The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1904-10-25


That Russians Made No Effort TO
Aid the Misunderstanding Sends His Sym.
patty and Financial Aid to the Hull
sunerers--Russlans Drunk or In Panic?
SDfcia' CGbe Dispatches 10 THE Sun.
| LONDON, Oct. 24.-The Foreign Office has
| issued the following:
THE Foreign Office has been in COM
munication with representatives OF the
| fishing industry at Hull and Grimsby and
has obtained from them a full statement
of the facts connected with the attack on
/ the night Of Oct. 81 by the Russian Baltic
fleet upon part Of the Hull trawling feet.
Urgent representations based on this
! information have been addressed to the
Russian Government and it has been ex-
/ planned that the situation is one which,
in the opinion of his Majesty's Govern
ment, does not admit of delay"
The British protest took the form Of
note. and was sent to both the British AM
bassador in st. Petersburg and the Russian
Ambassador in London
LANSDowNE SEES THE KING.
Previous to the despatch OF the British
protest, Lord Lansdowne Foreign Secre-
tary, arrived in London from the country
and went to Buckingham Palace, where
he had an interview with the King.
1t is understood that the Government
laid particular stress upon the callousness
displayed by the Russians in not going to
| the assistance OF the fishermen after the
firing had ceased.
The Foreign Office had been informed
that the Russian Admiral detached ship
of his deet which remained Watching the
fishing feet till 9 A. NJ, about six hours
after the firing, but rendered no assistance.
PREPARING EVIDENCE.
The Government has ordered the bodies
of the slain fishermen to be photographed.
in order to show that at the. time of their
death they were actually engaged in their
ordinary occupations. Clutched in one
OF the dead mems hands is a knife and a
piece of fish.
Capt Whelpton, skipper of the smack
Mino. will deposit with the Foreign Ofics
fragment of ~ inch shell which he
picked up on his vessel.
1t is understood that Lord LanGsowne's
representations to the Russian Govern
ment are completely satisfactory to the
representatives Of the aggrieved parties.
The Russian Ambassador will meet Lord
Lansdowne Tomorrow morning. The
d.,
afternoon and expressed regret for the
outrage,
HARDINGE SEES LAMsDoRFF.
ST. PETERsBURd, Oct. ?4.-Sir Charles
Hardinge, the British Ambassador, called
on Count Lamsdorff. the Foreign Minister,
this afternoon, with reference to the firing
| upon the British fishing boats by the Rus
sian feet. .l..
seen the dispatches communicated by
the censors department. He had received
nothing from Russian sources, which he
was awaiting He added that he deeply
regretted the incident, but lacking COM
plete reports it was impossible for him
to venture an opinion or to attempt to ix
the responsibility.
PROMISE OF PULL PREPARATION.
If the facts proved as they were re-
ported Russia would promptly give tho
fullest satisfaction to the sufferers.
Foreign diplomatists, talking privately,
regard the situation as being very grave.
They say an indemnity will not meet the
case and that Great Britain will certainly
insist upon the exemplary punishment Of
those responsible for the affair
SURPRISING NEWS IN ST. PETERSBURG
A three-line censored dispetch In the
evening newspapers states that the Baltic
feet had been in collision with some British
| trawlers in the North Sea and that two Of
| the trawlers were sunk There were some
| casualties.
This is all Russian newspaper readers
know, and it is regarded as merely an Incl
dent OF the fleets voyage. Those who do
! not read the newspapers know nothing Of
! the affair and probably would not realize
the seriousness Of the situation if they did
tread.
The morning newspapers did not contain
a word Of the affair owing to the fact that
all press dispatches were suppressed ny
the censor to prevent the premature pub
LEGATION of the news, and even now the de-
tails are not allowed to be printed and the
general public is ignorant alike OF the fact
and the result in Great Britain. Full news
has, however. reached the Government
depa rtments and few hundred individuals
outside, who received it in speechless amaze.
ment.
-oLAD OF IT." RUSSIAN OFFICER SAID.
LONDON, Oct, 25-There are some ugly
stories in the morning papers suggesting
a guiltier cause than panic for the Baltic