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Show HONOR OF IVI HAS BEMTISFIED Summary Punishment Inflicted Upon Leaders Who Jfoaxed NayaJ Officers. Special Cable to Tho Tribune. LONDON, May 7. Tho officers of the Dreadnought who wore hoaxed by the sham Abyssinian princes, havo inflicted summary punishment upon tho ringleaders. ring-leaders. From the moment when they became awaro that a practical Joko had been played on thorn the officers leagued themselves together, and. after diligent Inquiries, the addresses of the "princes" wore obtained, and a command, not in any senso royal, was forwarded to each of them, explaining that his preHonco In London vnia desired. At the same time, it was hintod that if the command was not obeyed tlie writers of the letter let-ter might find it convenient to visit them. Three of the "AbyaBlnlans"' obeyed the written request. One was seriously 111 in bed, while the "Indy prlnco" was absolved ab-solved from the Invitation. At the time he reoolved the invitation, one of the "princes" was staying In the country nnd was compelled to leave a house party in order to obey the summons. sum-mons. His instructions were to call at tho residence of Admiral Sir "William May and offer a full apology for tho Insult to the flagship. Ho proceeded straight to tho house, but after being- kept -waiting on tho doorstep fully twenty minutes, received re-ceived a curt messages from the commander-in-chief that lUs presence was not desired. The other two "princes' who wore the Instigators of tho hoax were dealt with less leniently. Tour naval officers havo a more violent way of administering justice jus-tice than admirals. They Invited one of the "princes" to meet them in a certain house in London, and administered six strokes with a cane. Tho second of the two "princes" met with a similar pun-Ishmont pun-Ishmont on the following Sunday afternoon. after-noon. Like his fellow "prlnco," ho also submitted to tho castigation with lamblike lamb-like docility. Tho officers of tho Dreadnought Dread-nought now feel that the honor of tho navy is satisfied. |