Show I Aro Ie l Disc CASC n Go to the s Iet he Au 8 Tho of oC ofir ir tr ho SI r Knight Command r Uy oun OUrt by a 1 special 1 IM 1111 III of tit tho strong Mg Tru i ly hy a 1 shall V la hRs ns agreed that such ih th ho tho tn ic M rael wa Was n lawful prize has Ing that nil ro A leff t on which the th prize court based Its judgment be Bent to St Petersburg Russia lias haa not her claim to the tho right to sink neutral CS cases of ot direct necessity It Is la sate to nay a that no case will arise If It still com for tor the ship because she sho sunk before being adjudged a 1 prize by the court of ot claims damages on the tho ground of ot Indignity as liS Indicated by hy speech there thero Is IsA Isn A n strong belief here hore that both hoth parties will n reo to send tho matter In III con COli to Tho lingua Hague tribunal London Aug the tho commons to today day dllY tho premier made mado n general state statement statement ment of ot tha tho governments views on tha and Knight Commander Inci Incidents dents He lie pointed out that the govern governments ments monts objection to tho seizure of ot tho Malacca was uns based entirely on tho contention that ships Issuing from the tho Dlack sea Aen under the commer commercial cial flag of ot nUs BIn were Incompetent to transpose Ose thom les Into cruisers Vo We base remonstrated therefore very cry strongly with the gov government rO and they showed shoel a n desire to mot met us u continued Mr but bu t nn Important thing to remember Is III that It Is an all entirely new Issue It Is 18 tho time any all such Incident has oc occurred occurred since the treaty of ot Paris or the treaty of ot London on which our objection tion Is based has COmo coma Into exist existence once ence Tho arrangement ement reached MIH In III tho of at a n compromise I T I have tao not the smallest feeling of ot regret that we ve did our best to meet tho Hussion government who vho on their Ide made no Impracticable In the tho matter The govern government ment has hns not the tho right to cap capture tuie ture by hy allowing nn examination of ot the tho Malacca the Knight Commander she ahe was sunk sun on the ground that It was extremely difficult to bring her hor Into port because In III tho opinion of at the tho Russian officers she was carrying con contraband Wo adhere to our opinion that these circumstances whether truo or not af nt afford tOIl ford no Justification for or sinking a II lieu neu neutral ship We WI have not abandoned our OUI position In tho smallest t degree |