri
ous enough while 1t lasted, Is that
there was not one single circumstance
TO justify II. Excitement started
early In the day when newspapers an
nounced the departure Of the Baltic
squadron from vigo. The public was
not in possession of the Information
sent by the Associated Press to the
United States that only officers con
cernel In the firing on the British
trawlers would be detached aud jump.
"a at the conclusion that Russia had
broken faith by not OBTAINING the
vessels involved in the affair. On
top Of this came wild reports OF tre-
mendoua activity at Gibraltar and the
climax was reached with the an
nouneement that the British feet had
cleared for action.
Reassuring information available In
the United States that the sailing Of
ltae Baltic squadron from yigo was
with the knowledge OF and agreeable
to the British government was not
even limited at by the papers here.
AT the moment of all This excite.
ment the Russian ambassador was dis
cussing with Minister Lansdowne the
personnel OF the International commits
sion. but II was popularity rumorcd
that he received an ultimatum. Of
ficials of the navy department were
also in conference and IL was limited
that they were planning the first
stroke of the. war, while as a matter
Of fact they were considering names
suggested for the international com
mission II was then that the foreign
Office adopted an unusual course, and
issued a statemeT OF the facts which
# was hoped would allay public excite
ment.
Both the Russian ambassy and the
foreign office affirm that negotiations
today were entirely confined to the Sc
lection of an international commits
sion, to which no hitch has occurred.
Foreign Offices Statement.
The foreign office put the qnietus on
the alarmist rumors concerning the
situation when. after a
day of intense excitement Il issued the
following:
Before the Russian fleet left Vigc
instructions were given the Russian
admiral with view TO preventing in.
jury or Inconvenience to neutral ship.
ping during the passage OF the Rus
sian fleet 10 the far East
In compliance with Rnssia's en-
gagement four Russian officers have
been left behind az Vigo
The two governments arc now dis
cussing terms with reference to the
commission which viii
be entrusted with the proposed in
luiry."
Aside from the above statement all
departments decline to give out any
hing bearing on the situation.