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Show RUSSIA MUST I count) TIME I Britons Boiling With II Tension Over North Sea !w Tragedy !s Hourly In- creasing. If II Only Short Time Will Be Given fifij 'j,, Russia to Give Final fSil LONDON. Oct. 27. At 3 o'clock this l morning there is no sign as to when 1 1 Admiral Rojcstvcnsky's report will be ff made public; but If unofficial reports I 2 should turn out to reflect the Admiral's If 1 ofllclal report It Is evident the Russian in' officers made an extraordinary KMI . blunder in-mistaking trawlers for tor- n , pedo boats, and fired on their phantom j foes. This astonishing explanation Is ffi regarded here as not fitting with the j state of panic as suggested having pre- II ! vailed with the officers of the Baltic If fleet; and in that case, it is suggested, IB the Russian Government should find no IC difficulty Jn removing or otherwise wm punishing the officers responsible. The ajj nowspapers this morning evince more 2f heat and Impatience than heretofore at fijli Russia's delay, which is considered ab- fls solutely Indefensible in the present clr- ill cumstonces, Tension Increases, mi Tension Increases as tlmo passes with- 'Ma out a definite sottlomont of tho situation flfl created by the Russian blunder in thu ml North sea. Embassador Benckcndorff's W tcntatlvo communication to Foreign Mln- Ttmt Ister LanBdowne today and the fact that this was regurded as unsatisfactory only wl served to Inflame tho public mind, and whilo official circles aro giving out lntl- MS matlons that It is their confldont bellof MP that tho whole matter will be satlsfac- Ifflf torlly arr.uigel, it Is now quite evident Mi that only a short time will bo allowed S Russia In which to give final and com- ffll pleto assurances of her Intentions to com- mi ply with any and all demands Great Brit- Ml aln may mako within reason. I Must Have Quick Answer. II Tho arrival of Admiral RoJestvensky at If Vigo, and tho certainty that he Is In dl- ma rect communication with his Government 111 removes at onco tho possibility of any do- g bC lay on account of the Innbllliy of Russia all to set her side of tho occurrences on tlu KQ1 night of October 21 With this ofllclal MBI version between tho Russian Government III together with tho official statement of tho 111 members of tho Ashing fleet. It ls unlikely III fhiit tho British nubile or tho British Gov- Mil crnmont will allow another twenty-four MJ hours to pass qulotly without receiving a RKf satisfactory reply to tho noto, which de- mn mandetr a quick answer. BH Admiralty Not Idle. WM Meanwhile the Admiralty ls not Idle- ttfl Reports from all naval stations show that HI a tremendous stato of activity exists. M This Is especially true of Gibraltar, from am which place It Is announced that some of 8H the best of Great Britain's war vessels Wm are under orders to proceed In the dlrec- Ml tlon of the Russian Baltic squadron and gS that all tho ships of the British channel fleet are ready to go to sea at a moment p notice. IS Friday Is the" Limit. Iff Hitherto there has been no indication IK that a time limit had been set by Great l Britain for Russia's reply to her demands, mm, but tho fact that three battleships and HI threo crulsors aro under orders for lh )J morning of October 23, Is construed n somo quarters to mean that Great Britain will not wait longer than that date before H unleashing her sea dogs, while It Is alBO M evident that the Russian cruisers and H, smaller boats of the Baltic squadron may find difficulty In passing the gateway to ill tho East unless the crisis Is completely n over by tho tlmo they roach the entrance Ug to tho Mediterranean. Djjfj Formal Writing Not Demanded. Ell Information bus reached the Associated jwi Press from an authoritative Fourco that MB puts a brighter light upon the situation. WL It Is understood that practically every- BK thing has been decided upon to the satis- HH faction of Count Lamsdorff. the Russian forolgn Minister, except tho question of H the punishment of tho offending officers HJ of tho Baltic squadron. It Is further HM understood that Groat Britain ls not dc- Hit mandlng final and formal written under- takings beforo announcing that she is sat- ! lulled, but that an undertaking In general mm terms on the part of Russia will be ac- HH cepted as sufficient guarantee for an or- Uj flclal announcement that the crisis has M passed. Confldent Is -n, H Colonial Secretary Lyttloton. speaking at BJ Leamington tonight, said ho had no fur- U ther Information to disclose, but that M mm had no doubt Russia would mako full mm reparation and punish the offenders. All H the public utterances of Ministers nnd In- H tluentlal men reflect the gravity of too W crisis, but also the confidence that Russia MM will glvo the required satisfaction. Bnlfour to Speak. lip Premier Balfour will mako a speech at M Southampton on Friday, which Is awaited W with lntenso Interest. Lord Selborne, first Jjf lord of tho Admiralty, loft London lat tonight for Portsmouth to glvo his per- mm sonal attention to naval preparations |