THE NORTH SEA COMMISSION.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXVI, Issue 66, 18 March 1905, Page 9

THE NORTH SEA COMMISSION.

H£ International Commis- -*'• H ® \, sion to inquire into the e\l H m sumptuous governI.Jt ( fr nient buiirlinjrs in P.iris. to the fashionables of the say capital. The ee,re-pon*lent uf the ••' Pall Mall Gazette" skotch-s an interesting picture of the ap- ; pearanee of the ( onrf and the spirit | in which the proceedings were coni ducted. Telegraphing his paper on j February Oth lie say.-: — Row after mw j of the seats reserved at the Inquiry for a special public v. ere filled with an cle---gant crowd, of men and worne-ita this afternoon. -o that it seemed that 'he whole of the Faubourg St- Germain had come to testify to their interest in the proceeding-. Some of the best-known in Parisian society were ;imon_r lite listener.-, and th'To "as a curious

prominen.ro of persons connected with the Royalist movement. Th , .- primp a- ftraction. of pourso, was tlio appoarsnep n( The Rus.-i.iu Captain ] Klarlo pvidcnt.lv in*pirM a >vTrii>athPtie ' intcre?? in feminine breasts. , Hi" vanon* pxploirs in tip tielil cmfjit«»ratiir'\ ! iioi. to speak oi his predominant part :n the I'VPins havi> nm'.«Pfl tho it , - j iy.iiry. haw pia.-ed him in strnnpr rpliff. ; and have ii'niv-K.t nuulo him a popu'.ir | liiTn. Morenvpr. soria! prorli\iiio« havr- eanspfl him to br> vpry popular vri:h . soi"i«»ty. Tlu*-.' s-ppriod riiTiks of \t-i'M-lailios. ami pvpii thi , «p|pndiu:r of tlir- pparrrjT'iiT ir«cll. pp'a'p'l :i -•pi , - j *i;il and even a thratrir-jl "aim-'sjih^rc , ." ' It was no liinjrpr a i-ourt of ir.i]iiiry, j rioleniu and judicial, bwr an j function that promispj a plonitudp of j er.tiTtaintnent. And ihr ptTef f vva# j hfijrhtonod l>y the pxfhansi , nf irsillant ! salutatinn? hotwppn i lir , oi the court ;md rhoir Lidy fripnds in Llv privileged sen-. Admiral Don!xi<si>'.r. , and riobonair. ;ind t!v» I ritspftf ot thp Lotion of Honour in his !

huttrvn-holr —an rxi >"!]'T.t in:-!/t ri't* r.f provision, it s-eetned—wns n:i excellent terms with half th* , au-'li^ni"-". \\"h<n tin , sitiincr - .vas opened, affpr ronsid'-rnblf the :ualit»m , e had the unusual plfj^iiri , <f Kupsuiii. Kvrryonp a..~- t i!mf > il .1 ■■ririr-al nnd knowing air, nrurh if th»\v '>vrn :i ['if<y! of I'lnssif-nl iu , t-i'*. Thrrs vtih thn >jmp relief v.'ivn it \vj< finishn!. English ol'srrvrs of tin , pirutTilill^ 4 itn to this point urn by ti" irvnn- -atisli.'J with t!if national shar* ,, ' f fortune 1 writ o> fh ; -- s;:nir corrfspoivipnt '•• lr. is hardly t<>'> nii:i-:i to soy (ainl I am nuotir.ir tho words of a well-informed Amo-rii-an in oniiPtl thn r I'riri-h iliplotnar-y h:i% hern iiiitphiyed in p\-.-ry ]>'iint. The rpu*on i< thf i!iiV:T.'nc -v of rum-.'jition, between Kn.cHis'i and lin-^inn. i>f ju^ti.-i. l and, fair play ii l ft« inij'uvy of tlii< t'i«Sb. raitiT. < Hi their arrival in Paris t!:. s Ru.«t«ian witnessi's imcuediat'!y mniimilii"i»Toil thoir \nr.-ioiis 10 t'.ii> l're««: Uie witno-**! , -* were kepj fsirefiiil" ;i«.iv truiii thf ri-porT'Ts. ""I !i.~jji rt-r 1"' fit.iicmi'nts arc cun--!aiitiy apiearinu in

! the Parisian jnnrnals. showing ereat bias to the Russian side. Th« Russian I C'omaii?sionrr frequently departs from the role of judsre. ftrirtly observed by Admiral >;r Beaumont, and adopt.* that nf advocate and leader of ■ his side. ! An unsatisfactory distinction has b<-T-a made iv thp hp.irinjz of the two i =ots of wnne-.-e.-—English and Eussian. 1 The fishermen >tctp examined ?tep t>7 step and rrc'-s-rxaniinpri in the same I \>ny. Tim Russian oiTicor?. though ! "peakin.cr Frfn.-h perfectly, are allowed i r«i read, wm lonz statement^ • I fif their nun in their own language. j i< nor th;ir of tho r.mrt. and their ■ I cross-oxamin.ition. by this procedure, is • I'nstponed twonty-four hours. Coupled 1 I with the>e (iis'-ords and discrepancies • J -4i-is,rtJier^e«*ft : aitntry tJiat the C<vnnnissipn • ' i-.:n oii*t deliver n ftons' opinion -n-Wch •will -till im-i-pa^r , the sly amuse- ■ ' ni'-nt with \\fiir-h Hn-sians regard the ■ vvlioli- Thf -irons man is bound "Jwiih the unbreakiihlt , threads of lUis- : ; f-ian iliplniiuii-y.