THE KNIGHT COMMANDER INCIDENT.

Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXX, Issue 11973, 17 September 1906, Page 5

THE KNIGHT COMMANDER INCIDENT.

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Received September 16, 4.32 p.m. LONDON, September 15. Sir Edward Grey asked Russia to reconsider the case of the steamer Knight Commander, which was sunk by a Russian squadron 'during the Russo-Japanese war, notwithstanding the finding of the Russian Admiralty Council, but Russia declined. Sir Edward Grey now 'proposes that Russia should submit to the Hague Tribunal the questions whether the vessel's destruction was warranted by the generally recognised principle of international law, and, if not, what damages should be paid the own«rs of the steamer's cargo. The communication expresses the hope that Russia will accept the proposal.