THE WAR.

Manawatu Herald, 29 October 1904, Page 2

THE WAR.

A SERIOUS SITUATION. Lord Salisbury, speaking at Hatfield, said it was affectation to underrate the seriousness of the situation. The Government’s duty was to defend their subjects from outrageous treatment. He was confident the whole country would follow where the King had led. The Government were confident Russia would not fail to recognise and sympathise with the feelings of the British nation and make reparation. The French press are staggered at the conduct of the Baltic fleet, and expressions of disapprovaKare loud and almost unanimous. The German press admit there was no shadow of,excuse for the Russians neglecting; to assist the trawlers. i. ! THE ALLEGED CAUSE OF THE INCIDENT. The newspaper Echo de Paris’ St. 'Petersburg correspondent says that Germany, wishing to appear as her only friend, repeatedly warned ttye Russian Admiralty to guard against attack in the North. Sea. These warnings drove the officers off their heads and this was the real cause for : the incident. j , Russia says that park of the fault rests with Britain for not warning the fishermen of the squadron’s approach I The Japanese press 5 are indignant at the Russian inhumanities and describe their drowning act as a violation of the rights of neutrals. BRITISH AUTHORITIES CONFERRING. The Foreign Committee, Cabinet, and law officers are conferring at Downing Street. The Russian fleet is off Vigo, (a seaport of north-west Spain), where despatches await it. Seven Russian torpedoers and two coalers crept away from Cherbourg in the early morning. As their ar rival Was not announced or their visits not exchanged • the French authorities were officially ignorant of their presence for 86 hours. A .TRAITOR BEATEN- TO* ■ ‘death. It is reported at Tokio that his comrades found an Admiral guilty of accepting a bribe of £12,000 for information leading to the loss of the transport Hitachimaru and damage to the Sadomanh The death sentence was communicated to |him by an intimate" friend and Ihen the Admiral was Compelled to remove his uniform, being beaten ?to dbath by his comrades. AN ENDLESS LINE 'OP RUSSIAN WOUNDED. Correspondents describe the endless! line of Russian r ’wounded crawling along the roads leading to Mukden. Thousands of- distressed Chinese families are refuging in Mukden and living in the streets.