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Show IAD NO DOUBT OF JAPANESE ATTACK slve preliminaries of war. It Vas mads known that England would have redress or fight. But a compromise has been accepted. ac-cepted. If this was all that was Intended, we need not have made so much fuss. The ' whole business comes to a very lame aDd Impotent conclusion that does not greatly redound to the honor and dignity of the country." Other Conservative papers similarly complain that Great Britain Is now debased de-based from all action, apparently without with-out any guarantee as to what portion of the second Pacific fleet will be allowed to continue Its Journey, and with only Russia's Rus-sia's promise of protection against such Incidents as the North sea affair. Much criticism is bestowed on what is regarded as the unnecessary eulogies the Premier paid to Emperor Nicholas and his Government, and the fact that Mr. Balfour Bal-four ridiculed and declaimed against ths Russian Admiral, whose conduct he has consented to refer to an International tribunal. The Daily Telegraph dwells with gratitude grati-tude on the judicious and honorable part which it believes M. Delcasse, French Foreign Minister, and Embassador Cam-bon Cam-bon played In "this most welcome settlement." settle-ment." JAPS SAY THAT NO TORPEDO BOATS WERE WITH FISHING FLEET i TOKIO, Oct. 29. The reported statement state-ment pf an officer on board the Russian battleship Emperor Alexander III, with J the Russian Baltic squadron now at Vigo, Spain, to the effect that there were foreign torpedo boats among the Hull trawlers when they were fired upon recently re-cently by the Russian warships and that the Japanese Government was said to have purchased torpedo boats In England, Eng-land, coupled with the Insinuation that the torpedo boats with the trawlers were Japanese, has been received In Japan with a mixed feeling of Indignation and derision. It is officially declared i.Y the most positive terms that Japan has neither purchased r.or ordered a single torpedo boat in England since the outbreak of the war. Russian Ships Salute English. TANGIER, Morocco, Oct. 29. Four Russian cruisers, three torpedo-boat destroyers de-stroyers and five colliers arrived here this morning. The Russian flagship exchanged ex-changed salutes with the French cruiser-fClPbyn cruiser-fClPbyn n " p-nigh r..r. 4 ,rjiiow here comprise x.ar: bit"!eshlpd Osliabia, Slssol Veloky and Navarln, the armored cruiser Admiral Ad-miral Nakhamoff and seven torpedo boats, besides colliers. Warships Sail West. GIBRALTAR, Oct. 29. The British battleships Jupiter and Magnificent sailed from here today, going westward. ThPlr destination Is believed to be Tangier. Tan-gier. The British second-class cruiser Doris, which has been patrolling the straits, also sailed westward after communicating com-municating with the flagship of Vice-Admiral Vice-Admiral Lord Charles Beresford. the commander of the Channel squadron. Admiral kojestvensky Reiterates Re-iterates Story of Tor-pedo Tor-pedo Boats Appearing Developments In War Situation. BULLETIN. . UORTDOTSr, Oct. 29, 5:20 p. m. The 'Foreign offl.ee informs the Associated Press- that it knows nothing of the British channel squadron, going to Vigo, as announced in a dispatch from that place. So far as the Foreign For-eign office knows, the squadron is not going to Vigo. It presumes the British. Brit-ish. Consul's instructions to provide for provisioning the squadron were received from 'Vice-Admiral Beres- iford when the situation was serious and there were prospects that the squadron might be ordered to the .neighborhood of the Russian squad- iXOU. TIGO, Epaln, Oct 29. The Russian SiQ dron is still in port. Upon the main qa-Sstion relative to the identity of the Japanese torpedo boats said to have been seen among the Hull fishing fleet during the night of October 21-22, Vice-Admiral Vice-Admiral Rojestvensky said to the Associated As-sociated Press today: "Rumors had reached me that the Japanese would attack the squadron, and when I suddenly saw that night the two torpedo boats between our two divisions di-visions and heard the noise of the firing ' of torpedoes I doubted not that they were Japanese. . "Prince Keretelll. an officer on board the battleship Alexander III., told me t-?t trie f-sc-m-t rt lil il IMUM " f 1 - ,,.. tv;. tarry iBg1 torpedo tubes. The Area- daur signalled her danger, and when our battleships advanced we did not for one moment suppose that the attacking vessels could be fishermen." ENGLISH NATION IS PLEASED WITH THE PLAN OF SETTLEMENT LONDON, Oct. 29. Profound satisfaction satisfac-tion over the fact that an arrangement has been reached and the entire certainty certain-ty that the result of the commission of Inquiry will be to discredit Vice-Admiral ojestvensky'e statements anent the presence of torpedo boats among the . North sea fishing fleet marks the comment com-ment of London afternoon newspapers " slmokV universally. The Admiral's Story, -it is pointed out, has the great advantage that it Is capable of precise proof or disproof. ! "The Russian Admiral can only make good his case by producing the vessel ' whose presence he alleges was among the trawlers," says the Westminster Gazette. This feeling that the British contention will be upheld pervades all classes and disposes the public to calmly calm-ly await the verdict. The composition of, Jthe International commission is the Immediate subject of . communication passing - between ' St. Petersburg and London. It has been suggested that it shall: be comprised of five Admirals. French, Russian and En-llfh, En-llfh, and two from smaller powers, possibly pos-sibly Denmark and Holland, to be named by their respective governments. Nothing yet, however, has definitely been decided. No American member has been suggested, though there might be an opening therefor in the proposal that one law Jurist from a neutral power shall be included In the commission. LONDON PAPERS ARE NOT UNANIMOUS. ON RUSSIAN SETTLEMENT . LONDON', Oot. 29. The Dally Express asserts that Admiral 8ir Cyprlen Bridge will bevone of the British representatives on the commission to Inquire Into the North sea affair, which Premier Balfour has announced, and which, the Express adds, will sit at Vigo under neutral chairmanship. chair-manship. The Russian ships will anchor off Vigo, and Admiral Beresford has been ordered to station the channel squadron there during the sittings of the commission. commis-sion. The opinions of tho press on the settlement settle-ment as stated by Mr. Balfour are bv no means unanimous. The opposition jour-. jour-. nals welcome it as a great victory for the principles of conciliation and arbitration, and all express the belief that danger of war has been avoided; but regarding the manner of arriving at an agreement, ldas greatly differ. The Daily Mall hails It in the biggest - type caption as Russia's Surrender." The pre-e thoughtful papers and those devoted Lje Government interests are much less rifled. The Standard declares that Mr. liilfour's statement will be received by the majority of Englishmen with a sense of profound disappointment. Russia," the Standard says, "has given way a little, but we have given way more. With resounding emphasis, with the move-. move-. Beats of great fleets and ail the lmprea- |