The Baltic Fleet Outrage

Waihi Daily Telegraph, Volume IV, Issue 1208, 24 December 1904, Page 2

The Baltic Fleet Outrage

Bribing ihe Boatswain Statement by the Russian Consul Press Association.—Copyright. London, Dec. 22. The Kussian Consul at Hull states that the boatswain .was sober when he signed tho statement that ho saw a torpedoer near the fishing fleet just beforo tho firing commenced, Tho Consul says he receievod two pounds as payment. Thrco otbors refused to sign the statement, AN INTERCEPTED MESSAGE, GRAVE AND IMPORTANT BEARING Press Association,—Copyright, London, Dec, 23. Tho Paris correspondent of the Standard reports that a wireless messago intercepted from tho Russian (loot, and which has come into tho British Govormeiu's possession, has a grave bearing on tho North Sea incident, and will probably bo submitted to the Commission.

MORE BUGSIAN WITNESSES Press Association.—Copyright. London, December 23 Admiral Roshdestvenski has sont to Paris three of the Dmitri Dovskoi's officers, and also Lieut. Valrond, of the transport Kamstchatka, as witnesses at the Commission. Liout, Valroud is tho bearer of Admiral Roshdestvenski's second very circumstantial report. Valroul declares that ho personally saw two groy torpodoors, and is certain they were not Russian.