Show SOUTH SIA 51 The suspicion IhM the of ot the 13 fleet ilett t were rendered Irresponsible hy by y too free Indulgence one onee In drink Mink while within through the North Sea Sen Is Ie wild said to 10 have ilaVe been confirmed by b n letter tetter from o B subaltern on the Ihn fleet feet to o a 1 German Guman merchant The letter Utter la le quoted In the Manchester Guardian According M Jr to 10 this authority many mallY of ot he the and crow crew were drunk th this the squadron was wad W out of or Us Its course IOUI In the tho contusion it R ran Into brio n q neat heat t of small si U boats and the firing at once began On Oil Onboard Onboard board Ills his own on ship th the cannonading topped stopped ho Ile rays lays I only when some ome of ot the he that struck the deeks doek wore seen ran to 10 be of Russian manufacture This letter leUr I Iii Is In Itt all probability ft o 1 for lor forgery gory gery With the Iho system of ot censorship It could not without the greatest It haw hat n been written on onboard board a n 1 vewel and end mailed mall ll from rom there IJ soon after the he North S Sea Incident U it 1118 Is said sald hI that no soldier In the field fUld can re reo calve elve or dispatch a fetter tetter leU without the lEO ot of torn superior whose whoa It le Is I to keep a II watch i ion on an lette If It this thie I le I the rule rul In the artily th II la no reason to 10 believe bellave It ft Is U not alto also the rule In lit the navy nav Of Ot course I there hare 10 is n 1 possibility po of ot such a p t Utter letter having been lin written If It the writer can be C supposed S to 10 have been willing to toak take Inke ak the tho chance of detection and amt swinging from a yard yaro arm arnt hut but this Is II highly Improbable It Is 18 probable though that the Ihl state elate ItA to I cents In the alleged letter ar are true trim It Ita ItI ItIc I Ic a probable that this the tit safAr rs from rein tha the land of ot hunk on Oil emerging Into nto the North Bee Bea to have havo havea a II general celebration as a 1 fitting com cont commencement of ot the voyage one which might ns as s far as 8 they lb knew kaw kal end md In eternity It t is also aim 1110 probable that under the In Influence fluence of this celebration they Ibey fired nr d at Rl anything that came In view Under Tinder he the Influence of at liquor some h ro will display their valor clor just juit In that thai way 1 The rhe haws NI suggested this ot of f tho rho North See Sea mystery long ago and nothing has Ita so 10 far tar appeared lI that tendon endow any nn other solution of A ft ble bie le leIf It If this Is la the s earet crt ot of It 11 the tho truth will rill III never nor b bt be acknowledged acknowledge by b Her Ifer polio policy will be bt to evade end the he Issue to 10 prolong pl negotiation to 11 haggle aggie over oer technicalities l and nd to 10 ten ren render tender r n ner der er the work of ot the commission of In 11 n ulry ns nil as II possible There Is I danger anger In this tide as an there was In the tIle pel pol polIcy Icy ey of ot duplicity plainly displayed In Inthe he tho negotiations with Japan For Yore the tho ho h people though not eat anxious tar for war nr will expect n 1 speedy B of ot that unfortunate affair In with wilt th the demands of oC the honor and the dignity of ot the nation |