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PS FOR WAR
Britain is Making Her
Ships Ready.
RUSH ORDERS GIVEN
Great Quantities of Coal
Are Being Bought.
GHANNELFLEETSAILSTQDAY
Several Torpedo -Boats Leave
Tangier Fully Equipped.
CABINET'IS CALLED TO MEET
New Complications Raised by the Re
port of Russian Admiral on the
Trawler Incident Will Be
Considered.
Vice-Admiral Rojestvensky's ex
planation -of the attack of his squad
ron on British trawlers probably
turned the current of diplomatic ne
gotiations into a new channel. The
British Foreign Office, is. In courtesy,
obliged to accord an Investigation
into circumstances narrated by the
Russian Admiral, reinforced as it Is
by the testimony of subordinate of
ficers of the squadron, and by the
report of the Danish Minister of Ma
rine, communicated to the Russian
Government that vessels were known
to have been chartered at Hull and
in Sweden by the Japanese govern
ment for the purpose of attacking
the Baltic squadron during Its pas
sage of the North Sea and English
Channel. Fending developments In
diplomatic exchanges the British
Admiralty is showing the utmost ac
tivity in bringing fleets within the
course of the Russian squadron. The
Russian ships at Vigo, Spain, It Is
promised, will depart as soon as
necessary repairs are completed.
France and Germany may be re
garded as throwing the weight of
their Influence In the scale for peace
ful conclusion of the controversy.
LONDON, Oct. 28. Notwithstanding
the diplomatic check in consequence of
Admiral Rojestvensky's report. It Is evi
dent that Great Britain is preparing for
the possibility of war. Tremendous ac
tivlty Is reported- from all dockyards.
where vessels under repair are being
made ready for sea under urgent orders
from the Admiralty.
"While no time limit for the receipt of
Russia's reply has been fixed, it Is gener
ally understood today that the route of
the Russian squadron past Gibraltar will
be barred by the Channel squadron, com
xnanded by Vice-Admiral Lord Charles
Beresford.
Perhaps the most significant develop
ment Is the Cabinet meeting which is
called for noon today. While the call was
Issued prior to the receipt of Rojest
venskys report, which changed the situa
tion considerably and appears to place
some of the burden of proof upon Great
Britain, the meeting undoubtedly marks
the reaching of a serious stage.
The ships of the British Channel fleet
cleared their decks this afternoon. It Is
rumored that the whole fleet, with the
exception of the battleship Caesar, will
steam westward tomorrow with the al
leged purpose of making a sham attack
against the Rock of Gibraltar.
Several torpedo-boats left Tangier this
afternoon, fully equipped.
A division of the Mediterranean fleet.
comprising six battleships, all the armor
ed cruisers and 20 torpedo-boats, Is ex
pected to arrive here tomorrow.
At Cardiff it Is stated that Admiralty
agents are securing great quantities of
coal for Gibraltar. Portsmouth, Malta and
other ports and' paying high freights. The
Mediterranean fleet is hastening In the
direction of Gibraltar, and it is announced
that the Channel squadron, with decks
cleared, will leave Gibraltar early this
morning, it Is alleged; the object being a
sham attack on the rock. The home fleet
likewise is concentrated. In fact, al
most the entire British navy Is pointing
in the direction of the Baltic fleet, a por
tion of which Is expected to sail from Vigo
during today.
While up to the present time the gov
ernment has maintained an almost com
plete silence with regard to the progress
of the affair, it Is considered almost cer
tain that Premier Balfour, who will make
a speech at Portsmouth tonight, will, af
ter a conference with the entire Cabinet,
"be In a position to make some definite an
nouncement.
Public sentiment which hitherto has
been kept under remarkable control, will
hardly stand the passing of another day,
especially "because of the opportunity af
forded by Mr. Balfour's appearance on
the platform, unless some satisfactory ex
planatlon is made.
It might be said that yesterdaywas the
first time any real excitement was ex
perienced on the part of the public. Early
editions of the afternoon papers calculated
to arouse the most Intense national feel
lng. positively announced that a time
limit had been set for Russia's reply -and
that the Cabinet had been called to as
semble Immediately. This brought' out a
crowd In Downing street, but It quickly
disappeared -when Informed the Mr. Bal
four, had not arrived from Hatfield House
and that they -were 24 hours ahead of
time.
Admiral Hojestvensy's report seemed "to
stagger almost everyone. Its statements
were received with Incredulity, andevl
dently the reply ,was regarded as merely
an adroit counter In order to gain time.
The text of the Admiral's telegrams, re
ceived at a late hour last night, are cal
culated to Inflame Instead of allay the
resentment of the British public His
statement that "he endeavored to spare
the trawlers and ceased to fire as soon, as
the torpedo-boats were out of sight," to
gether with, the virtual accusation of com
plicity with supposed Japanese torpedo-
boats against the fishermen Is , hardly
likely to reconcile an angry nation to the
possibility that there Is another side to
the case calling for Investigation.
SITUATION MOST COMPLICATED
Attended With Dangerous Possibili
ties for Peace of All Europe.
LONDON, Oct. 27. One of the most
complicated diplomatic situations In re
cent history, and one that Is attended with
most dangerous possibilities for the peace
of the whole of Europe, exists tonight,
with no sign of immediate solution. The
tension that arose when the dispute be
tween Great Britain and Russia resolved
itself into the simple question whether
Russia would, -or would not, guarantee In
advance that some punishment should be
administered to the offending officers of
the Baltic squadron, has been modified
by the Introduction of an entirely new set
of contentions contained in VIce-Admlral
Rojestvensky's report; yet even the most
astute diplomats, who recognize a tem
porary improvement In conditions, are
puzzled by the complications that so
curiously cause it. However, there Is to
night at the embassies of the powers not
concerned in the dispute a very strong
conviction that a way out will be found
other than In recourse to war.
The Foreign Office, apparently as puz
zled as the onlookers, pursues the policy
of silence, and the British press is almost
totally uninformed. The voluminous ex
changes dally occurring between London
and St. Pettersburg continue, the state
ment that no reply from Russia has been
received adding to the implication that
Russia is ignoring the British negotia
tions. It is this misconception which Is
chiefly responsible for the stirring up of a
popular agitation against which the gov
ernment may find it hard to stand out In
the .possible event of Foreign Minister
Lansdowne withdrawing the demand that
Russia guarantee punishment before in
quiry is Instituted.
Britain Must Be Less 'Urgent.
Had Admiral Rojestvensky's report' not
arrived, it Is probable the dispute would
have been settled one way or the other to
night. Its terms, however, are generally
held to prevent the presentation of the
ultimatum which Great Britan undoubt
edly Intended to send. Although Lord
Lansdowne has frankly said the circum
stances reported by Admiral Rojestven-
sky are to him inconceivable, the Foreign
Minister Is not prevented from seeing that
new light has been thrown on the "out
rage," and that diplomatic usage now
compels less urgent action than the Brit
ish government at first contemplated.
In the present temper of the British na
tion, it is not at all probable that prepara
tions for hostilities will be relaxed or that
the popular outcry will be diminished by
Admiral Rojestvensky's report; but it Is
understood that Great Britain would run
the risk of forfeiting, in some degree, the
good will of France, and certainly that of
Germany, If she proceeded to substitute
warlike for diplomatic steps, of which In
tention, it Is said at the Russian Embassy
tonight, there is no Indication in Lord
Lansdowne's communication.
France Gives Britain Much Concern.
The attitude of France Is held to be of
the first Importance. It "was said today
by the representative of another great
power that if France had given definite
assurances she would not support Russia
in the event of war growing out of .the
North Sea Incident, a hostile issue would
be almost inevitable, as the temptation to
crush the Russian naval power, after such
provocation, could scarcely have been re
sisted by Great Britain. It Is pointed out
that it Is greatly to France's Interest to
preserve peace, and her efforts In that
direction obviously will be strengthened
by not committing herself except at the
last moment. So long as Great Britain Is
not sure whether France will "help. Rus
sla she will not be likely to engage in
war; while Russia, with France neutral.
would. It Is thought at most of the em
bassies here, scarcely invite defeat. The
most probable solution of the rumors re
garding France's position is said by a
high authority to be that she has given
both disputants to understand that she
does not desire to become involved, but
has reserved her final decision.
Ambassador Cambon was unceasingly
active throughout the day, not only in
visiting Foreign Minister Lansdowne and
Ambassador Benkendorff, but others of
his diplomatic colleagues.
Hayashi Sure Admiral Is Wrong.
Baron Hayashi, -the JapaneseMlnlster,
after reading Admiral Rojestvensky's re
port, again reiterated his statement that
it was impossible that any Japanese tor
pedo-boat could have been where the Rus
slan Admiral thought them. He declared
that Rojestvensky's own statement of In
discriminate firing after such slight In
vestlgation proved that the Russian fleet
was likely to menace the safety of all
neutral seas and make International law
merely a farce. War between England
and Russia, Baron Hayashi frankly ad
mltted, would be greatly to Japan's ad van
tage; yet, as a friend of England, he
would be sorry to see It come, though
such a war could hardly consist of more
than one naval engagement, the result of
which would be a foregone conclusion.
Exactly what method can be taken to
Investigate Vlce-Admlral Rojestvensky';
statements does not clearly appear. The
Russian Embassy here can throw no light
upon the alleged presence of torpedo-boats
In the North Sea, the British Admiralty
has no information, and fresh Inquiry
amofig the trawlers elicits no new facts.
The Russian Embassy thinks a further
and more elaborate Inquiry is proceeding
at Vigo, where the testimony of the offi
cers participating in the affair Is being
minutely recorded.
So far as known here, the United-States
Is not moving in the, present dispute.
ON T
Russian Admiral Says
He Acted on Defensive.
REPORT MADE TO CZAR
Two Torpedo-Boats Repre
sented to Have Made Attack.
PUBLIC ACCEPTS HIS STORY
It Raises a Direct Issue With Britain,
but tho People Are Willing to
Back the Government to the
Utmost Extremity.
STATEMENTS OF AD1HKAL.
Two torpedo-boats advanced to attack,
without lights, under the cover of dark
ness. One of the torpedo-boats was sunk.
The detachment endeavored to spars
fishing-boats.
There was not a single torpedo-boat in
the Russian squadron.
The steamboats were not aided be
cause they were" suspected of complicity.
No warship, even in the time of deep
peace, would have acted otherwise.
ST. PETERSBURG. Oct. 2S. (3:10 -A.
M.) The mystery of the trawler affair.
Instead of being cleared up by "Vice-Admiral
Rojestvensky's report today, ap
pears to be deeper than ever. The Admi
ral declares he was attacked in the dark
ness by two torpedo-boats which came
upon the squadron from the direction of
the fishing fleet. He opened fire and be
lieves he sank one of the torpedo-boats,
the other making off under cover among
the fishermen.
As soon as he noticed the fishermen. Ad
miral Rojestvensky ceased firing. He pro
ceeded on his way without leaving any
vessel behind, and says he believes the
vessel which the fishermen reported re
mained on the scene for six hours without
offering succor to the-drowning was tho
other torpedo-boat, either waiting for her
conBort or repairing damage Inflicted by
the fire of hl3 ships. The Admiral de
clares no torpedo-boats were with the
squadron.
In concluding his telegram. Admiral Ro
jestvensky expressed In the most warm
hearted way tho regrets of tho whole
squadron to the fishermen who had suf
fered, and to the families of the victims.
The Admiral's explanation Is hailed with
the greatest satisfaction at the Admiralty
and elsewhere, but It Is felt that a direct
issue has now -been raised between Great
Britain and Russia, and the issue has
entered on a more delicate stage. Pub
lic sentiment in both countries doubtless
will demand the most searching Investlga
tion to establish facts, and probably
neither nation will be willing to accept
the result of an ex-parte Inquiry by the
other. The outcome probably will be a
mixed tribunal of some sort. This, at
least, is the suggestion of some of the
cooler men here, as It Is felt that only
thus could a repetition of the Maine In
quiry be avoided.
Public Stands by Admiral.
Popular, excitement has reached a pitch
unequaled since tho beginning of the
war. Public sympathy and confidence un
doubtedly are with Vice-Admiral Rojest
vensky, and should Russia choose to stand
upon his version without further Inquiry
there Is no question that such a course
would be popular with the masses, who
would be willing to back the government
in the controversy to the utmost extrcm
ity. It is most improbable, however, that
the government will adopt such a course,
It Is much more probable that after the
first flush of excitement has faded, a
middle way will be found whereby the
facts can be established and the national
pride of both countries maintained.
Rojestvensky's report was telegraphed
from "Vigo direct to the Emperor, who re
ceived It "Wednesday night. It was com
municated yesterday to Ambassador Har
dingo by Foreign Minister Lamsdorff him
self.
There is reason to believe that the Brit
ish Embassy was also acquainted with in
formation which reached the Russian au
thorlties some time ago of the arrival at
and subsequent mysterious disappearance
from Hull of 20 Japanese, mention of
which was made in these dispatches Oc
tober 25.
Bears the Admiral Out.
It Is pointed out that the original ver
sion of the Incident, as recited by the cap
tain of tho trawler Moulmein, coincides
closely with Rojestvensky's. The captain
said that while the squadron was passing
ho suddenly noticed two torpedoboats
which approached so near that ho thought
.they intended bombarding him, when
tney sneered on, neaamg oacK xor the
squadron. Almost Immediately after the
squadron opened Are.
Since Rojestvensky's report specifically
states that there were no torpedoboats
with the squadron when the Incident oc
curred, the statement of the captain of
the Moulmelncompletely corroborates Ro
jestvensky.
It Is said that torpedoboats attacked
the leading Russian ship. They dtsre
garded the signals to keep off when
picked up 'by the searchlights and fire
was opened on them.
Rojestvensky refers to and replies
specifically to the reports In the Brit
ish press, showing that he had the
press accounts before him when he
wrote the report. Some of his Ian
guage is sarcastic especially when
speaking of the appearance of the tor
pedoboats from the direction of the
uritisn nsnermcn, conveying an inn
matlbn which certainly will arouse re
sentment in England. He declares
that no other naval commander at. sea
under similar circumstances would
have failed to open fire, and adds
he courts the fullest Inquiry and sug
gests that a court of Inquiry could be
held at Vigo.
In diplomatic circles Rojestvensky s re
port created the keenest Interest. One of
the things particularly pointed out Is the
fact that Rojestvensky's report was writ
ten after he had seen the foreign accounts
of the affair. The Admiralty 13 unable to
explain why, after being attacked, he
waited four days before reporting, and
that he then took pains to reply to the al
legations of the press. In some quarters
this Is regarded as suspicious. Of course,
the government accepts the report in per
fect good faith, but if an Inquiry should
prove that the report was prepared to
shield himself, the most severe punish
ment will be meted out to him. If. on
the contrary, it is proved to be correct.
it will place Great Britain in an awkward
position.
Reports that Great Britain has demand
ed the punishment of the authors of the
trawler Incident are untrue. Great Brit
ain has not yet made any specific demands
except for an Inquiry, pending which there
can be no question of a demand for pun
ishment. DISPATCHES FROM ADMIRAL,
Torpedo-Boats Advanced to Attack
Under Cover of Darkness.
ST. PETERSBURG, Oct. 2S. The Naval
General Staff publishes the following dis
patches from VIce-Admlral Rojestvensky:
"First dispatch. The North Sea incident
was caused by two torpedo-boats advanc
ing to attack without lights, under cover
of darkness, against the vessel leading the
detachment. "When the detachment turned
on Its searchlights and opened fire, tne
presence of several small steamboats re
sembling steam flshlng-boats was discov
ered. The detachment endeavored to spare
these, and ceased firing as soon as the
torpedo-boats were out of sight.
"The English press is Indignant because
a torpedo-boat left by the detachment on
the spot until morning did not aid the vic
tims. Now, there was not a single tor
pedo-boat near the detachment, and none
was left behind, consequently the vessel
remaining near the small steamboats was
that torpedo-boat which was not sunk
but only damaged. The detachment did
not aid the little steamboats because we
suspected them of complicity on account
of their obstinately cutting Into the order
of tho positions of our vessels. Several df
them showed no lights, and others only
very late."
"Second dispatch. Having met several
hundred flshlng-boats, the squadron
showed them every consideration except
when they were in company with foreign
torpedo-boats, of which one disappeared.
while the other, according to the fishers'
own evidence, remained among them until
morning. They supposed it was a Russian
and were indignant because It did not aid
the victims: but It was foreign, and re
mained until morning, seeking the other
torpedo-boat, its consort, either to repair
damage .or.through fear of betraying Itself
to those who were not Its accomplices. If
there were also on the spot fishermen lm
prudently dragged Into the enterprise,
beg In the name of the whcle squadron to
express my sincere regret to the unfortu
nate" victims of .circumstances under
which no warship, evgh in time of deep
peace, could have acted otherwise."
POSITION TAKEN BY RUSSIA.
No Foreign Power Can Demand the
Punishment of the Officers.
LONDON, Oct. 27. The Associated
Press understands that tho new phase In
troduced Into the, situation by Rojest
vensky's report was tho almost exclusive
subject of discussion at the two confer
ences between Ambassador Benkendorff
and Foreign Secretary Lansdowne today,
In consequence, the question of punish
ment Is held in abeyance.
Lord Lansdowne, it is stated, said to
Ambassador Benkendorff that while the
circumstances reported by Rojestvensky
were Inconceivable to him, he quite un
derstood that the Russian government
was bound to take the word of Its own
Admiral. The opinion expressed to the
Associated , Press at the Foreign Office
was that it Is ridiculous to suppose that
two torpedo-boats could lie unnoticed
among the vessels of the fishing fleet
As regards the British demand for the
punishment of the Russian officers being
an Infringement of Russia's sovereignty
and rights. Ambassador Benkendorff, In
his interview with Lord Lansdowne, main
tained that such punishment must be
taken on the spontaneous Initiative of the
Emperor's government and that a de
mand from a foreign power that Russia
shall punish her officers cannot be enter
tained. '
In any event It was Impossible for the
Russian government to mete out punish
ment without having before it a statement
of facts as presented by Its own officers,
Count Benkendorff also pointed out
that the Emperor's telegram was re
garded by all Russians less as a personal
communication to King Edward than as
an expression of the sentiment ofUthe
whole Russian nation.
Ambassador Benkendorff paid another
visit to Lord Lansdowne at about 3
o'clock this afternoon. This caused con
siderable bewilderment here, and there is
beginning to be evidence of some dispo
sition to believe In the possibility that
tnere is anotner side to the fishermen's
story, aria" that the situation requires
more light.
The Foreign Office regards the state
ment of the captain of the Swedish
steamer Aldebaran, now at "Gefle. Swe
den, from Hull, England, as being very
important In Indicating that the Russians
had previously fired ona defenseless ship,
wnen tnere was no question of the pres
ence of torpedo-boats.
SPAIN WILL LET SHIPS COAL.
Each Vessel In Vigo Will Take on
400 Tons and -Sail Today.
VIGO. Spain, Oct 27. The Spanish au
thorlties have now given permission for
the Russian squadron to coal, limiting
each vessel to 400 tons. The squadron
will sail tomorrow at daybreak, its al
leged destination being Tangier.
As Admiral Rojestvensky was lea vine
the palace of the Military Governor of
vigo yesterday, an old man stepped for
ward and kissed his forehead. The crowd
which witnessed the Incident loudly ap
plauded, and the Admiral appeared to be
much affected by the popular ovation.
The Mayor of Vigo addressed the Ad
mlral in the name of the city and tho na
tlon. wishing glory to Emperor Nicholas
and prosperity to Russia.
Will Allow Ships to Make Repairs
MADRID, Spain-, Oct 27. M. Schevitch.
the Russian Ambassador to Spain, and
Foreign Minister San Pedro had a long
conference here today. The government
has authorized the Russian warships at
Vigo to remain in-port and- complete re
pairs on condition that they leave imme
diately-after repairs- are compl-etao.
KING 111 A
SNARL
'olitical Storm Center
of Washington.
MEAD IS IN NO DANGER
Complications May Gut His
Majority Somewhat
FOUGHT BY LIQUOR INTERESTS
Former Adherents of McBrlde Are
Out Working for Entire Ticket
Effect of Seattle's Desire for
United States Senator.
SEATTLE, "Wash., Oct. 27.t-Staff Corre
spondence.) King County Is engaged in
the very strenuous task of sustaining her
well-earned reputation as the? political
storm-center of the State of Washington.
The fact that King County emerges from
these periodical cyclones in much the
same condition as the brlndle pullpup that
toyed with the Kansas cyclone. In Eugene
Ware's famous poem, has In no wise dis
concerted her, and a storm that will break
at Olympla early next year Is now gather
ing fast at Seattle.
It Is still early in the game, but the
United States Senatorshlp is rapidly being
drawn into the snarl which has already
reached a state of desperate Intricacy.
The complexity of the situation east of
the Cascade Mountains was such as to
preclude anything like an accurate esti
mate as to the outcome of the approach
ing contest, and on this side of the moan-
tains the matter becomes still more diffi
cult.
Given a certain number of voters and
under normal conditions the leaders of
the respective parties can figure out with
a fair degree of accuracy about how many
should land In each camp. But political
conditions in Seattle are not. normal, and
the problems regarding the age of Ann
and similar questions are plain and easy
compared with the work of determinln,
how many votes will be cast In Seattle
and for whom they will bo counted.
Registration Lists Padded.
Tho pre-eminent factor in this --uncer
tainty la the registration lists. These lists
show something over 27,000 votes In Seat
tle, but the most sanguine political boss
does not expect to see 27,000 votes counted
The 'padding" In the lists Is estimated at
from 2000 to 4000 names. Several hundred
of these names are said to belong to in
dividuals who kindly lent them to friends
before they (the owners of the names) de
parted for Alaska, Mexico and other
lands. It is even stated that many of
these names were contributed by unpro-
testlng tombstones in adjacent cemeteries,
The Republicans are assuming that the
most of this padded registration is of a
nature hostile to their interest, and for
that reason they will endeavor by close
attention to business to prevent too many
of these votes being counted. It Is ex
pectlng too much to hope that they will
be entirely successful In shutting out this
illegal colonization work, and it accord
ingly becomes Impossible to figure accu
rately even on the number of votes that
will be cast.
Eliminating this padded registration ele
ment from the situation and In the divis
ion of the legitimate vote it is not appar
ent that Mead "will be In any danger. He
will naturally run behind his ticket, as a
portion of the McBrlde following is either
silently or openly fighting him, and the
liquor men and gamblers are also op
posing him.
Estimate Difficult to Make.
The extent of the defection from a nor
mal majority caused by these factors Is
not easily arrived at. Some of the Mc--Bride-Preston
Republicans and Democrats
place It sufficiently high to give Turner a
majority in tho county of from 2000 to 2000
votes, but from a Republican standpoint
Mead Is regarded as a winner in the
county by about the sme figures. More
conservative Democrats claim only an
even, break for Turner, and some Repub
licans will bo. satisfied with 1500 majority.
Under such circumstances estimates are
unusually hazardous, but I think the
power of the McBrlde Republicans and
liquor men has been overestimated by the
Turner men. In giving a basis for their
extravagant claims, the Democrats figure
on a solid vote ifrom. the liquor men and
from the McBrlde Republicans. Admit
ting that their claims are Justified, it is
still impossible to figure out anything but
a majority for Mead, unless too many
Illegal voters get their ballots Into the
boxes.
This Is not a hazardous statement, for
a test" of the strength of this opposition
was made in the city election last Spring,
when Balllnger was elected Mayor. The
Preston-McBride-Gottsteln forces and the
liquor men and gamblers all fought Bal
linger. The liquor men and the gamblers
knew, that the election of Balllnger meant
a closed town. The Issue was plain and
they fought him to a man, until near the
close of the campaign, when Mayor;
Humes quieted some of them by promising
that Balllnger would carry out the policy
of the Humes administration. Few of
them believed Humes, and Balllnger ac
tually lost -votes by the announcement,
for some of the church people feared that
he would do as Humes said he would and
would not close the town. The saloon men
had their business at stake then; now
their only motive Is revenge, and It seem3
impossible for them to make a better
showing than they made when the motive
was stronger.
Balllnger defeated the liquor men, gam-
biers. Democrats and Republican sore
heads by over 1200 majority. Mead will
make a much better showing against this
opposition' than was made by Balllnger.
Numerous former adherents to the Mc-
k Bride lost caase have recovered fromtlwlr
sulk3 and are out working for the ticket
from top to bottom and even the liquor
men are not so unanimous in their sup
port of Turner as they were a short time
ago. ' "
Then there Is a large number of influen
tial Democrats who are making a bitter
and uncompromising fight on Turner on
account of the insincerity of his political
convictions. By adding the strength of
the McBrlde Republicans who have re
turned to the fold since the city election,
that of the anti-Turner Democrats and
the liquor Interests that are now willing
to have peace, to the 1200 majority of tho
Spring election, the indicated size of Mr.
Mead's majority In King County might
be safely placed at more than 2000 votes.
This on the supposition, that attempts at
crooKea registration woric wui oe unsuc
cessful
Nor is this tho sum total of the Mead
strength that may be massed on election
day. . The long-cherished desire c Seat
tle to be represented In the United States
Senate Is being used by the Mead follow
ing to force support for their candidate.
Ex-Senator John L. Wilson, Jacob Furth
and Samuel Piles, with strength corre
sponding to the order In which they are
named, are candidates for the United
States Senate. Their' plans of campaign
are not drawn on similar lines, but they
are unanimous on one feature of the com
ing struggle, and that Is that, no King
County man can expect support for Sena
tor from other counties if Mead is slaugh
tered in this county.
Mead's friends in various parts of the
state have served notice to this effect on
the King County Republicans and the lat
ter are taking most effective means to
prevent a disaster of this nature. A busi
ness men's club has been formed, and with
a rapidly increasing membership is hold
ing daily meetings and doing most ef
fective work in strengthening the Mead
defences.
Warned by Past History.
King County Republicans have had a
number of warning examples of the folly
of knifing Republican candidates. When
Harold Preston and his friends defeated
John Wooding, the south district candi
date for Sheriff, two years ago, they little
realized that their work with the stilleto
would coat Seattle the United States Sen
atorshlp, hut that Is exactly what hap
pened, and Seattle Is not at all anxious
for thl3 kind of history to repeat itself.
The south district has another candidate
for Sheriff this year, and If he gets the
kind of a deal that was given John Wood
lng two years ago, trouble In wholesale
quantities in inevitable, and King will
need all of the assistance she can com
mand from outside sources to offset the
Internal dissension. ThereJs little doubt
but that the Sheriff, as well as the rest
of the county, state and National ticket.
will be elected, but King County will .be
held to strict accountability by the rest
of the state, and especially by the north
western counties, if she falls to give Mead
a good safe majority.
That the Republicans here realize their
responsibility In -this direction is apparent
In the earnest endeavors they are making
to organize their forces to the best possi
ble advantage. Evenshbufd the Demo
crats succeed in counting the votes of a
thousand or two "colonized" patriots,
Mead should win in King County by a
small majority. If the plans of the colo
nizers are thwarted, his majority here
should be greater than Turner will re
ceive in Spokane, Whitman andLlncoln,
the most rabid Turner counties in the
state. E. W. W.
CONTENTS OF TODAY'S PAPER
Basso-Japanese War.
NORTH SEA INCIDENT
Britain strips for war. Fags 1.
Russian Admiral, in report to Czar, declares ha
was attacked by torpedo-boats. Page 1.
British Cabinet 14 called to meet today. Pace 1.
British public refuses to believe Russian Ad
miral. Page 3.
London press, eaya -word ia now -with the Czar,
but confesses country 13 on tne- eve of war.
Pago 4.
BALTIC FLEEIT
Spain will allow Russian ships at Vigo to
make repairs. Paso 6.
Swedish steamship is fired upon by Baltic
fleet. Page 4.
MUKDEN CAMPAIGN
Japanese resume tho offensive. Page .
Russians are reported to have lost a number ot
positions. Page 4.
Chinese at Mukden expect severe fighting, and
are closing up business affairs. Page 4.
Political. '
Hearst's American makes bitter attack on
Cleveland and Olney. Page J.
Roosevelt will reply to criticisms of Parker.
Page 1.
Fairbanks has a very busy day in Missouri,
Page S.
Domestic.
Great New York subway is opened. PaV 5.
Indiana woman admits eh 9 poisoned stepdaugh
ter, and hands- confession to Judge to read.
Page 6.
Airship Invented by Montana man makes suc
cessful trial at St. Louis. Page 7.
Supreme Court will decide whether pig lead is
contraband of war. Page 5.
Sports.
Pacific Coast League win big victory In having
a new class created and making drafting of
players more expensive. Page 11.
Pacific Coast League scores: Loa Angeles 10,
Portland 0; Tacoma 1, Oakland. 1. Page 11.
Commercial and Marine.
M. H. Durst advises Oregon hopgrowera to form
pool. Page -IB.
Rally In wheat options at San Francisco. Page
15.
Chicago wheat market excited by war news,
Page 15.
Effect of war scare in "Wall street. Page 15.
Shipwrights etate their position in drydock
affair. Page 14.
Steamer Mainlander collides with tug Sea Lion
and Is sunk in Puget Sound. Pago 14.
Northwest Politics.
Mead will have a good majority, despite com
plication In King County. Page 7.
Marion County will have grand Republican
rally at Salem November 1. Page 7.
Pacific Coaat.
Millionaire Lawson declares Helnze has sold
out to the Amalgamated in Montana. Page 6.
Fred- P. Dixon fatally Injured in Southern Pa
cific yards at Albany. Page 6.
Jamea H. SewelL of Washington County,
awarded prize for unique hop display.
Page 7.
Portland and Vicinity.
Election of T. B. Wilcox to presidency of
Trans-Mississippi Congress will aid Oregon.
Page 10.
"Children at Library are told stories of Roose
velt. Page 12.
'Helen Jennings denies all charges made by her
husband In divorce suit. Page 14.
Owners of piers above Steel bridge want har
bor lines changed. Page' 14.
Taxpayers League wants all changes In city
charter submitted to vote of people. Page 10.
Contest for Speakership of House will become
active after Presidential election. Page 10.
Annual, rifle competfilon of Oregon National
Guard begins. Page 10.
Aeeessaaent roll of Multnomah County shows big
iar ,'oybc lt jmr.- Pass 13.
EftRST IS BITTEH
His Paper Turns on
Olney and Cleveland.
SPEECHES WILL DO HARM
Masses Will Conclude Democ
racy Is Allied With Capital.
KNOX T0LD-THE PLAIN TRUTH
Party Cannot Consistently Profess
Anti-Trust Principles and Consti
tute Belmont and Men of His
Kind Leaders.
SENTIMENTS OF HEAKST.
It is mere political madness to allow
such Democrats as Graver Cleveland
and Richard Olney to take the stump.
For every Republican vote they gain,
hundreds, It not thousads, of Demo
cratic votes are lost. They don't repre
sent genuine Democracy on the trust
issue, nor "on any other which, has pop
ular strength behind It.
Cleveland did nothing toward prose
cuting trusts when he was President;
later he did his best to hinder their
prosecution by Attorney-General Knox.
Olney s position is no better.
Do the managers suppose that-at any
stage of the Presidential campaign has
it been an advantage to the Democratic
cause to have Belmont, of Wall street,
associated with It?
NEW YORK, Oct. 27. (Special.)
Hearst'3 American, -which Is supposed
to be supporting Parker, prints a Ions
editorial today which, In part, Is as
follows:
"Senator Knox tells the truth when
he accuses the Democratic party of in
consistency in professing anti-trust
principles, while at the same time in
cluding among its conspicuous leaders
August Belmont, Cord Meyer, Thomas
F. Ryan, John B. McDonald, Patrick.
McCarren. and others, .of" like ,klnd It Is
mere political madness t(? allow such
Democrats as Grover Cleveland and
Richard Olney to take the stump. For
every Republican vote they gain, hun
dreds, if not thousands, of Democratic
votes are lost. They don't represent
genuine Democracy on the trust issue,
nor on any-jther which has popular
strength behind It. Cleveland did noth
ing toward prosecuting trusts when he
was President. Later, he did his best to
hin.der their prosecution, by Attorney-
General Knox. 01neys position Is no
better.
'In essentials, Cleveland and Olney
and their sort are as good Republi
cans as President Roosevelt. They are
allied with plutocracy. Do the man
agers suppose that at any stage of the
Presidential campaign it has been ad
vantageous to the Democratic cause to
have Belmont, of Wall street, associat
ed with it, or Meyer, or Ryan? The
names of these men imply to the peo
ple's mind, trust influence in politics
quite as much as the names of Rocke
feller, Morgan and Baer. To the vot
ing masses of both parties, the names
of Olney and Cleveland carry no better
suggestion of friendship for true Dem
ocratic principles. But they do revive
bitter memories of party betrayal and
special suggestion of hostility to labor.
Can the Democratic party hope to win
the Presidential election without the
labor vote? The eloquence of Knox
has not been half so helpful to Roose
velt as two speeches ot Cleveland and
Olney."
ROOSEVELT WILL MAKE ANSWER
HeCharacterizes Charges of Judge
Parker as infamous.
WASHINGTON, Oct- 27. (Special.)
Judge Parker's strictures against the
President are to be answered by Presi
dent Roosevelt himself. If the present
understanding is -earned out, he will write
letters to ' several personal friends, em
bodying his vleW3 upon certain phases of
tho present campaign. These friends will
mako them public It comes from excel
lent authority tonight that the first letter
will be written to Senator Lodge, of Mas
sachusetts, a close personal friend. In it
the President will express himself as free
ly as one Is permitted to do In such a
missive upon what the President declares
are purposely misleading statements ad
vanced by Judge Parker.
It can hardly bo said that the President
Is alarmed over the present conditions,
bpt It is true that he has become anxious
over recent reports from New York, New
Jersey, Connecticut, West Virginia and
Indiana. He fears that Judge Parker's
recent utterances relative to Government
al expenditures and the fiscal policy may
do harm. To counteract this, Secretary
Shaw, Secretary Moody, Secretary Taft
and Secretary Hay have been devoting al
most the entire week to denying state
ments made by the Democratic candidate.
These speeches have become personal and
In parts bitter. But the President believes
the situation demands even more rigor
ous treatment. It Is said he favored mak
ing a personal statement, but that he has
been persuaded against that course. He
has been fretting under the charge that
his selection of the Secretary of Com
merce and Labor as chairman of the Na'
tlonal Republican Committee was for the
purpose of cuerclng the trusts Into sup
porting him. Mr. Cortelyou, It Is under
stood, has advised against noticing the
charges, but the President has now de
termined to have his own. way in answer
ing charges which he characterize to
cloaa friends as iafasaouB.