THE KNIGHT COMMANDER.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 13271, 17 September 1906, Page 5

THE KNIGHT COMMANDER.

BRITISH STEAMER SUNK BY RUSSIANS. United Tress Association.— By Electric 3 elcgiraph.— Copyright. Lon.lon, September 15. Sir Edward Grey (Secretary for Foreign Affairs) - a sked J Russd a to recensider the case of the steamer Knight Coira*n a nd'er, which ■ w a s* sunk by tie Russian sqnadrc in during the .Eusso- J apancsc , war, notwithstanding tire finding of tho Russian. " Supreme Admiralty Council, but Russia declined. Sir E. Grey now proposes lhat Russia should subnidt to ihe Hague Tribtuial thr> qtiestions, whether the vessel's destruction was warranted ■by the generally recognised principle of international law, -and, if not, "wh-atj dam-ages should bo paid the owners of the steamer's cargo. The cominunioat'ion expresses the hope that Russia will accept the proposal. " - '