The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-10-24

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SURJE ECTS.
ssI.IrlE 1rfss: GENERAL
PoLIcY . rRAMPL ON
1laE.# q RlGHrs
AND PRlVlIE IEGEs or PEACEFUL
ALTON RUssiR WILL HAVE
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xpression ;horror and anazement
1.-THE recedented occurrence in
the North sea are heard in Official
circles here sand although t is char
sss1 tab assunaede hat the firing by the
So Russian Balec feet upon innocent
and peaceable fsbermen was the re-
suit Of extreme Panic and terror,
some onciaIs caunot refrain from
calling attentfon to the fact that this
latter ol1trage IS in line with the pol
ICY WhichSRuss "a has pursued through
out this war, that Of utter lndiffer-
ence apd5reck Hess disregard of the
ghtsE Of neutral% %nations.sgN No outrage
itherto perpecrated has been SO ex-
IRENE: as 8th5s,@but merchana men OF
Great britain, Of Germany and of the
Unlted States have been halted on
hi ghS Sseass and their cargoes
hauled before F0ssian Adnliralty courts
Josdetermine hat had seemed to he
IS heiraoby1 y1ous f3ghts- Until Secretary
Hays circular aote and protest upon
subject the government of the
GzarSWas incl5ned to make almost ev-
Sssery known conmodity which by the
ostsindlr rect route# could ever reach
Japan, contrapand OF war, aud liable
Ito Sseizure. Forced to recede from
this ftion this latest. i::cident:
she appearedInot yet 10 be ready to
Nations Sgof5stbee world would have
sagreed
Z France aopes has ESCAPED these at
lacks ard is5excep eptionF IN view. Of
tudeSSas the establi shed ally
offF FsIssi las ssiYer bi e@gug-
nat passib1s ussia has "a
olive behind her lola ion Of inter
national law N tb 8 numanities. It
sisSb BELIEVED that sh IS ttiring OF
ssthesW war, but s55nce It &; one waged
$against#t 9eakef powers and one that
has certain fanatical lelemen1# in it, a
hight ofS soecalled Christian Nation
against a so-called heather one, she
$cannot retire from it without extra
ordinary loss prestige both at horne
and abroad:
5sI Eor8sthfsS Sreasoh she would probably
like obscure the issue by involv-
ing other NatIons along side lines. It
lsFfor this thai she Seized Am erican
.aoursSsand SrailRaS iron, opened Amer
lean mail Saestiped@to individuals upon
nSsAmeTcanss arsb1p, and held up
British, Germap and Italian cargoes.
She has intim at@d very strongly that
she not 1Istsn to offers OF media
ton BY neatra1 Bowers, But It is pos.
sibIe that shol11o those same powers,
IN order oSprotect Their citizens and
Which amount practically to
threats Russiay lc01Ild assume that the
whole wor:ld was arrayed against her;
that was no langer a war with Ja-
pan, but one r1ation against the en-,
tire#C Congress OF eiviltzed Nations, and
the odds We're TOO great. nf course
f5stheresi any sech Purpose upon the
partSso Is nssia, she hopes to realize
upon the neace Negotiations of l.
The easmih ton OF the indemnity size
may have opa5 Japan
I'm the Presspt ins stance, It is be- ,
IieVed here tha only prompt apol-
ogysand acknowledgement OF her err
r6rs disavoWal OF the. action of the
Russian dmira proper discipline Of
hose Srespo onsib1e e Tor tie 5,oltrages and
sindenanity to the families
VII. z accepted by the
British governpsnt in the eSculna- :
ion of%thes act.
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