The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1904-10-27


for mutual support and co opera ion
were issued as measure OF precauion
from the admiralty to The chanre,, Mel
i.erraEean and home fleets"
London. Oct. 26.-So slr :. attitude #
the government meets with the approval
of The pubic who are g ca ly gratiiod
with the instructions of he ad ii al y
for co o.e alton bet cen the NJ d'ter-
ranean. chanrel and home sqead o7s.
Should nesessi Y arse. The home feef.
consisting of nine ba tleships and tree
cruisers which has been Stationed at
Cromarty. left Tuesday night for thr
south. 10 be in readiress for any neces-
sary concentration. All lelyes Rave be n
stopped In the navy. and. in the unlike y
event of the situation becom so G
riors as to reed it. very strorg navai
force could quickly be coacenti cd.
That a rossibIit of danger us devsl
onments Ia ks In the prot action Of the
crisis is seen in the fact that Flu s.a
correspondents of British parers are be-
ginning to send ra.hcr II q NINA o3y q :
patches. For example, the Teleg aprs
St Petersburg CORE spondent this mo n
ing says: "In military circ es among
the less res onsib'e officers ard in na.
rire circles OF almost all grades the con-
v.ction prevails that scorer or later war
with Englard is iaevitab.c, und III I he
present moment IS as auspic.cus as any
other"
The S.ardaids MOSCOW crres- o den
also asserts that "the m jorlty of the
Russian people find more or less II :
faction iu the Insult offered to f gland.
dispatch from vlgo received ea- ~
this mornrg makes no men.ioa Of the
arrival there OF he Ral &c sqn dron. bu
re- orts that Britt war ships have been
seen off Lagos. p esumab'y for the pus-
pcse Of watching the SQUAD en-.
London. Oct. 25-The inevit1 hle delays
of diplomatic procedure ap esr to le
tard a complete and satisfac ory set le-
G eat Britain and Russia arising from
the der ior,. bic North Sea affli Isl &
Edward has received from Empe or
Nicholas himself cab'cgram exp
irg tie deepest reg.e ard a prac al
ackncw wledgment that G.eat Brl. a ms
peremptoIy no.e WI meet wi h ale ly
conecdirg every dcmard for a. oiogy for
the act of aggress ssion against TIE Brit
ish flag. comIe sltion for the suf G e
and punishment of the cfn ers resp nsi
be for what is everywhere coaceGed TO
have been gigantic b,unSe9. ard TIE
Russian Emb ssa dor to the Court of ST.
James has expresEe ed TO Fo. e gn Min.sto:
IansdowEe his sorrow and sympa:ny.
Th,ce developments. which oaIe late
In The day. have allayed to some ex-
tent the deep resentment in the luol
mind. and a statement Issued by the ad-
misa atty that steps lad been ,aken fl
and Mediterranean fleets apIeAsed he
people.
The report CT Thomas Carr, the AZ
miral" of tie flshr feet. datel from the
North sea-, Il picturesq touch,
plain sailors yam of the occurrence,
which was handed to Fo. gl Mini-ter
I.ansdown ton ght.
The report IS dated T e Nor h Sc
October I'D" a.d is as follows:
I'VE we've Lshing in hitude 55:s
ncit tn and longi u. cast, the ti-h- OF
October 1st. Al go +. NJ. large feet
of men of-war sqluEg up on our lee
bow, the WIND being about scu h so h
east. One squadron passed by ous lie
side. The remainder. consist II u
battleships. seamed J 81 across "a hatd
throwing searchlghts over cus feet. As
soon as they got to windward they be-
gan firing on us, their fro.e ties hy.ns
all around and across our decks for IA
full quarter of an hour some Of the
shots passing under the maiasails 50
unpleasantly rear the men who were gut
tirg fsh in the POUND that they clea ed
out down below. cne shot passing right
between them. | vefy much regret to
say that others in the fleet were not so
fortunate as US in escaping unhurt. The
Crane was sunk. her skipper and third
hand were killed, and all ihe rest of tie
crew were wounded with the except II
OF the cook. The SIX p. e. of the Gull. 1;
was. who. being hailed by the Crane.