Omaha daily bee., 1904-10-30
RoIESTVENSN WILL DETAcH OFFICERS
Men Who Were on Vessels that Did shOst-
. ing to Remain at VigO,
MAY HAVE SUNK RUSSIAN TORPEDO BOAT
RumOr at St, Petersburg that One Graft of
Baltic Fleet is Missing.
HOW COMMISSION WILL PROCEED
IL VIII Answer a Series of Questions
Drawn Up by Both Nations and
VIII Probably Pass
Sentence.

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ST. PETERSBURG. oct. 29.-(New York
Herald Cablegram-special Telegram to
The Bee.)-The Dogger bank incident IL
considered here as having been closed when
the emperor's proposal regarding The
land.
Prof. Martens will be Russias legal rep
resentative. Vice Admiral Rojestvensky
will detach officers from Rear Admiral
Folkersam's squadron, the one that did the
shooting.
There is no question of the fleet being
detained. Any such attempt on the part
of England. according to the highest au-
thorty. would be regarded as a casus belli.
The reconstructed steamships Smolensk
and st. Petersburg have been registered in
the navy list as second-class cruisers under
the names of Rion and Dneiper.
Work of the Commission.
Freed from the severe tension over the
trawler incident through the agreement to
submit the case to an International inquiry
and relieved by the removal of the pros
pect of war with Great Britain, the Rus
people are soberly realizing the ad-
tage of a peaceful and honorable solu-
The widest interest is displayed In
omatic circles over the arrangements
the investigation. According to a high
Pority the two governments will draw
series of questions which will serve
ases for the investigation of the facts
he case by the mixed commissions at
II,.II a
ons will be handed to Russia and
Britain For the award an inter-
nal court will be created by special
y in conformity with the provisions of
Iague convention. 1t is believed that
court will be composed of foreign
official and a jurist appointed by each
two powers. The four members will
a fifth, who will have to decide the
The treaty signed will specify the
rs and composition of the court. the
purpose of which will be TO give q
bt on the basis OF the testimony Sup
by the mixed commissions. 1t will
ply also be given the right of passing
nee in the case.
lay Have Sunk Russian Boat.
PETERSBURG, Oct 30.-The As
ed Press is unable to obtain con-
ion of the report that Vice Admiral
tvcnsky has offered to resign, a
s19t hent to which effect has been cabled
to THE United States. There is not the
slightest disposition on the part of the
admiralty to doubt the entire veracity Of
his report The admiralty declares that
1t has no knowledge regarding the state
ment that Vice Admiral Rojestvensky's
ships were injured by fire from other ves-
sells of the squadron, and 1t also declines
to entertain the idea that the Russian ad-
miral might have sunk one of his own tor
pedo boats. mistaking 1t for a hostile
craft The version of the affair to this
effect which is circulating in st. Peters
burg is based on the fact that only seven
Russian torpedo boats have arrived at Al
giers, whereas Vice Admiral Rojestvensky
left Russia with eight such craft.
British Ships at VigO.
VIGO, Spain, Oct 29.-The Russian squad
ron is still in port. Upon the main ques-
ton relative to the identity of the Jap
anese torpedo boats said to have been
among the Hull fishing fleet during the
night of October N-22 Vice Admiral
Rojestvensky said to the Associated Press
today:
Rumors had reached me that the jap
anese would attack the squadron and when
| suddenly saw that night the two torpedo
boats between our two divisions and heard
the noise of the firing Of torpedoes
doubted not that they were Japanese.
Prince Keretelli, an officer on board the
battleship Emperor Alexander III told me
rounded @ by spTrS esht torpede Soats or S vessels
carrying torpedo tubes. The Areadeur
signaled Its danger and when our battle
ment suppose that the attacking vessels
could be fishermen.
The British consul here has received telo-
graphic instructions 10 prepare for pro-
the channel squadron, which ar
rives at Vigo tonight or tomorrow.
The marine commandant has been author
lied to permit the Russian squadron to re-
main at this port should the inquiry into
the North sea incident be held here
Later in the day British cruiser arrived
from the south, anchored outside the har-
bor and exchanged salutes with the fort
and the Russian squadron. The cruiser
turned out to be the Lancaster. Its com
mander shortly after went on board the
Russian flagship, Kniax souvaron, and had
a conference lasting twenty minutes with
Admiral RoJestvensky. The Lancaster sub
sequently sailed. clearing the harbor at
p m.
Five other British warships are outside
the Cies island, in the bay OF Vigo.
Hears Report with Deriston.
TOXIC, Oct. $3.50 p. m.-The reported
statement OF an officer on board the Rus
sian batteship Emperor Alexander III,
with the Russian Baltic squadron now at
Vigo. Spain, to the effect that there were
foreign torpedo boats among the Hull
-rawlers when they were fired upon re-
'enuy by the Russian warships, and that
The japanese government was said TO
have purchased torpedo boats in England.
soup,ed with the insinuation that the tor
pedo boats with the trawlers we're Japan
Use, has been received in Japan with a
mixed feeling Of indignation and derision.
II Is officially declared In the most posi-
i've terms that Japan has neither pur-
chased nor ordered single torpedo boat
n England since the outbreak OF the war.
Noon-A prominent officer on the Japa-
iese naval stan said today that he believed