Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1904-11-03
| HIT upon A
WAY TO PEACE
Danger OF Clash Between the
Powers Has Apparently
Been Averted.
THEY WILL GO TO THE HAGUE
Russia and Great Britain to Lay
Their Burdens Upon the Knees of
Justice-Russian Admiral Ordered
10 Hold Squadron at vigo.

St. Petersburg Oct 29.-The North
Sea incident will be settled by an in
ternational commission This is alb
solutely assured. 1t is simply a Ques-
ton now of which government will
have the honor of offering d solution,
the principle of which both have de-
cided upon, the outcome of this ap-
pearing unimportant The British pro.
posal also provided for the repres .nta.
ton Of other powers besides Russia
and Great Britain on the commission.
London, Oct. 29.-Orders have been
issued and acknowledged by Vice-Ad-
miral Rojestvensky that the Russian
squadron remain at Vigo till the con-
clusion of the present Russo-British
negotiations. This eliminates what
was regarded here as one of the most
dangerous features of the situation,
namely the possibility of prema-
ture clash between the British and
Russian squanrOns.
London, Oct. 29.-The Exchange
Telegraph company publishes a dis.
patch from ST. Petersburg saying the
correspondent hears that twenty days
is the period suggested as the time
which shall be allowed for the in
quiry into the North sea incident.
Bremen, Germany, Oct. 29.-The
port authorities have officially re-
ported to the German government the
firing on the German fishing vessel
Sonntag by Russian warships.
London, Oct. 29.-All danger Of war
between Russia and GreG. Britain has
been averted, and the settlement of
the only points in dispute regarding
the attack by the Russian second Pa
cific squadron on British trawlers, &c
tober 81. has been referred to an in.
ternational commission under The
| Hague convention.
Premier Balfour, speaking at meet
| ing Of the national union of conserva'
| tive clubs at Southampton last night,
| broke that silence which had so long
been preserved and had brought the
| people of the United Kingdom to
| condition of almost desperate irrita-
| ton and given rise to misconceptions
which Mr. Balfour last night himself
| exposed. The Russian ambassador,
| said Mr.. BalfOur, has authorized a
| statement to the following effect: The
Russian government on hearing Of the
| North sea incident at once expressed
its profound regret and also promised
most liberal compensation. The gov.
eminent has ordered the detention at
Vigo Of that part of the fleet which
was concerned in the incident, in
order that the naval authorities might
ascertain what officers were respon-
sible for it: that those officers and
any material witnesses would not pro-
coed on the voyage to the far east:
that inquiry would be instituted into
the facts by an international commits
sion as provided by The Hague con-
vention." That. Mr.. BalfOur inter
preted, had nothing to do with arbi-
tratiOn. 1t was the constitution of an
international commission in order to
find out the facts, and any person
found guilty would be tried and pun
ished adequately. The Russian gov
eminent undertook that precautions
would be taken to glari against reoc-
currence of such incidents. Special
instructions on this subject would be
ISSUED.
Preliminary to this court, said Mr.
Balfour, there would be the coroner's
inquest at Hull over the dead fisner-
men, board of trade inquiry, and an
The board of trade inquiry would be
specially constituted by the British
government to include representative
men. The Russian embassy had been
asked to send a representative and
give assistance. Apology and compen-
sation having already been offered
| nothing now remains but to determine
| which account is correct. Rojestven-
| sky's or the trawlers'.
Mr. Balfour plainly said that Thurs
| day evening Russia and Great Britain
seemed to be on the brink of war, and
| yet gave the frankest praise to the at
! titude preserved throughout bv the
emperor and Russian government
While the premier was unable to
praise the pacific attitude of the gov
eminent too highly, he bitterly as
sailed Rojestvensky's report, declaring
that 1t was an insult to Great Britain
as a neutral nation and ridiculed its
| prObahility