The Thames Star. Resurrexi FRIDAY, OCTOBER. 28, 1901. ENGLAND'S ULTIMATUM TO RUSSIA.

Thames Star, Volume XXXXI, Issue 10451, 28 October 1904, Page 2

The Thames Star. Resurrexi FRIDAY, OCTOBER. 28, 1901. ENGLAND'S ULTIMATUM TO RUSSIA.

WILL THEiREi BE WAR? The news which we publish to-day is the most important forwarded since the time when Great Britain and) tho Transvaal were about to plunge into a. costly and bloody war- The outrage committed; on the innocent traw lera of the Hull fishing fleet and the extraordinary dilatoTmess of Russia —evidently ignorant of the fact that her much vaunted squadron liesi in danger" of being Mown out of exis- \ ten'cie—has culminated in the issuing : by the British, Goveniiuiient of an lultimatiun which, giivea Russia 21 hours to consider and agree to their demands- The time, -states the cabld, expires a.t 12 noon to-day (Friday) which allowing for the difference in time between hero and the- Mother Country, means that at 12 o'clock to-night the time lapses and tho ißtrtfliishj $ja,Uinetj linwnediat^ly mfeiets to further consider the position. In our minds there is not the slightest doubt that if Russia refuses to agree tv> IBngjland's 'dleaniands—«o> jfa,r no official d'etailsi are available as to what these demands are^—war will bo declared against Russia and continued until the fullest reparation is made . for the dastardly conduct of the panic • Bbridken Baltki fleet. We learn that there is great excitement in England, that there is feverish, activity at the arsenals, that tho bombt ships and cruisers are being equipped and that I everything is in readiness 1 should the worst have to be faced. The McdiSterrjanoani fleet >isl stpeeding to 1 Gib- j irialtai' as 'rapidly a,s possible, the Home fleet .stretches aci*oss the North Ffca from tho Firthi of Foa-th to interoepfc tho Baltic) .squadron should it attempt to return' to tho harbor it. should never have left, while tho Channel squadron is also watching. Russia is in a; perilous iposition today and in tho anticipation of a ■greab war in whicil England's vast na\y will tnika a part, there is nahirially great excitement t.li.roiughoiiti England and her possessions to-day-The next few hours are indewl hours i of serious portent.