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Show Deplorable SeaTragedy 'l Not Settled. il Delays of Diplomatic -Pro- ill cedure One of the tI Causes. , hH Resentment in Minds of Britons at , Alleged Gigantic Blunder Is ' jji ll JH Somewhat Allayed. 6 .H LONDON, Oct 25. The Inovltable de- ' lays of diplomatic procedure appear to j ' retard a completo and satisfactory set- 'M tloment of tho acuto differences between !; ; Great Britain and Russia arising from ;.H tho deplorable North sea affair. King ) 'M Edward lias received from Emperor Nich- i olas hlmsolf a cablegram expressing tho , deepest regret and a practical acknowl- H ' edgement that Great Britain's peremptory noto will moot with a reply conceding ijH every demand for apology for .the act VH of aggression against tho British flag. I componpation for sufferers and punish- ment of tho officers responsible for what Is evcrywhore conceded to havo beon a ' j gigantic blunder, and the Russian Em- ' I bassador to tho court of St James has ? jH expressed to Forolgn Minister Lansdowno ' hlB sorrow and sympathy. i J i 'M Allay Presentment These developments, which carao late ': ' 'H In tho day, havo allayed to somo extent the deep resentment In tho public mind. I.H and tho Admiralty tonight gavo evidence ! of Its appreciation the necessity of ':H proving that it is prepared actively to ' j support the position of the people of Great Britain and fulfill; tho oxpcctatlon 'H of the world, when it issued tho follow- '1 Ing statement: Statement of Admiralty. "On receipt on October 21 of tho news 1 of tho North sea tragedy, preliminary orders for mutual support and co-opera- ;t " 'B tlon wero issued as a measuro of pre- y ll caution from tho Admiralty to tho Chan- ! 'H neU Mediterranean and Home fleets." t ' :fll Diplomats' Busy All Day. ' 'H Tho day has been ono of tho busiest '. ! in recent years In diplomatic circles hero. V , iM Thc Russlnn Embassador, who onlv J ' iH reached London shortly before midnight j , Monday, waa an early caller at Lansdowno i f 'H house and had a long interview with h j Lord Lansdownc, after which tho For- if elgn Minister drovo to Downing street ( ' and conforrcd with, Premier Balfour and Ij ' ' H othera. and for tho rest of the day was occupied with a mass of matters pertain- ' Ing to tho affair. No Statement Beady. h. M Almost momentarily tho public ex- 1 i peeled somo dcflnlto announcement of an i i 'H official nature, but lata this evening tho . .H Forelcn offlco announced that no fur- ther statement would bo Issued tonight. ! i H It Is understood that this 1b becauso It ' Is considered that it would be unwise. In 1 HH tho present stato of public feeling, to jH mako any Intermediate proclamations I concerning dlplomatlo proceedings, In , f view of Great Britain's announcement tn ( !H Russia that tho matter would not brook . J delay. ' Prussian. Embassy Busy. i I Count Bcnckendorff. tho Russian Em- - j bassador, was occupied until la to tonight i , at tho Embassy with a mass of cipher ' 1 dispatches, and It was announced at the , 'H Embassy that It would bo physically Im- ' possible to proparo a formal reply In such ijH a short tlmo. I HH No Repetition of Rowdyism. if 11 Whllo Great Britain Is stirred to It l HH dopths thero has not boon the slightest i HH evldonco of a repetition of tho rowdyism . of last night, vhlch Is condemned on t J nil sides. Tho nuggostlon that Embassa- jj j dor Benckondorffs visit to Lansdownu , I houso instead of to Downing street, wax I duo to fear of mob violence, is Indignant- ' j lv denied at tho Foreign office and at I J tho EmhasBy. In fact, thoro was not tho r. lH slightest sign of any gathorlng- of a hoB- tllo orowd at tho Foreign office, al- IH though tho police precautions wero most ilH thorough Count Bonckondorff, hlmsolf. i ; reforred to tho incident of last night an 4 j. trivial, and did not appear to consider ; f Ul i it worth noticing. 'f ll King Edward's- Course. Approved. ll Popular appreciation of tho situation. . howover, was evidenced when King Ed- , , "jiH ward appeared In public today. Ho was y ''H greeted with moro than usual enthusl- ; asm on account of tho decided tone of l iH Mb telegram to tho Mayor of Hull on , 'H Monday. .' Party Differences Forgotten. Ill Tho speeches of members of the Cabl- j- rH net and of tho Houeo of Commons today '. in different parts of the country voice 't hH tho sontlmont of Great Britain, and tho .lH spirit In which the utterancci wero met f.t shows that for tho moment party differ- S iH onccs havo beon laid asldo and that tho ' jjjH country Is solidly behind tho Govern- ' j mcnt j V'l'iH Selborne Is Outspoken. , , Lord Solborno at tho Pilgrims' banquet , tonight denounced tho Dogger bank af- i , 1 fal" In tho most outspoken terms yot j t-H heard from a member of tho Cabinet, ns . an "Inoxcusablo outrage." and "a torrl- , (l" bio blunder, which would bo Impossible In olther the British or tho Amorlcan t I1 Plain Language Used. !f. j, Colonial Secrotary Lyttloton, too. in ": 'l! VA1 anothor placo, spoko In plain torms, say- y j BBVJ lng that It was Impossible to view tho jfl affair as othor than tho result of mur- f U derous Intention or wicked negligcnco. ( 'j'. pBVJ Inquest Over Victims. s ' , The post mortem examination of tho ''''Yl bodies of tho victims of the Dogger bank ' . Xlr was held today-at Hull. Tho pro- U R ceodlngs wero purely formal, and no of- ,)! ficlal announcement was mado. but It is BV stated positively that both -of tho dead ( men bore wounds inflicted both by ma- i.hljffl chlno guns and a larger aholl. jt |