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During
the night of October 8 - 9 (21-22), 1904 in the North Sea
Russian fleet's guns firing caused the loss of a boat and the death
of 2 persons belonging to British fleet, as well as damages to other
boats of the fleet and injures to crews of some of the boats.
On
the 12 (15) of November 1904 British and Russian governments
reached a decision to transmit this case to the commission of
inquiry. Each party appointed an admiral, to serve on the
commission; so did American and French governments as well as
Austrian Emperor. The parties appointed assessors and each
government was represented by an agent. The Commission met in Paris,
and had more than 30 meetings in the period from December 22, 1904
to February 26, 1905.
The
Report given after the last meeting was limited to a description of
the events; the commission was not unanimous in placing the
responsibility for the incident upon the Russian admiral.
The
incident was closed by the Russian government's payment of 65,000
(pounds?) to the British government.
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