Show fXPLAHATION DEMANDED BY BRITISH GOVERNMENT Roje tven ky Charge That tho Brtfr lah l Fleet Was Held In Readlnew to Sink Hie Ships If the Japanese Jap-anese Failed St Petersburg Tho remarkable allegation that the British foot was hold in readiness to destroy tho Rue Blari fleet if tho battle of tho Boa of Japan had gone In the ttusslans favor is made by Admiral Rojestvensky In a letter published In tho Novoe Vrom ya on Wednesday with the permission of the minister of marine Referring to the absolute secrecy of Admiral Togo in regard to the disposition of his forces Rojestvonsky declares that this was unknown oven to the admiral ad-miral of the British fleet allied with tho Japanese who concentrated his forces at Wei Hal Wet in expectation of receiving an order to annihilate tho Russian fleet if this tho final object ob-ject of Great Britain was beyond the power of the Japanese Mr SpringRice the British charge uaffatroB without waiting for instructions instruc-tions from his government demanded demand-ed an explanation from Foreign Minister Min-ister Lamsdorff of the statements contained con-tained In tho admirals letter to the Novoe Vreraya |