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Show LONDON PRESS BELLICOSE. Daily Mail Speaks Editorially of "War Threatening. LONDON, Oct. 27. Tho tone of comparative com-parative moderation and calmness hitherto hith-erto shown by the press of London Is observed ob-served to be yielding to quo of nn outspoken out-spoken bellicose nature. Tho Dally Mail editorially speaks of war threatening and gives In scare headlines, "Ultimatum to Russia Expires This Afternoon." Without With-out going to these lengths, nearly all tho papers aro discussing tho possibility of war should tho war party In St. Petersburg Peters-burg bc able to lnflucnco the Emporor and Government Into a determination to shield the officers of tho Baltic squadron. squad-ron. Menace to All Vessels. The uvtfflclal explanation of Admiral Rojostvcnsky telegraphed from Vigo Is stigmatized by the Morning PoBt and other papers as apparently that of a lunatic, luna-tic, whoso continuance In a position of responsibility Is a menace to every vessel that navigates the seas. Government Is Serious. Tho Dally Telegraph, representing the Government view, says: "Thoro Is no doubt whatever of the Government's seriousness. se-riousness. No responsible Minister would order a fleet athwart tho path of vessels of a foreign power without recognizing recog-nizing the responsibility of such a gravo Btep. Yct this ls what his majesty's Government has dono with Its oj cs wide open. Correspondents Bellico'se. An equally bellicose tone characterizes the British correspondents' dispatches from St. Petersburg, which openly Impute tho Russian delay to the belief that Great Britain ls determined to risk war and express ex-press tho conviction that the Russian Government Is determined not to punish tho offending officers Comment Is Severe. Madrid dispatches comment severely upon the attempt of the Russians at Vigo to defy the Spanish Government by the pretenses that their vessels have been damaged by proceeding to coal from Gorman vessels, and also on Admiral Ro-Jcstvcnsky's Ro-Jcstvcnsky's alleged. explanation that firing on an approaching vessel was necessary neces-sary for tho protection of his squadron. Lord Rosebcry. In sending a check for $500 for the sufferers, describes tho North sea affair as an "unspeakable outrage." Steamer Is Sunk. Tho Morning Post3 Copenhagen correspondent cor-respondent gives a report that the captain cap-tain of a British steamer, after passing tho Baltic squadron Friday evening In the North sea, saw two miles away a two-funnoled steamer In distress, which apparently sank before ho was able to reach her It ls suggested that the steamer had been attacked by the Baltic squadron. |