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Show LONDON PRESS CONTENT. Say Russian Admiral's Story Is Easily Easi-ly Disproved. LONDON. Oct. 29. Profound satisfaction satisfac-tion over thc fact that an arrangement has been reached and the entire certainty certain-ty that the result of tho commission of inquiry will be to discredit Vice-Admiral Rojestven-sky's statements nnent the presence of torpedo boats among the North sea fishing lleet marks the comments com-ments of London afternoon newspapers almost universally. The Admiral's story, it is pointed out, has the great advantage that U is, capable of precise proof or disproof. "The Ruoaian Admiral can only make good his cose by producing the vessel whose presence he alleges waa among the trawlers," says the "Westminster Gazette. This feeling that the British contention will bo upheld pervades all classes and disposes the public to calmly calm-ly await the verdict. The composition of the International commission ls the immediate subject of communication passing between St. Petersburg and London. It has been suggested that it shall be comprised of five Admirals, French, Russian and En-llsh, En-llsh, and two from smaller .powers?, pos-albly pos-albly Denmark and Holland, to be named by their respective governments. Nothing yet, however, has definitely been decided. No American member has been suggested, though there might be an opening therefor in the proposal that one law Jurist from a neutral power shall be included in the commission. |