| Show NORTH O TH Sf SEA I INCIDENT CIO T TI I International Commission Held Its Is First Public Session Yes Yest t BRITISH CHARGES ARE READ READI I Principal ir I Ones 0 Pour r Chief Cli let In 10 the tile of or the tIte 0 IMrU J Jan n 10 International commission d to Into the tH th North MR eia Mi Incident hiRan Its Il pub puh public lic Ii U IOn this afternoon The Tho he meet meeting lag ing of or the Iho commission was held in tn the tho th Mitt I dining hull huh hll of the DOrsay DOnay n e which was Wil crowded with hish diplomat and rep of Ut lie tho n nIC navies of ot the tho prill ln limO powers Including sev soy elal staff cleft of ot thor tho th Several orRI members at or the tho stuff IIII of tin Ihl Japanese lK wore anions the tho Prance presided with iLU wil liens Beaumont HIJI fIJI nUil Admiral Von Aua Aul M lit II his right and Vice Admiral l Hu ond ami Rear Bear Davis Duvis United on his hisA loft loftA A A lingo force fo ce of ot BrItish counsel and amid I advisers was WIS nt ot tho the right of oC the tho court 1011 Tn bet the time Judicial nil ad I and other otner Russians were on the thu I loft left of at the tho ball hol Hugh of or the hellish embassy nt of ot before the In commission read the tho charges which consisted of ot 17 lien lone minutely stetting netting forth the at tack on 01 01 the Hull fishing fleet le t It I wn woe al specifically declared that no 10 torpe torpo torpedo do 15 dl bouts bonts und ansi no warships whatever viro varo among tho the Meet Icet amid that no Japanese worships were nero In the tho th North sea ecu Baron Duron rend read tho the Bussian reply I which declared that two tto bouts bottle approached tho the n which boats bonta tho lie disclosed to 10 bo There Thero Thereupon upon fire was 1111 opened tho the torpedo bouts bout hol moving off of and later Inter disappear lug liiK hI 1 The Tho statement asserted that was tas ab o obliged to net act let ns its 11 he lie did In order to 10 the tho which hits his bile hi The rime principal charges of the tho British Bt Mm it html ment On the night In question lue ton there werl not any war cr In the thol th neighborhood of the tho fishing f Sleet nel except those tolle of the Invy Me No been seen Heen by the tho fishing ICUM boatH boats since a long time pre previous None rimie one of ot time tho bOAts bonts making up tip ip the fishIng lect n el carried Any kind of ot ma tonal of No fm Japanese of at any kind whatever was WOI nt at that moment In tho the North Noth lel sea ci There were weIl not any alY Japanese upon Ullon the he fishing boats boll Tho fire Oro continued after their searchlights clearly clear showed the thu th vessels were ero peaceful fishing boatH hoat None of oC the time ships gave gaye or even offered assistance The 1110 tire lire killed two men wounded MX hc mink ono one boat and live vo ethers The statement concludes that the nt qt tack was waH wal without any nn provocation upon pacific I fishing n boats bonts pursuing their us usual lS ual and rightful vocation Following are no tho the principal points of ot the tho Russian reply reilly At about midnight the tho flagship saw sr the outlines of ot two small boats honl which approached with ward nit all the tho lights battleship extinguished directly to toward toward When the tho two Iwo suspicious boots boats mine range of ot the search lights II they were recognized as hOOts OntA Thereupon tho the battleship opened mire lire Thereafter n a 1 number of ot email Ing log boats not showing the required lights vero observed Precautionary were Yera nevertheless There was 1011 a II strong feeling of ot danger upon the Iho tho the Imperative duty of ot protecting themselves against tho the attack of obliged ix a continuance of ot time the lire fro despite tho time evi evl evident 1 dent risk of ot hitting not only time the fishing boats but hut nice tho the ships of at time tho squad Iund ron Itself which hud arrived within tho the zono ache of ot the tho Ire flee IreIn In him tho lie meantime tho time two torpedo boats 1 drew off ut ot 1111 shortly o disappeared Fearing that some name 1010 of ot tIme the fishing n boats bonts were vere damaged yet being certain that nil mill 11 dunger train from tho time two Iwo or possibly others was Wl not completely removed Admiral Ho no considered It Indispensable fop fol the time entire squadron und ron to 10 continue Its It route wIthout stopping taking Into Inlo time tho ho caused to In Iii Inoffensive Inoffensive offensive subjects of ot n a I trl power WOt nevertheless stas compelled to 10 use nil mill 11 the Iho menns menn In his hl power to de tie destroy stroy 1110 the tho Which attacked his squadron I |
