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Show TRYING TO CLEAR IT UP Witte Attaches Little Importance to Rojestvensky's Chaige. LONDON. Jan. 4 The St. Petersburg cm -potio. ni of i he iiil Tel.-graph says he has hud a conversation with Count Witt.- in which tho Premier stated I that the Bmperor and his Ministers alike were astonished at Admiral Rojestven-skv's Rojestven-skv's allegation that thu British Admiral had laid his hl.e at Wel-Hnl-Wel. awult-Ing awult-Ing an order to destroy the Russian fleet In the event that Admiral Togo wus defeated de-feated In the battle of the Sea of Japan. Cunt V. ltte a. ild he w :is taking measures meas-ures to clear up the mat te but, he added, it was self -evident that no Tevel-headed man In Russia would uttach Importance to the allegation which the Minister of Marine, Ma-rine, he suild. had not noticed until It np-1 np-1 1 1 . d In print . |