The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-07-21

many years and who openly deptoied
the haste win which they thought
Great Britain had plunged into the
TrausvaaI war. tonight frankly de-
clared for q policy of reprisal against
what is regarded as Russia violations
Of treaty and her piratical attack on
British commerce.
Papers All For War.
The warlike tone Of such papers as
the Times. the Standard, the Morning
Post and the Daily Telegraph, which in
national crises hitherto almost in
variabIy have advised caution. has had
its inevitable effect There has been
stirred uo a storm OF Indignation
among all classes in the United King
dom. the strength Of which the govern
ment Itself can scarcely gauge. Those
who deplored the outbreak OF the war
betU cen Japan and Russia and insisted
publicly and privately that Great Brit
ain. crippled financially after her South
African experiences. must not. at all
costs. be drawn into the far eastern
struggle. are among the most outspoken
champions OF @ physical force that viii
prevent repetition of the Malacca
incident in the Red sea.
Officials Dismayed.
Those few officials at the foreign Of
fee who are in full possession Of all
details of Great Britain's desire TO ar
rive at an entente with Russia are in
despair They realize that the policy
so carefully fostered by King Edward
and Foreign Minister LansdOwne viii
. now be Indignantly Tepudiated by all
parties in the house Of commons and
. involve with the public the downfall of
/ any ministry advocating it. Every
nerve viii be strained, however. by the
foreign Office to secure from Russia
an explanation that viii pacify the ag-
srfeved feelings Of the British public,
and no step viii be taken officially that
viii tend to prejudice subsequent diplO-
matte negotiations looking to the set
! Element Of all important questions now
outstanding between Russia and Great
Britain.
Incident Regretted
However there is expressed at the
foreign Office and elsewhere almost
poignant regret that Russia. rightly or
wrongly. should have taken Up the po-
sitiOn eVinced by the action of her vol
f unteer cruisers in the Red sea.
Lord Lansdowne's policy. since the
/ first whisper Of war between Japan and
Russia reached Downing street. has
been one of consistent neutrality. When
the outbreak came il was matter for
no little congratuiation. as frequently
pointed out il these disps tches. that
Great Britain had kent herself free
from all entangIements. thanks chiefly
20 the hUrTyiug on of the Anglo-F French
entente. on the strength CT which the
diplomats Of both nations concerned
believed they would be able TO be de-
tached spectators Of the struggle in the
far east.
The unlooked-f for developments in the
10 hon
rasS Lord LaDsdOTne more than the
circumstances themselves would indi-
cate The government. weakened by
internal discussions. could scarcely
stand for a day against a demand for
reprisals against Russia. and this very
danger IS being assiduously fostered by
leading government newspap ers-
Crisis For BaIfour.
The news that there may be an am
icable adjustment of the difficulties. as
tho result of an Interview between En-
peror Nicholas and Count Lamsdorfr.
given in the Associated Press dispatch
from St Petersburg. Is not Yet known
10 the British public and press. IF such
an adjustment eventuates # viii let
Premier BalfOuT's Government out of
one Of the most awkward and most Sc
rious crises il has had to face in its
n
y be several months before the Brit
ish public can forget what has been de-
scribed as tho moss bumiliating Incl
dent in British history since the Dutch
VIGOROUSLY entered the Thames.
Special dispatches from Malta give
a farming accounts of the hurried de-
parture fyem that port of the British
cruiser ard torpedo squadrons. As
these movements were publicly an
nounced before the seizure OF the Ma
lacca. their significance does not SAVIOR
Of tie sensational. though their pres
e'lce at Suez or therea bouts may even
tually have 10 little bearing on the sit
uation.
Midshipman in Charge.
According TO a Daily Mail dispatch
from Port Said. IKE Aialacca is in
charge of Russian midshipman. an
announcement which gives r-se 20
much British naval "reminiscences.
many British admiralS having helped
Z TO precip.tate serious conflicts before
they were admitted to the .wsrdroom.
The same dispatch declares that the
Union Jack WAS torn down by the
russian prize crew although the Rus
slams treated the passengers and crew
Of the Malacca with every courtesy.
The captain of the Nalacca asserts
that the capture was made within the
1 three mile limit
( Coal Was Refused.
The midshipman commanding this
prize. when has set Europe BY the
ears and almost threatens consequences
3 more serious than actual war in the
: far easL. ordered 400 tons OF coal at
+ Port said. but the officials refused 10
! supply the coal on the ground that the
I vessel had supply sufficiently ample
1 TO take her 10 the Black sea.
: The Daily Mail says ii understands
/ that the London officials OF the Pen
I insufar & Oriental Steamship company
! refused 10 take a cargo of horseshoe
nails and aluminium cooking utensils
for the Japanese army by the Malaces,
and that these Weres subsequently
! taken by q German steamer which al
ready safely passed through the Red
sea flying the Korean fiag. as this
was found 10 give protection.
Lsnsdowne's Firmness.
Lord Lausdowne." says the Daily
Telegraph. voicing the views of the
government. has faced tie situation
created by the abuse Of the right Of
search in the only manner worthy Of
/ British minister compelled TO de-
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