London vid Bombay, 7th November.
The Commission accepted by Russia is to be regulated as described in articles 9 to 14 of the Hague Convention, and is to be composed as telegraphed on the 3rd instant. It is to meet at Paris as soon as possible, probably within a fortnight after the agreement is signed. It is to fix the responsibility for the outrage in the North Sea, and both parties are pledged to supply all necessary in-The Commissioners are to consist of representatives of Great Britain, Russia, France, and the United States, with a fifth to be selected by these four. In the Project of Arbitration passed by the Peace Conference at the Hague in 1899, it is Part III (articles 9 to 15) which deals with international commissions of enquiry.—Ep.
Later.
Great Britain has proposed three additional articles in the enquiry convention (1) providing for legal assessors 2) Providing for acdivision of the expenses of the Commission to be by the majority of votes, not providing that the decision is necessarily unanimous.—Reuter.
London, 7th November.
Ivis stated at Constantinople that Mr, Mandelstam, of the Russian Embassy there, an authority on international law, is to represent Hussia on the enquiry tribunal, and has started for St. Petersburg.—Ezolusive service.
London vid Bombay, 8th November.
It is stated at Washington that it is settled that Admiral Dewey will be offered the post of United States representative on the Commission of 14,900 tons, Captain Ernest A. Inquiry into the North Sea affair, as Simons, and Magnificent, 14,900 tons, soon as the official invitation to Captain Arthur M. Farquhar, have appoint a member is received. been dispatched to patrol the Straits.
Admiral Fournier will probably—Exolusive service. ut France.—Reuter.
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