Show DIPLOMACY JJ C JlII NI NITh l The Th North Sea Sett Incident seems Me to toC Cause cauM C II no further In diplomatic circles It U Is I supposed that the facto tarla will be ascertained by an aft r of Mm some of th Ih the ablest In the world When nil KII the tact face are known it Il Is la thought that the mutter matter oan In be lie adjusted without much difficulty ran can In not deals aIN a war wr with Great Britain over A ti gigantic blunder Igor Jor l or France franco la U under no oUI gallon at Ion to lo join jobs her hr ally In an au unrighteous war Prance and ana 1 haM ha S agreed to support one another In ft case oa either power la b t attacked by Ii more than that one on power Prance France would therefore be lie In honor bound hound to join her bar 11 ally III should treat Great Britain attack her In order to o 0 std aid Japan Hut But If It war with the th rest ot of the world she must mut fight lonc alono alone For this reason lUGn It Is II clear that Russia must bu be anxious for a settlement of the difficulty might welcome an unprovoked shock attack but lIt she he will well do all In Her power to t avoid a ld the appearance of t Inviting trouble especially after the announce announcement m ment nt by b Frans that she would not be drawn into Info the row should Russia and England fight bl over 0 the worth tea Sea Incident It may ilia be Interesting to know that at least some IOme naval navel In this coun country count country try t are am Inclined to judge Jud the th admiral leniently The Th New N York Kven IOven lug Ing lott published a short bort time ego ago aloI agoa a statement by an In American officer In lit willed he ho alleges that the UI nervous ten teh ston slon on board the American shins shies blockading blo Santiago was WI such luch that thousands of shots were w tired fired at t mere nitre phantoms phantom lie He says I In part If It an If a unsuspecting lIn fishing heel fleet had hall blown into Ino limo tile the radius of at lotion at San Sin Santiago tIp sago there would have been things doing and any oIny naval of officer err will acknowledge It This was WI not It wee MSS the result of the precautions Icons that hut always have been and si II I wary war v viii ill bH be h tlc talc taken n In war time When Whenn n m ut III cruising In waters u lIlt In I n rt th there thAI i U Jrr n uy I y reason tAlOn to suspect t t I n of nn I n th will take tAkeI hr o ii I II k i t An automobile tor tori i in nn on be bl cat i rh 4 d and fired nd by b any AllY loud ut Ir r a ren Ien a rowboat and iiii n iiii an n of a man manill manar f ur ar will ill not It any an craft net approach torpedo i a no during war time H Ii cannot take taki th lb h risk When the theu lh u i r is II hazy hur ur or II misty a II u nut not penetrate tr In any great distance nun md 1111 1 if a 1 raft la le not discovered i lone dose 11 boni J the th general orders order Unit 1111 lire are Iy eer for the i lun of ot a I Im meet will In cuss cause hi hr h r to be fired llred upon I t UK uM ll disregard the Die shrieks 01 r i Ih hi he highly ex exerted British press un unit until it til III the have i ve had his a chance to xi lain hit and antI If it turns out that the id Idt nt wax was tin Ih result ot of a I mistake lot v uy I be le bonsai lionett Let as us remember the he mean the doings off oCt Man Ian tIlIO This In Is a II commendable effort at nt a charitable explanation Only the Rue Rus Pint flan was WI selling In neutral waters water mid had absolutely no right to 0 lire nt at whatever might come within IUd rn if pr f the Iho guns gun The TIle blockading fleet at al was wa In an n entirely eUI different motion lUon It Is b bent beet now to m judgment until the flats are Ire ascertained And Andin AndIn in the nil meantime the scenes on the tite Aal 11 atol tl war state stage t are again In likely to at attract attract tract attention |