The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-10-26
ORDERS IRE ISSUED
 ID BRITISH FLEEI Great Britain to be Pre-. pared to Enforce Her Demands on Russia
 for North Sea
 Outrage.
A MEASURE OF PRECAUTION
THE WHOLE NATION VERT FIRM
 BUT CALM.

Channel, Mediterranean and Home
 Fleets Told to Get in Position for
 Mutual Support and Co-Operation--
 Admiral of the Fishing Fleet Sends
 Report-AbsoIuteIy No Reason for Attack-No Explanation Yet offered
 Extremely Busy Day in Diplomatic
 Circles-The Czar's Regrets.
 London, Oct. 25.-The inevitable de- lays of diplomatic procedure appear to retard complete and satisfactory set clement of the acute differences be-. tween Great Britain and Russia aris- ing from the deplorable North Sea ar fair King Edward has received from Emperor Nicholas himself a cablegram expressing the deepest regret and practical acknowledgment that Great Britain's peremptory note will meet with reply conceding every demand for apology for the act of aggression against the British flag, compensation for sufferers and punishment of the of ficers responsible for what is every where conceded to have. been a gigantic blunder, and the Russian ambassador to the Court of St. James has expressed to Foreign Minister Lansdowne his sor- row and sympathy. These develop- ments, which came late in the day, have ,allayed to some extent the deep resentment in the public mind and the admiralty tonight gave evidence of it's appreciation Of the necessity of proving that it is prepared actively to support the position of the people of Great Brit ain and fulfill the expectations of the world when it issued the following statement:
 aOn receipt on October "A of the news of the North Sea tragedy preliminary orders for mutual support and co-oper- # ation were issued, as measure of pre- caution, from the admiralty to the Channel, Mediterranean and Home E fleets, "
 The day has been one of the busiest in recent years in diplomatic circles here. The Russian ambassador, who only reached London shortly before midnight Monday, was an early caller at sLansdowne house and had long interview with Lord Lansdowne, after which the foreign minister drove to Downing street and conferred with Pre- mier Balfour and others, and for the rest of the day was occupied with a mass of matters pertaining to the af-s fair Almost momentarily the public expected some definite announcement of an official nature, but late this even ing the foreign office announced that no further statement would be issued to- night. It is understood that this is be- cause it is considered that it would be unwise, in the present state of public feeling, to make any intermediate proc lamations concerning diplomatic pro- ceedings in view of Great Britain's an- nouncement to Russia that the matter would not brook delay.
 Count Benkendorff, the Russian ans bassador, was occupied until late to- night at the embassy with a mass of cipher dispatches, and it was announc- l ed at the embassy that it would be physically impossible to prepare for ! nal reply in such a short time.
 @ While Great Britain is stirred to it's depths, there has not been the slightest evidence of Q repetition of the rowdy- ism of last night, which is condemned 4 on all sides The suggestion that Am bassador Benkendorff's visit to Eans- downe house instead of to Downing 4 street was due to fears of mob violence is Indignantly denied at the foreign of < fee and at the embassy. In fact, there was not the slightest sign of any gnth- ering of hostile crowd at the foreign 4 office, although the police precautions were most thorough. Count Benken- dorn himself referred to the incident of N last night as trivial and did not appear to consider it worth notice. Popular appreciation of the situation, however, was evidenced when King Edward ap- peared in public to-day. He was greet ed with more than usual enthusiasm on account of the decided tone of his ! telegram to the mayor of Hull on Mon day.
 The speeches of members of the cab Y met and of the house of commons to- day in different parts of the country voice the sentiment of Great Britain. and the spirit in which the utterances were met shows that for the moment party differences have been laid aside and that the country is solidly behind the government, Lord Selborne, at the < Pilgrims banquet tonight, denounced the Dogger bank affair in the most out spoken terms yet heard from member of the cabinet, as an ''inexcusable out rage'' and "a terrible blunder wMch would be impossible in either the Brit ish or the American navy" Colonial Secretary Lyttelton, too, in another place, spoke in plain terms, saying that 1t was impossible to view the affair as