Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1904-07-25

London. July 21.-The Associated
Press last night interviewed many
prominent persons connected with and
in close touch with the government
relative to the seizure of British yes
sells by the steamers of the Russian
volunteer fleet in the Red sea. AS a
result of these inquiries there is
shown to be a remarkably hostile feel
ing against Russia, of strength and
bitterness almost without precedent
since the Crimean war. Even the
most conservative, who have been in
the service of the government many
years and who openly deplOre the
haste with which they thought Great
Britain plunged into the transaal war,
last night frankly declared for policy
of reprisal against what is regarded
here as a Russian violation of treaties
and her piratical attack on British
commerce.
The warlike tone of such papers as
the Times, Standard, Post and Tele-
graph which in times of national
crisis hitherto almost invariably adj
vised caution, has had its inevitable
effect. There has been stirred up a
storm of indignation among all
classes. the strength of which the gov
eminent itself can scarcely gUage.
Those who deplored the outbreak OF
the war between Japan and Russia
and insisted publicly and privately
that Great Britain. crippled financial
ly after her south African experiences,
must not at all costs be drawn into
the far-eastern struggle are now
amongst the most outspoken cham
pions of physical force that will pre-
vent repetition of the Malacca Incl
dent.
Officials in Despair.
Those few officials at the foreign
office who are in full possession of all
the details of Great Britain's desire
to arrive at an entente with Russia,
are in despair. They realize that the
policy so carefully fostered By King
Edward and Lord Lansdowne would
now be Indignantly repudiated by all
parties in the house of commons and
involve the public downfall of any
ministry advocating it. Every nerve
will be strained, however, by the for
eign Office to secure from Russia an
explanation that will pacify the Brit
ish public and no step will b. taken
officially that will tend to prejudice
subsequent diplomatic negotiations
looking to the settlement of all the
important questions now outstanding
between Russia and Great Britain.
Alarming News Received.
Special dispatches from Malta give
alarmist accounts of the hurried de-
parture of the British cruiser and
torpedo squadrons. As these move
ments were publicly announced before
the seizure of the Malacca, their sig
nificance does not SAVIOR of the sensa-
tional, though their presence at Suez
or thereabouts may eventually have
no little bearing on the situation.
According TO the Nails dispatch
/ from Port Said. the Malacca is in
charge of a Russian midshipman
| The same dispatch declares that the
union jack was torn down by the Rus
sian prize crew. The captain of the
Malacca asserts that the capture was
made within the three-mile limit.
Ships Cannot Disguise.
The Telegraph approves the course
adopted by Lord LansdOwne and de
clares that if the Russian volunteer
feet passed the Dardanelles as mer
chant vessels they cannot be allowed
I to scour the Red sea as warships. The
. Telegraph declares. after pointing Out