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MONTHS OF CARNAGE.
AV/FUL SLAUGHTER ON SLOPES
OF PORT ARTHUR.
Story of l"ijhtintr A round the Riiss.itn
Stronghold Forms One of tlic Ulood-
icst Chapters in History Slaughter
Has Continued Over Tlircc Months.
. Since August 1 Uio operations
against Port Arthur have cost thou
sands of lives , and embrace a series
of lien-e assaults haml-to-haiul
, - - strug
gles awl artillery duelswithout par
allel in history.
When the Japanese drove the Rus-
sin is : : from their strong position on
the last range of hills in front of the
fortress by a surprise attack July IV )
the Russians retired lo Ihe forts , but
they als < Kstrongly held previously pre
pared advance lines to prevent the
Japanese from closing in upon the for
tified ridges.
This line of forts was fourteen milos
long , forming a semi-circle from tin *
oasi coast to four milefrom the west
coast anil circling live miles northwest
t f rorl : Arthur. The fortress belt
proper was a twelve-mile semi-circle
GENERAL , STUIibSEL.
from coast to coast. The Japanese po
sition was a mile from the advance
Russian line in the center of a range
of hills called Fenghoano Mountain.
Ilesults of the operations since are as
follows :
August 7. General bombardment stop
ped Russian fire from Tuklm and Shaklm
mountains ; eight regiments climbed tc
cre.--t. of Taklm. and. after desperate
iiand-to-liand fight , drove the Russians
into their permanent forts and captured
four field guns.
August S. Heavy Japanese attack be
fore daylight on Shakhu mountain re
pulsed but successfully renewed ; Rus
sians left hundreds of dead in the aban
doned positions ; Japanese casualties.
3,4UO.
August 14. T\vo Japanese brigades
captured important positions on the Rus
sian left Hank , after suffering frightful
losses in cutting a way through entangle
ments under heavy lire.
August 10. Covered by heavy bom
bardment Japanese infantry made a gen
eral advance under a withering fire and
captured fort on west slope of 174 : yards
hill at point of bayonet ; took five field
guns and four machine gims ; Jap casual
ties. 1.100 ; rioO Russian dead found in
position. Russians abandoned Keekwan
Port , set afire by a shell , but repulsed
infantry attack on other forts.
August 21. Russians attacked and re
captured Keekwan Fort , but later in tht
day. without orders , a Japanese regi
ment broke ranks , stormed the height it
face of a point-blank firo and recaptured
the position at the bayonet pointVesl ;
Ilanjusan fort also captured.
August - . ' ' > . Japanese captured re
xnninder of P.anjusan forts , forcing the
Russians back to foot of fortified hills
Japanese casualties from August 10 offi
cially put at 14.000.
August 25 to September 18. Russians
sortie and attaek working parties almost
every night , while guns bombarded bj
day. Quarter not asked or given
stretcher bearers tired on and killed.
October 2. Fire directed on battle
ship 1'obieda. Fifth shot pierced for
ward decks of ship , sending up huge
columns of smoke and leaving a gaping
rent. Russians placed hospital ship in
line of fire to protect other warships.
October ] : i. The West Urh fort dam
aged. Battleship Peresviet struck bj
several shells from the howitzers and
caught fire. Golden Hill Fort greatlj
damaged.
October 1(5. ( Japanese attacked an in
trenched hill called Ilachimake Yaina
between the east Urh'and west Benjamir
forts. Under cover of a tremendous bom
bardment the companies of the center dl
vision charged the glacis with bayonets
and captured the trenches at the crest.
October 20 to November J . Furious
general attack begun with the object ol
forcing surrender before Nov. 3. the Mi
kado's birthday. Five warships report
ed sunk and Kihlung mountain and Sung
slm mountain , which lies between UK
railroad and llihhmg mountain , captured
LIBERAL VICTORY IN CANADA.
"Lauricr Has 3Injority of Nearly Sev
enty Bordcn Loses Seat.
Sir Wilfrid Laurier and the Libera' '
party are masters of Canada. The partj
which has been hi power for the last
eight years' has swept the dominion over
whelniingly against the Conservatives ,
under the leadership of Robert Lairc
r.orden. From latest reports the Lib
erals appear to have gained one of tht
most complete triumphs in the history oJ
Canadian politics and , contrary to gen
eral expectation , they will have a Inrgei
V
majority in the new parliament than in
the old. They are assured of a majority
of nearly seventy , as against their late
majority of fifty-four.
The results show many surprises. The
defection of former Minister Turte has
had no effect in the province of Quebec
nud the Conservatives elect only ten
members there. French sentiment was
too strong in this stronghold of the
French-Canadians to be shaken in any
degree.
In Ontario , where the conservatives ex
pected to make a large gain , the Liber
als , have scored instead and have cut
down the former Conservative majority
f fifteen to six.
OI4 pacers for Bale at this offlo * .
KILLED IN TWO DISASTERS.
Jlincrs Fall to Death and Reservoir
Bursts Killing Seventeen Persons.
Thirty-live persons were killed
Wednesday in two terrible disasters in
\the United States , eighteen in a Penn
sylvania coal mine and seventeen
through the breaking of a water reser
voir in South Carolina.
The mining accident occurred in one
of the shafts of the Delaware , Lacka-
wanna and Western Company's mines ,
about eight miles south of Wilkcs-
barre , at Nanticoke. When the men
started to work eighteen entered the
lowering machine. A few feet below
the surface the steel cable of the car
riage , connected with the hoisting en
gine , broke. Instantly the heavy car
shot downward with frightful velocity
and it and the men were crushed at
the bottom of the shaft , several hun
dred feet below.
Frantic efforts were made at once
to reach the men and rescue them if
any had survived. It was necessary
to construct a temporary elevator ,
however , and every one of the eigh
teen miners was dead when their fel
low-workers reached the bottom of the
shaft. Six feet of water was in the
bottom of the shaft , and the men who
were not killed by the fall were drown
ed. The accident was caused by ma
chinery in the engine room going
wrong.
Details from the frightful disaster at
Winston-Salem , S. G. , where seventeen
persons are known to have been
drowned , are meager , but it is be
lieved tliat many others lost their
lives. The Winston reservoir , situ
ated on top of a high hill , burst , and
the water swept down the valley with
terrific force , carrying everything be
fore it.
Houses , trees , animals , human be
ings , fences and crops were swept
away by the onrushing flood. Houses
were crushed like eggshells ; trees were
snapped off or pulled np by the roots.
There was no chance of escape by any
thing in the path of the water.
The residents of the valley had no
warning of the approaching catastro
phe , and men , women and children
were killed almost before they realized
what was happening.
RUSSIA'S BALTIC FLEET.
Squadron Under "Way for the Far East
to Meet tlie Japanese.
The Baltic fleet which Russia is send
ing to the far li/ast consists of seven
battleships two armored cruisers , seven
protected cruisers , twelve destroyers , one
repairing and one hospital ship , one ice
breaker , a distilling ship and a
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Official reports from Port Arthur , made public by imperial headquarters
in Tokio , show that the latest Japanese attack is by far the greatest since
- the beginning of the siege and apparently will end with the reduction of the
most important forts guarding the north and west sides of the citadel. The
terrible fire of 'hundreds ' of great siege and naval guns by the Japanese diave
battered large holes in the forts crowning many of the hills , notably Sungshu ,
limiting and Keekwan mountains , two of which are shown in the map , and
the Itz ( Etseshan ) fortifications. Following the successful bombardment the
Japanesehave captured the trenches supporting many of these positions , and
from this vantage point the miners and sappers have discharged mines of
dynamite against the walls of the forts , tearing great gaps in them.
A Unique Business.
A Cleveland man lias started n busi
ness which promises to bea great suc-
cess. He has hired an office , a large
number of expert stenographers and a
number of telephones. Business men
call up by telephone , dictate 'Lheir let
ters over the wire to a stenographer and
the letters are .later sent back by mes
senger boys to be signed.
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DETACHMENT OF THE BALTIC FLEET.
large number of colliers. Four of
the battleships , the Barodino , Orel ,
Impcrator Alexander III. and the Knidj
Sowaroff , are of the first class ; three are
of about 13,000 tons displacement ami
develop 30,000 horse-power and IS knots
speed. The batteries consist of 4 12-inch ,
12 0-inch , 20 3-inch , 20 3-pounders and 0
1-pounder guns , and from four to six
torpedo tubes , two of which are carried
Tinder water. Their normal coal supply
is 1,250 tons , with a maximum capacity
of 2,000 tons.
Tihcy were launched at various dat
iu 1901 nnd 1002 t St. Petersburg , and
were given their trials la'te ' in 11)03 ) or
early in 1904. The Imperator Alexander
111. on her official tri'al at Kronstadt av
eraged 17.30 knots in four runs over a
measured mile , and developed 10,205 in
dicated horse-power , on a coal consump
tion of two pounds per horse-power for
each hour. It was intended to send her
to tlie far East in the early spring , but
ther tests appearto have taken .place . be
fore slie was fully completed.
The other battleships are the Oslabya ,
of 12,074 tons , launched in 189S ; the
Navarin , of 10.200 tons , launched in
1S91 , and the Sissoi Veliky , of 10,400
tons , launched in 1S94.
Two armored cruisers the Dmitri
Donskoi , of 5,882 tons , and the Arnural
NaMiimoff , of 8,524 tons were launched
in 1SS3 and 1884 respectively. These
vessels have been re-engined and other
wise overhauled , but ut the best they tire
only medium representatives of this im
portant class of fighting ships and can
not be compared favorably with the Asa-
ma and her sister ships of the Japanese
navy.
The protected cruisers are the Oleg ,
6n75 tons ; Aurora , 6,830 ; Ahnuz , 3,285 ;
Svietlaiva , 3,828 , and Temtchug and
Jzumrad , 3,080 tons each. All of these
are modern vessels of a useful but not
liighly important tj'pe.
Seven of the destroyers are new nnd
belong to the single screw "B" class ,
which includes the BuLstni , the liedovi ,
the Bravi , the Blestieschy , the Bezum-
prechm , the Bodry and the By tri. These
ere built at Nevsky and Ishora between
190u and 1902. On 6,000horsepower
they develop 28 knots. They are arm-
d Troth one 12 and five 3-ponnder gnus.
Tlie auxiliaries are efficient vessels of
their type. The Okear , for example , is
ft coal transport of 12,000 tons , 18 knots ,
launched in 1901. She can carry 4,000
tons of coal and steam 10,000 miles with
800 tons as her own supply
RUSSIANS ADMIT BLUNDER ;
SHELLED THEIR OWN SHIPS.
From a reliable source the Associa
ted Press learns that the circumstances
of the firing as detailed by Russian of-
President's Th
By the President of the United States of
America , a proclamation : It has pleased
Almighty God to bring the American peo
ple in safety and honor through another
year , and in accordance with the long un
broken custom handed down to us by our
forefathers , the time has come when a spe
cial day shall he sot apart in which to
thank Him who holds all nations in the
hollow of Ills hand for the mercies thus
vouchsafed to us.
During the century and a quarter of our
national life we as a people have boen
blessed beyond all others , and for this we
owe humble and heartfelt thanks to the au
thor of all blessings. The year that has
closed has been one of peace within our
own borders as well as between us and all
other nations. The harvests have been
abundant , and those who work , whether
with hand or brain , are prospering greatly.
Reward has waited upon honest effort. We
have been enabled to do our duty to our
selves and to others. Never has there been
a time when religious and charitable etTort
has been more evident. Much has been given
to us and much will be expected from us.
We speak of what has been done by this
nation in no spirit of boastfulness or vain
glory , but with full and reverent realiza
tion that our strength Is as nothing unless
we arc helped from above. Hitherto we
have been given the heartiest strength to
do the tasks allotted to us as they several
ly arose. We are thankful for nil that
has been done for 'js in the past and we
pray that in the future we may be strength
ened in the unending struggle to do our duty
fearlessly and honestly , with charity and
good will , with respect for ourselves and
with love toward our fellow men.
-ilc Brevities.
TheColorado Fuel and Iron Company
re-elected its old officers.
A treaty of extradition has been con
cluded between Belgium and Cuba.
Patrick Granah'an , a well-known citi
zen of Upper Ltizeme coirntj' , Pa. , was
found dead in .his kitchen with a bullet
wound in his head.
The Ontario and Western stockholders'
committee has sent out > a circular con
taining a plan to fight for the dissolu
tion of the Ontario voting trust.
As an outgrowth of the exposition
travelers' "aid committee , formed to pro
tect women iand children attending the
world's fair , a permanent organization to
be knownas the American Alliance of
tho Travelers * Addhas been perfected at
St. Louis.
ucers closely re
semble the facts I
reported by the ad- <
miral of the fishing <
fleet. When abreast
of the trawlers the
Russian squadron
was formed in two
divisions , the cruis
ers steaming east
and the battle ships
Avest , the latter get-
Hm * : imrm" tlir fish' .
" " ° ° KOJESTVENSICY.
ing craft and open
ing fire. When nearly clear of the
fishing craft , which were heading to
ward the battle ships , some Russian
shells flew ever the trawlers and
struck cruisers , one of which , the Au
rora , was hit-several times and some
of her men were wounded , including a
priest , who died. The transport Ana-
tol apparently became tangled among
the trawlers , which she mistook for
torpedo , boats and signaled for aid ,
thereby leading the ollicers of the bat
tle ships to believe the trawlers were
attacking the Analol. This , coupled
with the alleged appearance of two
mj'sterious torpedo boats steaming to
ward the battle ship , resulted in the
fatal cannonade.
In this great republic the effort to coin-
bine national strength with personal free
dom is being tried on a scale more girtmtic
than ever before in the world's history. Our
success will mean much not only for our
selves , but for the future of all mankind ;
and every man or woman in our land should
feel the grave responsibility resting upon
him or her , for in the last analysis this
success must depend upon the high average
of our individual citizenship , upon the way
in which each of us does his duty by him
self and his neighbor.
Now. therefore , I , Theodore Roosevelt ,
President of the United States , do hereby
appoint and set apart Thursday , the 24th
of this November , to be observed as a day !
of festival and thanksgiving by all the peo- '
r le of the United States at home or abroad. '
and do recommend that on that day they
cease from their ordinary occupations and
gather in their several places of worship or
in their homes , devoutly to give thanks unto
Almighty God for the benefits lie has con
ferred upon us as individuals and as a na
tion , and to beseech Him that in the future
His divine favor may be continued to us.
In wituess whereof I have hereunto set
my hand and caused the seal of the United
States to be affixed. Done at the City of
Washington this 1st day of November lii
the year of our Lord one thousand nine
hundred and four and of the independence
of the United States the cue hundred and
twenty-ninth.
By the President :
'
'JOHN HAY , Secretary of State.
The annual report of the Pacific Coast
Company for the year ended .Time 30
shows total earnings of $5,902,072 and
net earnings of $1,185,029 , a decrease of
$211.948.
Fearing death was due to poison , the
family of former congressman D. G.
Colson , who died at Middlesborough ,
Ky. , on Sept. 27 , dias 'had has body
secretly exhumed , and the brain , stom
ach and liver were taken to Louisville
for examination by Dr. S. E. Wooay.
Arthur Donoghue of Chicago , repre
senting the National Association of Post-
office Clerks , conferred with Postmaster
General Wynne in Washington. He urg
ed uniformity in bonding clerks and in
making shifts from day to night work.
All his recommendations will b taken
up and investigate
WARDUBLNG A WEEK
INTEREST WAS IN THE WAR
SCARE RATHER THAN IN WAR.
Threatened Hostilities Between ICnz-
lanil and Russia Startled the VVorl < l
Lion anil the Bear Growled Viciously
at ISacJi Other.
The chief interest of the week cen
tered not in the war , but in the war
scare. The scare was a real one. Eng
land and Russia did not so nearly light
simply because of the tishing trawler
Incident. The lion and the bear hated
each other long before that happened ,
and will continue to hate each other
long after it is forgotten. Since the
Crimean war they have been perpetual
ly growling at each other ; continually
showing their fangs ; occasionally rais
ing their paws to strike. Neither has
ever dared to turn his ejes away from
the other. The Dogger bank affair
merely evoked a display of the hostile
feeling which constantly exists.
As for the happening itself , Russia
was entirely in the wrong , and dis
played an unparalleled ignorance of
sea manners , sea custom and sea ef
ficiency. It is said that the Russian
boats are commanded by cavalry of
ficers and manned by farmers. This
seems to be true practically , if not lit
erally.
The firing on tlie English trawlers
began at 1 o'clock Sunday morning.
Two or three hundred shots were fired
in about twenty minutes' time. Two
fishermen were killed and eighteen
wounded. One fishing boat was sunk.
No attempt was made by the attack
ing fleet to rescue the wounded fish
ermen , although a Russian boat staid
on the scene until G o'clock in the
morning. The last shot was fired at
the trawler Kent at 7 a. m. The Brit
ish government Immediately demand
ed from Russia :
(1) ( ) An apology. (2) ( ) An Indemnity
for the families of the killed and
wounded fishermen. (3) ( ) The punish
ment of the Russian olficers responsi
ble for the offense. (4) ( An adequate
guarantee that there shall be no repe
tition of the act
Russia consented to requirements
one , two and four , but held out against
three. It would not agree to punish
the responsible officers. It said its
sense of sovereignty would not permit
It to comply with such a request Great
Britain answered that the request must
be complied with , otherwise tlie Brit
ish fleet would not permit the passage
of the Russians through the Straits of
Gibraltar into the Mediterranean. At
this point the tension was very great.
France acted as a cruse of oil for the
troubled waters and contributed to the
eventual peaceful settlement
Rojestvensky's explanation , the Chi
cago Tribune declared , consisted of an
extraordinary lie , but the lie undoubt
edly averted a disagreeable alternative
for the government war or Muscovite
humiliation. The admiral stolidly
maintained that he had actually been
attacked by two torpedo boats. One
of his officers Prince Keretelli went
further , and said that there were eight
hostile torpedo boats. Rojestvensky
would have attained a greater degree
of plausibility by making all stories
tally.
Rojestvensky's report raised a ques
tion of fact between Great Britain and
Russia. The facts must first be In
vestigated to see how they lie. A
mixed tribunal of admirals will decide
whether or not the Russian squadron
was attacked by torpedo boats. A huge
mass of evidence will be sifted. A
large number of depositions will be
taken. Finally the tribunal will de
cide that there was no evidence that
torpedo boats had attacked the Rus
sians. By the time this decision Is
reached the incident will have lost its
burning public interest. Russia will
quietly apologize , pay an indemnity ,
guarantee immunity from like occur
rences in the future , and punish ( per
haps ) the offending officers. Every
thing will go on as before , except for
the unfortunate fishermen and their
families.
While the Baltic squadron has as yet j
STORM FORT TRENCHES.
Japanese Drivo Kussians from Outer
Iiine of "Works at Port Arthur.
The general assault on Port Arthur
which began Oct. 24 developed into a
fierce battle Sunday. According to a
hitherto infallible authority the Japan
ese flung heavy forces against the fortress
In their third attempt to obtain a com
manding position.
The Japanese have been preparing for
this assault for a month. It is believed
that they did not , expect to capture the
town on this occasion , but to accomplish
another important forward step. The
plan was adopted following the first as-
Eanit , when thousands of lives were sac
rificed in an attempt to swarm over the
fortifications by mere force of numbers.
This assault , like the previous one , fol
lowed weary weeks of trench digging ,
gun mounting and small engagements.
In the opinion of experts the r.ssault
will cease when the Japanese have won
positions that will enable them to creep
steadily closer under the noses of the
Russian guns. It is believed that two
more genera ! assaults will be necessary
before the distance between the bellig
erent lines is shortened sufficiently for
an attempt to enter the main forts and
make the end of the siege practicable.
Granite shafts were unveiled on San
Juan Island in Puget sound marking
the sites where the British and American
garrisons camped while the territory was
in dispute. Representatives of both the
United States and Great Britain attend
ed th'C exercises.
John Marshall Barry , manager of the
North American. Trust Company , was
found guilty in Boston of larceny on six
teen counts. His company advertised to
make purchases for its patrons , pay
ments to be made in installments. An
appeal is to be taken.
Inflicted fatalities only on the Eng-
j'lish , It has practiced target shooting
at several other nationalities. It fired
on the Swedish steamer Aldebaran ,
likewise on the German steamer Sonn-
tag , on the Norwegian steamer Skaa-
tol. and on a Danish torpedo boat
These extraordinary performances may
be explained by Rojestvensky's orig
inal proclamation that he would fire
on any ship which approached him.
His oiliccrs evidently interpreted his
words to mean that they must fire
on every ship which they approached.
The British trawlers , for Instance , had
their nets down and ware barely mov
ing along. The Russian squadron came
upon them and promptly fired.
The War in r Ianchnria.
After ten days of comparative quiet
along the Shakhe river there are signs
that the two armies arc again coming
together. The Russians claim to be
the aggressors in certain places , but
dispatches from correspondents at Gen
eral Kuroki's headquarters tate that
the Russians have now been driven out
of their last position south of the
Shakhe river. In the opinion of the
j Chicago Record-Herald , it would ap
pear that the Russians are no longer
strong enough to take the offensive
on a large scale , while the Japanese
have as yet shown no desire to push
their way further to the north. There
is sure to be a great deal of scattered
fighting before winter sets In , but
whether there will be another pitched A
battle is uncertain.
The battle of tlie STrakhe river will
be memorable in history for the econ
omy of lives with which the Japan
ese fought it. In the battle of Llno-
yang , although the Japanese had to
charge again and again upon Russian
intrenchments , the lasses of the Rus
sians were the heavier the propor
tion being about fonr Japanese killed
and wounded to five Russians. In the
battle of the Shaklrc the figures thus
far available would indicate that the
Russian losses were at least three , and
possibly five or six , times as great as
the Japanese.
Concerning the losses , we have two
facts upon which we can absolutely re
ly , because both come from Japanese
official sources , and Japanese official
statements have not once during the
war been open to the slightest suspi
cion as to their literal truth. The first
is that the total Japanese casualties
killed and wounded numbered 15,879
officers and men. The second is that
the total number f Russian dead
burled by the Japanese on the field
was 13,333. Now In the Japanese ar
my , for which we have detailed fig
ures , the ratio of killed to wounded
was as one to six , and if that same
ratio should apply to the Russians
their total casualties n the basis of
the dead buried on tlie field would
number about 00,000.
The Russian official statement places
the total number of killed , wounded
and missing at 800 officers and 45,000
men. This sets the lowest limit of
the losses , but unfortnnately we can
not feel confident that it Is the whole
truth. An earlier figure purporting to
come from an official report of General
Kuropatkin's. but not verified , puts
the wounded alone at 55,868. We have
also the estimate of a correspondent
at Mukden , who places the dead at
8,000 and the wounded at 40,000. If he
was as much too loir on the wounded
as on tlie dead ( using the Japanese fig
ure of burials as the test ) , the total
Russian casualties by tuis reckoning
would be nearly 75.000.
Reports from Port Arthur indicate
renewed attack on the Ilihlting and
Keekwan forts just north of the city.
The end of the siege may very possibly
be approaching. There are indications
that the resistance at the fortress Is
fast weakening and cannot be sus
tained much longer. The Japanese are
creeping in on all sides , taking an ad
vance post here , another one there , a
minor fort here , and a few machine
guns yonder. They are always closing
in , never receding. They are strength
ening their artillery every day , while
tlie Russian guns cannot be added to
nor replaced when worn out Nogi fills
up the gaps In the ranks as fast as they
are made , while Stoessel's gaps con
stantly grow bigger and cannot be
filled up. Weight must shortly tell.
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WAR NEWS IN BRIEF.
The Japanese captured a height near
Bentsiaputze , on Mukden road , and a ,
battle with cold steel on the summit left
the slopes covered with dead.
Leading Russians in Paris attack Bal-
four's speech , stating that precise infor
mation of danger to the Russian fleet is
in the hands of the authorities.
The Japanese won a position near the
Shakhe river by a night attack. Prep
arations made on both sides indicate that
another great battle is not far o L
Japanese shells fired during a general
attack on Port Arthur destroyed the only
smokeless powder magazine in the town ,
and a conflagration followed which lasted
a day. The Japanese captured several
important positions.
The steamer Chiyoda discovered a
floating mine off Chifa and brought it
to Mojl. Tha gnnboat Ynmato sent a
boat to get the mine and in transferring
it the mine exploded , sinking the boat ,
injuring the Chiyoda and wounding sev
eral men.
France should have the credit for
averting a war between Russia and
Great Britain , according to statements
made in St. Petersburg , where it is said
that M. Delcasse proposed The Hague
plan to both nations at the same time.
The peace agrp ment between Russia
and Great Britain leads to much discon
tent in London , the Britons fearing that
the tribunal , containing so many foreign
ers , will take the word of Admiral Ro-
jctvensky as against the fishermen and
give Russia the verdict.
A well-to-do man la often hard to do *
