BRITAIN AND RUSSIA.

Bush Advocate, Volume XVI, Issue 582, 5 December 1904, Page 5

BRITAIN AND RUSSIA.

"'■ "United .Press Association By Electric Telegraph — Copyright, London, Dec. 4.

The colliers coaling Admiral Bozhdestvensky in Dakar Bay include nine German. and two English. Admiral ■" Foelkersban's .fleet paid £74,000 in Canal dues.

The Moscow Gazette condemns the policy of sending the Baltic fleet to almost certain destruction.

Tbe Novoe Vremya's military critic says the warships at Port Arthur and Vladivostock are unable to assist the Baltic 'fleet, Which must rely on. its own resources. : A.-.:. -':y : . y-y

Admiral Foelkersabm's squadron is at Jibutil, in the Gulf of Aden.

The Novoe. Vremya, in: a . leading article, raises the Dardanelles question, and states it is unnecessary to consult Britain. The Treaty of Paris, which does not bind' Japan, hampers Russia. The' Porte might for a consideration waive these advantages. The article in -the Npvoe Vremya is attributed to Captairi Clado, of the-Baltic fleet, and says that probably Britain will make as great an outcry as in former years, and more recently as in the Dogger Bank case, but it will come to nothing. Bussia, in- any case, will be able to offer something in exohange for Britain's consent, y*"

The Morning Post's St. Petersburg correspondent states that the revival pf the Dardanelles' agitation coincides significantly with Prince Vladimir's return frbm Berlin..