The Thames Star. Resurrexi THURSDAY, NOVEMiBER 3, 1904. NOTES ON CURRENT TOPICS

Thames Star, Volume XXXXI, Issue 10456, 3 November 1904, Page 2

The Thames Star. Resurrexi THURSDAY , NOVEMiBER 3, 1904. NOTES ON CURRENT TOPICS

TO-DAY'S WAR. CAfBLBS.

T'o-day'si icia.bles dealing with the prosent, crisis between. England and Riu«siini Kili.ow; that tiho'Uiglu the B'altio sqiiadrcn has left. Vipro without any protest, iron 11 England the latter is running no. unne-essarey risk in tho t-iasiei c:f miKtaißo ireilataons \nkv* ■brokeni off and hostilities coiii.ineoi iced. Wei learn thxnb an Einglish squadron is following' the Baltic sea. vessels— thei .].orpf.tirators' of the. North; &a o.utt.i ago—while groat activity is being displayed, at Gibraltar a,n,d' biy the Aidniiral and officers of th.c Mediterranean, fleet Admiral Lo^rd Charles Bbresfordi husi summoned tho do'mmanclers of the various: ve^-wle aboard the flagship; and a conference is l>eing hold, when probnljly a. dbfinib;pla.iii of (.•■!!n)i]ja.j<ri 1 will by ck'-uidodi mi should the worse coino. rriie. Governor of Gibraltar has su 111.111.01) ed the generals of 'briprades. and the various commnndinig 1 officers a.nd liero again important (jßtailsi v^ill doubtless tie arranged. A iciibla receivtodi in the caii-I.y part of tho clay states it: is seim-officiially annou.ncod that the position is not 0110- to causo wericiUs alanir, but th,o subsequent. ne«lsi that ''iUi^licdi pivulr. >£he wine« ,sho'\vsi that Einigland hna decided to uontinuo her Instant! mobilisation, scheme so that thei incident camiot lie looked upon as anything but satisfactorily ended. as the Russian loaders maintain 1.