Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-10-28
All Danger of AngIo-Rus-
sian War is Passed
for Present.
PRINCIPLE is SAVED
Squadron Stays at Vigo and
Officers Will be Detained
for Examination.

LONDON, OCT. o. THE AS
socIATEo PRESS is AUTHOR
IzED TO STATE THAT A SAT-
IsFAcToRY SETTLEMENT OF
THE ANGLo-RUsSIAN DISPUTE
HAS BEEN REACHED. SEVERAL
FORMALITIES REMAIN TO BE AR
RANGED BUT THE PROPOSAL TO
REFER THE MATTER TO A COURT
OF INQUIRY HAS BEEN ACCEPT
ED.
The entire dispute was ended when
Ambassador Benckendorff saw Lord
Lansdowne after the cabinet meeting.
Final inquiry will be held at The
Hague under the rules of The Hague
convention. The appointment of arbi
traitors will be discussed tomorrow be-
tween Benckendorft and Lansdowne.
The only detail which remains to be
arranged is the permission of Spain
for a portion of the Russian squadron
concerned in the North sea incident to
remain at Vigo until the inquiry is
completed. This can no doubt be OBJ
tanned. The remainder of the Russian
squadron is expected to proceed to its
destination.
CABINET MEETS.
London, Oct. 28.-The cabinet to-
day considered the Russian proposition
to submit the question of individual
responsibility to a commission.
The constitution of the commission
is not yet determined upon but Rus
sia has expressed a willingness to de-
tach the comm ander of the second Pa
cific squadron, and such other indivId-
ual officers as may be found to have
been directly concerned in the firing
for examination by the comm ssion.
MINISTER'S ARE PLEASED.
When the meeting broke up the
ministers were laughing and chatting,
being apparently in happy frame of
mind thug confirming the belief that
the crisis is in a fair way to be dissi-
pated.
Admiralty orders have reached
Portsmouth to stop the leaves of all
officers and men and directing the tor
pedo destroyer fIotiIIa to be kept in
readiness to proceed whenever order
ed.
Hague PInn Adequate.
II is suggest Il the articles of the
convention concluded at The Hague
furnish good and satisfactory basis
for the contemplated procedure. Bal
four will thus be enabled to tell his
audience tonight that a practical set
tlemeut of the dispute which but for
this solution would have led 10 a clash
between the British channel squadron
nd ha
ron which must have plunged the two
countries into war.
HInted Squadron Would Re stopped.
How near was the rupture is evil
denced by the fact that Great Britain
went To the length of conveying Il
strong hint To Russia that unless sat
isfactiOn was given. ensuring adequate
inquiry and the punishment of any one
found guilty. the Russian squadron
would not be allowed To proceed be
yond Tangier.
Even this morning in dispatching
cruisers from Gibraltar Admiral
Beresford is reported to have signalled
them Situation critical. Good lack.
Activity of the French.
Throughout the affair the influence
standing has been a potential element
and Ambassador Cambon. whether act
ing personally or in behalf of the
French government has been indefati
gable in using his close relationship
with both the British government and
in the Russian embassy TO bring about
an honorable settlement.
Rojestvensky interviewed.
London Oct 2S.-The Daily Chron-
icle tomorrow will publish an inter
view with Admiral Rojestvensky al
Vigo today in which the admiral is
quoted as saying that when the vessels
of the Russian squadron found them.
selves surrounded by the fishing feet
the warships had TO stop their engines
continually SO as not to get their
screws entangled n the nets. The
warships frequently gave way 10 the
trawlers. suddenly the cruiser Aurora
saw ahead two torpedo boats coming
towards the squadron a. fun speed
She turned her searchljEht on them
and then noticed two floating mines
close to her.
Ordered IN Fire.
The order to fire on the torpek