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Show SUGGESTION- OF MEBIATIOBI FO PEACE : , -T AKEN AS .UNFRIENDLY ACT; INQUIRING INTO NOME SEA INCiENT IN ENGLAND ' . - ; No Evidence Showing Presence Pres-ence of Torpedo Boats in the Vicinity of the Russian Baltic Fleet, j 4 , . BULLETIN. ST. PETERSBURG, Nov. 15. The continued suggestions from abroad . regarding peace, are treated like their predecessor as unworthy of serious - consideration. The mere mention of mediation arouses the ire of those in 'a Vthority. The reiteration of the statement that President Boosevelt, having hav-ing the support of Great Britain and France, had already been approached by Japan and- was ready to offer his services in view of Russia's position, is not considered to be a friendly act. " . ' HULL. England. Nov. 15. The inquiry in-quiry which Great Britain conducts on ! her own behalf in the North sea-inci- , dent opened today. Vice-Admlraf Bridge ,;. and Butler AspInalL an admiralty court lawyer, who were appointed to conduct the inquiry, and whose report will form the basis of the British case before the International commission at' Paris, sat at a' large table surrounded 1 by maps showing the Dogger bank and the North sea. In front was an array of counsel and Government officials. 2fo Torpedo Boats Present. - The correspondent of the Associated Press learned at the outset that the Board of Trade solicitors who have been preparing the case have found no evidence evi-dence to suggest the presence of the torpedo boats among the fishing fleet. The inquiry will therefore merely be an amplification. of the evidence at the in-V in-V quest and it will be adjourned to Lon-. Lon-. don in the course of a few days, the proceedings here being confined to a narrative of the shooting. The assessment assess-ment of damages, which will be dealt with in. London, cannot be completed for some time, as many trawlers are still at sea. Will Not Be Published. The findings of the court will be sent to the Board of Trade and will be submitted sub-mitted to the International commission. It is not likely that they will be published pub-lished before the commission commences com-mences its sessions, but with the exception ex-ception of the amount of the damages, it can scarcely add to what is already known, a careful examination of all the witr-ses in private having substantiate. substan-tiate. in all essential details the story . tha-Sshermen originally told. The Russian Government was not represented at today's hearings. . -In Businesslike Manner. -Admiral Bridge started matters with buslnes3-like promptness,' briefly announcing an-nouncing the method of procedure and stating.that there would be no speeches. Various counsel representing the trawler trawl-er companies and the victims received permission to examine the witnesses, and Mr. Plckford, counsel for the Board of Trade, summarized the facts connected con-nected with the "lamentable occur-1 occur-1 rence," saying there was nothing connected con-nected with the trawling fleet which could possibly account for the shooting. shoot-ing. . Statements All Agree. He added that In addition to the witnesses wit-nesses to be called a careful Inquiry had been made among the entire fleet, and the statements made agreed in all -essential respects. Mr. Plckford highly ' commended the pluck shown by the men of the trawler Gull in saving the " wounded from the sinking trawler Crane. ' The first witness was Mr. Behrlng, managing director of the Gamecock fftt. He testified that for twenty-flve to thirty years the Ashing fleets had been trawling oiT Dogger bank. WILL ENGLAND STOP RUSSIAN SQUADRON ON WAY TO EAST? ST. PETERSBURG, Nov. 16. The progress prog-ress of the Russian Second Pacific squadron, squad-ron, in which so much of Russia's hope is centered, is followed with Intense interest. in-terest. The cruiser Orel, the cruiser Jem. tchug. seven torpedo boat destroyers and six transports are leaving LI baa this week to Join the squadron. . In the public mind a deep seated suspicion sus-picion exist that If the squadron arrives close to its destination in an efficient condition con-dition Great Britain will In some way fii a pretext to block its further prog- ,s and some of the newnpapers refer to 'V. neccHFity for mobilizing troops on the Indian frontier, where Rufsla now has two army corps, as a counter threat to , guarantee the safe passage of the sauad-ron. sauad-ron. ' UnJortunately the utterances of the press ttt both countries are constantly tmiiiig the feeling of mutual distrust. |