The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-07-22
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/, ONDON, July 22-The authoritative
assurances that the Malacea viii
be released. oabled by the Associ-
ated Press from St Petersburg TO the
/ United States, do not appear in the
British morning papers Special dis
patches to a somewhat similar effect
/ from St Petersburg do not allay the
alamist views of the leading organs
{ who construe Premier Balfour's post
midnight announcement that the gov
eminent had received no confirmation
Of the reported release of the Malacca
+ to mean that the incident remains IN
! settled.
Another cause for great apprehension
! IS the broader question of Russia's
right to send vessels Of her volunteer
fleet through the Dardanelles. A stTik-
/ ing evidence that the danger of the
situation has not been mitigated in the
/ least, so far as British official and pub
/ lie opinion is entertained, is afforded
( by the Daily Telegraph, which under,
large heading, An Acute Affair"
/ declares that relations between Great
/ Britain and Russia have reached the
state of an acute crisis, but behind fne
I incident of the AIalacca is the far Iarg-
! er question of the status Of the So
called volunteer fleet.
Cannot be Recognized,
1T has, we believe, been made clear
} TO the cars government that the
Transformation of merchant vessels
/ passing through the DaTdanelleS into
armed cruisers cannot be recognized
under any pretext whatever as justi-
flying Russia's interference with Brit
4 * fc NJ
/ as a concession TO Russian dignity the
I government may offer to permit the
Malacca to put into some neutral port
) where her cargo may be examined and
The statement verified that whatever
} munitions she carried were intended
for the use of the British China squad
ron"
In its editorial article the Daily Tel
egraph becomes even more alarmistic
declaring that upon Russia's response
to Lord LansdOWne the issues of peace
or war are staked.T Continuing, the
( Daily Telegraph says that only in the
event that Russia is preparing to ac-
ceDt the British conditions on the
I larger issue would be to the govern
ment as "sOp TO Russian dignity"
/ permit the Malacca to be taken 10
neutral port.
The Main Question
The main question TO be settled be-
tween the Russian and British govern
ment If we are TO maintain even tech
nical relations of friendship, SAYS the
+ Daily Telegraph's> editorial, is the
status of the Russian sO-calIed volun-
! teer feet The point which has been
made clear TO the cars government by
/ Lord LansdOwne is that Great Britain
! viii not permit a lightning change from
[ a merchant vessel TO an armed cruiser
| In other words, if the e unehartered
/ hbertines of the Russian navy attempt
10 stop or search British vessels they
viii be called upon to desist. and IL
they refuse to obey the demand they
VIII be fired upon and sunk We fur
ther understand that the Ottoman gov
eminent will take steps to prevent the
passage Of the Janus-faced vessels
through the Dardanelles, and in the
event of their evasion viii notify our
government of their departure. These
! problems are altogether independent
/ OF the war in the far east We are
acting, and shall continue to act not
as the ally of Japan. but as the great
est naval power, protecting the high
ways against the Illicit inroads Of
pirates.
The significance Of such language bv
a paper so much in the confidence OF
/ the government and which has been
strongly in favor of an AngIo-Russian
! entente can scarcely be Overestimated.
Cruisers in Readiness.
The Standard also sees little abate-
ment in the gravity of the crisis as a
result of the statement from St Peters
{ burg that the Malacca viii be released
Our dignity and self-respect," saws
the paper editorially, demand that she
/ be released before she reaches the Bal
TIC. The admiral in command of the
Mediterranean squadron has received
I his Instructions. His cruisers are be-
ing rapidly directed to the proper
points and we presume that if the Ma
l&cca is not voluntarily surrendered
she viii be intercepted before she can
I pass the straits of Gibraltar"
The Daily Mail SAYS there is reason
/ 10 believe that the British garrisons in
/ the Mediterranean sea viii be strength
ened by drafts from the United King
dom, while several vessels will be sert
/ TO the vicinity of the DardaneTes and
/ others to Port Said.
! Admiral Edward Field, retired.
/ speaking at a public banquet last even
/ ing. said he believed that the Russian
! government was trying to drag in both
/ France and Great Britain
DO not let Russia play her game -
said the admiral, but leave the mat
/ ter to the diplomatists. The MaIacca
( incident is safer in the hands of Mr..
8alfour and Lord Lansdowne than IN
/ those Of the naval men,
No Confirmation.
! The Times says if the report that
1 Russia has ordered the release Of the
/ Malacca should prove to be true cit
would be hailed with profound salts
+ faction by British public opinion" but
/ il is clear from Premier BalfOur's
| statement that no confirmation to this
( effect has yet been received at the for
| eign Office.
Dealing with the idea of submitting
the broad question of the passage Of
1 the Dardanelles by volunteer feet yes
| sells TO The Hague tribunal, the Times
/ says
/ This idea is one which We might
/ perhaps entertain provided Of course
| that Russia undertook not Ito allow hr
/ volunteer steamers TO make any fur
! Their seizures pending a decision. but
I the release of the MaIacca is a condi-
ton precedent TO any arrangement Of
/ this kind. Every days DELAY adds to
| the tension, while any repetition of
/ such action would intensity the dif-
/ tieulties in the way of a settlement a
/ hundred fold and might easily make
| 1t no longer practicable