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Show RUSSIAN BLACK SEA FLEET, Rumor That It Will Sail for Far East Is Questioned. ST. PETERSBURG, Oct. 23, 1:45 a. m. Although it is impossible at this hour to secure on authoritatlvo statement regarding regard-ing tho London SL James Gazette's reports re-ports that Russia Intonds sending tho Black soa fleet to tho far East and with that object in vlow is bringing pressure to bear upon tho Porto to secure permission permis-sion to permit the fleet to pass out through tho Dardanelles, It is regarded as a canard In well-informed circles. A small faction fac-tion of tho Admiralty at ono time did favor denanco of tho treaty of Paris, but it was strongly turned down, and when tho subject was bruited at that time tho Associated Press was authoritatively ln-tormed ln-tormed that nothing of the sort was over even seriously contemplated. |