TENSION IN LONDON GREAT.
lonig conference of foreign committee;.. British squadrons prepared fob extreme 'measures. LONDON, October 26. The tension, in London is now at its greatestThere ia great activity in official circles-. The members of the Foreign Committee o>f the Cabinet are engaged in ai long! conference ai Downing street. They have been, joined by the Crown law officers. The Russian fleet is off Vigo, to the north of the west coast of Spain, where a-number of secret despatches awaiit it. There is no' further news of the British squadronsi, tout it is understood! that all is prepared for extreme measures! should Russia fail to make the necessary reparation.Latest advices, froim St. Petersburg are not encouraging. Both the English, and the French correspondents at the Russian capital mention the bellicose attitude of the military authorities. They agree in .emphasising the danger of the belief, due fcq» the official censorship, that the incident mainly consisted of the running down of the trawlers. It is on this amount that the British demands are interpreted as being, due to anti-Russian; feeling-
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Thames Star, Volume XXXXI, Issue 10451, 28 October 1904, Page 4
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