BALTIC FLEET FIASCO.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVI, Issue 260, 7 November 1904, Page 2

BALTIC FLEET FIASCO.

'• DETAINED" RUSSIAN OFFICER OFF ON A TO UK. A MYSTERIOUS MESSAGE. LONDON, Nov. 4. Captain Cludu ui.nes Admiral hohjushcnski'a report to St. petersb.u'g, and then proceeds to Vladivostok. The three lieutenants wlio were left behind by the fle-et will testily at the inquiry. Captain Clado declares that the text of a wireless message will he submitted to the commission. Torpedo boats passed the admiral before the tetter fired. The Times asks "Where are the | responsible ollicers who were not to proceed with the fleet ?" ROIIJESHENSKI A-VISITING. I BRITISH WARSHIPS AGAIN ON THE MOVE. (itecciud Nov. IS, y.i)H a.m.) LONDON, Nov. 5. Admiral ltohjesnenski visited the j French cruise',' Kloiicr and the Bri- j tish cruiser Diana. His section oi the fleet sails from Tamgiers at daybreak to-day* Last night the hattleshij) Victorious, under Captain Trou'ln-idge, fly- ' ing the flag of Rear-Admiral Dridgemun, second in command of the Channel Fleet, and the battleship Magnificent, Captain Farquhar, suddenly left Gibraltar to patrol the Straits. The battlesllups Illustrious and Jupiter at the same time steamed west. BRITAIN'S MONETARY CLAIM. BELIEVED TO EXCEED A HUNDRED THOUSAND. (Received Nov. 7, 0.26 a.m.) LONDON, Nov. 5. It is believed that far more than £IOO,OOO will be demanded IVoiu Russia for the outrage. THE INQUIRY. MAY OPEN AT PARIS IN A FORTNIGHT. (Received Nov, 7, 0.58 a.m.) LONDON, Nov. 6. Renter's agency in St. Petersburg reports that Russia has accepted Britain's draft convention, and it is expected the Inquiry Commission will meet in Paris in a fortnight. VARIOUS ITEMS. Admiral Foelkesahit's squadron has started for Suda Bay. The German paper Kreuz Zeitung declares that the commission ought to hoar the German trawler Sonntag's crow,, who declare that 1 the Russians, shortly after leaving the Skager Rack, fired on each other. The Right Hon. A. Akera-Douglas, Home Secretary, in a speech at Sandwich, said there was no reason to suppose that the Russian assurances in rogand to the negotiations, wherein France, as a friendly nation had given her assistance, would not be fulfilled.

The Earl of Onslow (President of the Hoard of Agriculture) speaking at Guildford, said tho question would not be settled until the officers of the Baltic Fleet were detained and It was ascertained who were implicated, and on whom the blame, if thero is blame, must fall. Earl Percy, ParHamentajry UnderSecretary to the Foreign Office, speaking at Kensington, declared that Russia would give the only reparation possible. Instructions! had been given to the Baltic Fleet to prevent a recurrence of the outrage.