The Alleged Cause of the Incident.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XL, Issue 7944, 27 October 1904, Page 5

The Alleged Cause of the Incident.

Repeated Warnings from Germany.

Officers Panic-stricken.

Subscriptions in Aid of Fishermen.

Russia Adding Insult to Injury.

Opinions of the Press

British Demands Supnorted by French Press-

Received October 27, at 8.40 a.m. LONDON, October 26,

The newspaper Echo de Paris' St. Petersburg correspondent says that Germany, wishing to appear as her only friend, repeatedly warned the Russian Admiralty to guard against attack in the North Sea. These warnings droye the officers off their heads and this was the real cause for the incident.

The Journal de St. Petersburg (a frequently inspired journal), has opened a subscription in aid of the fishermen.

The Russian journal Svet declared the affair was the result of British imprudence.

Russia says that part of the fault rests with Britain for not warning.the fishermen of the squadron's approach. Many English newspapers, including the Radical press, are -astounded at the Russian representation regarding the misunderstanding. Some bJuntly declare that the Admiral was drunk or acted deliberately.The Japanese press are indignant at the Russian inhumanities and describe their crowning act as a violation of the rights of neutrals.

The French newspapers hold the British demands as strictly in conformity with_ diplomatic usage and say that Russia must yield and the sooner she admits her fault the better. [