| Show SOUTH 0 liT 11 Man Ian n call Count Casual Russian HusMan minister r at Washington calls all It R a deplorable plora bl aces acci accident dent due to lO belief on the part VIrt of oC the reset admiral that the fishing n bouts boats about to were wr a hostile Japanese e fleet attack This la Is not a tenable explanation non lion the fishing Men feet tI lt was wan W swept pt by powerful searchlights the began The crows crews re H II all I on deck cleaning fish und and were werf w plainly able from the warships for tor the fisher fUher fishermen the true decks of m men IMn n saw lAW the on their ships and held up fist nh to them to show 1110 the Ih peaceful nature of their occupation o u potion pation The fishing bouts boats boll t also ulso display displayed ed d the regulation lights and signals spelling their occupation Uon and defining their character These signals are art In Inthe inthe the Ih maritime code and are a known read readily ily lly by b the naval officer i of all III nations and by b all sailors allor New Nn York Evening Math Mall all Fortunately the Ihl English people have not lost loet their heads head It if the n commander have h England sturdily announces her purpose to hear all 11 the facts before reaching a conclusion anti and meanwhile exclaims with the rest net of ol the world It must mut have been a mis nun mistake take tk San Sn Chronicle And the tile British government It II Is Iste sate te to say lAY has no desire to 10 plunge In Into Into into to another costly Uy war wit before recover recovering recoverIng ing 1111 from the tho th one OM In South Mouth Africa from which It has haa an so recently emerged It will doubtless dOli bUel be satisfied III to 10 accept explanation and apology a polo und anti antian an I Indemnity It will II certainly not do tiel anything which will involve Great and possibly all Kurop In a I conflict unless forced 11 Into U It I by an un uncontrollable uncontrollable controllable public opinion Portland Oregonian Russian warships have It com corn commerce mires merce from our own Paretic Pacific ix ports to the Orient They The have held up merchantmen In ih the Mediterranean 1 Now they thy attack ack n vessels ft 14 In the North sea sen Mid And lid now non the Ih ques IUN question lion tion Is la whether war liAr oriels t ouel should be bt allow 1110 to run Nn at st large lare any am an When Wh It t It in I for tor Great at Britain to at act New York Time Tim Timet the t affair Is U profoundly p to be bo regret However It it le explained or apol apolo o for tor It will arouse great relt and nd do dreg dp feeling Bf In ten land and It will rat cast rid ridI I tau u a I on Oft the navy MV which welch n not be bt confined to 10 those hote immediately Ibl Boston Bolton Herald What Whit had lad Russia to gain by b the sink sank sinkIng linkIn Ing In of ot Ilah vessels Noth lag Inc I Bhe lb hat at however howver much l to lost by such notion action We W Incline Iodine to 10 It the tit be he belief belIet lief lIet therefore tho that when the hole story torr la II known It will be found that the nil Ian ships I l steamed d Into a feet of ot and lAd tearing fearing that hut the Japanese In a few fw steam m trawlers hu hut hlll come out to le sink t their fleet of at modern modem battleship they th turned their guns lun 01 on tnt the b fishermen harm Ho JIow long Ion will till the mart time nations nation of the world wod permit Hus Hussla nu flu nulia ass sla to continue making such uch costly plunders blunders blu Worcester Gazette The Th CUt oatt Is I that hat of oC a big pored p red Individual who has hll been licked by br a little man of re b en The flu big bJ man H U l loo tig round for lor big bl enough to bit lIat Mm ides bud bard and when he h finds the th required there Irl will be b trouble for tor a time um But flat In this rose Ole It will be he h entirely nUI proper to throw up his hll hinds hind and admit ht lie M is walloped In wise hit ILl ties fact li ii I saved lind Cleveland Plata Dealer In tse that tb lb tiring was the reed ot o Lind unreasonable parole panle Chicago American an The theory that means mn to bring about bout a general war sounds lOund ab alJ absurd surd urd but It U It la no more absurd then than would the story tor of ot o this last tut act art appear If It told lold the day Ita bettee it II New York Evening Post POll Hut nUl for lor the needless waste naste of ot lire life the tiring firing of OC the Ih fleet III t upon harm harmless leu less fishing Ashing vII lw might be bt beset not el down at as one cue of the comic Inci Inri Incidents dents denta In naval navel history An armada months In preparing for Cor action her heralded aided as certain to sweep weep the seas and regain lost naval prestige sets sail 11 after fter much blowing of trumpets tK only to cover Itself with ridicule and ami anI disgrace at the very outset of ot Its voyage voy voyage oy age I rrt novels novel full tull as a they are Ire of stories of qt Russian and n Ish naval incompetency Ihl and nd cowardice I contain nothing more mort astounding I |
