London, 27th November. issued the follow-of the declaration Sir Charles Hardinge, the British Ambassador, and Count Lamsdorff, the Rassixn Foreign Minister His Britannic Majesty's Government and the Imperial Russian Government having agreed to enter into an intarnational commission of inquiry, ass-rubled conformably with Articles IX t" XIV of The Hacve Convention of Jaly 20th, 1809, for the pacific settlement of {uternational disputes, the task of elucidating by means of an impartial and conscientious inves gation the questions of tact connected with the incident which occurred during the night of Uctober 21-22, 1904, in the North Sea (on which occasion the firing of yank on the Russian fi-et caused the loss of a bost.and death of two persons belonging toa British fishing fleet, as well as damages to other boats of that fleet and injuries to the crews of some of those hosts), the undersigned, being duly authorised thereto have og-ced upon the following provisions.
article L—The international comm! sion of inquiry shall be composed of five members (cxinmissioners) of whom two shall be officers of high rank in the British and Imperial Russian navies, respectively,
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