The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1904-10-28
KING
GetSWOrdFrOm
the Gar
Telling of Russia's
Deep Regret.
BAD BLUNDER
Will be Promptly
Righted.
Sufferers viii be Compensat-
ed and Guilty Officers
Will be Punished.

London, Oct. 26.!The inevitable de-
lays of diplomatic procedure appear
to retard a complete and satisfactory
settlement of the acute differences be-
tween Great Britain and Russia aris-
ing from the deplorable North Sea af-
fair. King Edward has received from
Emperor Nicholas cablegram ex-
pressing the deepest regret and a
practical acknowledgment that Great
Britain's peremptory note will meet
with reply conceding every demand
for apology for the act of aggression
against the British flag. compensation
for sufferers and punishment Of the
officers responsible for what is every
where conceded to have been a gigan-
tic blunder, and the Russian ambassa-
dor to the court of st. James has ex-
pressed to Foreign Minister Lans-
downe his sorrow and sympathy.
These developments, which came
Tuesday afternoon, have allayed to
some extent the deep resentment in
the public mind, and the admiralty
last night gave evidence of its appre-
citation of the necessity of proving
that it is prepared to support the posi-
tion of the people of Great Britain and
fulfill the expectations of the world,
when it issued the following state
ment:
"On receipt on October "a of the
news of the North Sea tragedy, pre-
liminary orders for mutual support
and cooperation were issued as a
measure of precaution from the ad-
miralty to the channel, Mediterranean
and home fleets"
Yesterday was one of the busiest in
recent years in diplomatic circles
here. The Russian ambassador. who
only reached London shortly before
midnight Monday, was an early caller
at Lansdowne house and had a long
| interview with Lord Lansdowne, after
which the foreign minister conferred
with Premier Balfour and others, and
| for the rest Of the day was occupied
with a mass of matters pertaining to
| the affair.
Popular appreciation Of the situa-
ton was evidenced when King Ed
ward appeared in public yesterday
He was greeted with more than usual
| enthusiasm on account of the decided
| tone of his telegram to the mayor oi
Hull on Monday.
The speeches of members Of the
cabinet and of the house Of commons
in different parts of the country voice
the sentiment of Great Britain and
the spirit in which the utterances
were met shows that for the moment
party differences have been laid aside
and that the country Is solidly behint
the government
The post-mortem examination o
the bodies of the victims of the Dog
ger Bank affair was held Tuesday a
Hull. The proceedings were purel,
formal and no official announcement
was made, but II is stated positivel,
that both Of the dead men Dor,
wounds inflicted both by machin,
guns and larger shell.
The report of the admiral Of th'
fishring feet, dated from 'the Nortl
Sea" is plain sailors yarn Of the oc
currence, which was handed to For
eign Minister Lansdown last night
That a possibility of dangerous de
velopments turks in the protraction o
the crisis is seen in the fact that Rus
sian correspondents of British paper
are beginning to send rather In
fiammable dispatches. For example
the Telegraph's st. Petersburg CORES
pondent says:
II "In military circles among the les
responsible officers and in marine cir
cles OF almost all grades, the convic
! tion prevails that sooner or later wa
with England is inevitable and tina
the present moment is as auspiciou
as any other" The Standards Mos
,, cow correspondent also asserts tina
! "the majority of the Russian peopl
find more or less satisfaction in tn
insult offered to England"
A dispatch from Hull to the Time
says that the correspondent, as the re
, , suit of his investigation, is of tn
a opinion that the attack on the BIRTHS
a trawlers by the Russian squadron wa
. a deliberate act.
Il st. Petersburg, Oct. ga specit
dispatch from London to an afternoo
paper here charges that the attemI
. to sink the steamship Esperanza o
2 Monday at Barry, England, was tn
: work of Japanese emissaries- tn
a Russian admiralty has had the mo:
specific reports from agents abroa
that disguised Japanese officers ha
been seen in Denmark, Sweden an
Germany, which indicated that an a
!. tempt would be made to attack th
. Russian squadron.