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Show HE TESTED THEIR NERVES. Why Admiral Fisher Sent His Fleet to Sea, LONDON, Nov. 3. Somo of the morning morn-ing newspapers consider the fact that Russia was not represented at the Coro-onor's Coro-onor's Inquest at Hull yesterday as a virtual vir-tual admission of her ability to contro vert 1110 flDncrmcn s plain, unvarnished atory of the North sea affair. The suggested sug-gested composition -of tho International commission is accepted by tho newspapers as satisfactory and as likely to Insure tho matter being thoroughly Investigated It is announced from Gibraltar that the experimental land and aea mobilization Is now concluded According to a story published In tho Chronicle this alarming experiment was tho outcomo of now Ideas which Admiral Sir John Fisher has taken to tho admiralty. His contention Is that the vessels In tlmo of peace aro much lesn valuablo than "whon war is In tho air " Accordingly the Chroniclo Bays ho seized upon tho Incidents of Tuesday as a psychollglcal opportunltv to test the nerves as well as the skill and cfficloncv of tho forces. It Is reported that the channel. Medlt-teranean Medlt-teranean and East Indian squadrons have received Instructions to shadow Admiral RoJestvensky's fleet throughout Its progress. Admiral Rojestvenskv is ex-pectod ex-pectod to arrlvo at Tangier this morning. A British man-of war Ib busllv coaling, preparing to watch tho Baltic squadron The Dally Mall. In a lottcr from Hakodate, Hako-date, describes Japanese schooners as returning re-turning with valuable cargoes of furs, the result of raiding tho Russian fishing station sta-tion at Kamchatka and Commander and other Island rookeries. There had been fierce fighting with tho Russians and many were killed on both sides. In one case, after a ficht lasting thrco days, tho Russians captured three Japanese vessels killing half their crews and taking the remainder prisoners. |