THE RUSSIAN OUTRAGE 285 



The claims submitted included the following : 



Damage to the Gamecock Fleet . . ... . .58,000 



Repair of Mission ship Alpha . , '; . * ' . 5,042 



J. K. Green, skipper of the Gull^ shock . ' . 150 



J. K. Green, saving lives of the crew of the Crane . 2,000 



John Nixon, chief engineer of the Crane ; > *;.. 1,500 



A. Rea, second engineer, Crane . . . . . 1,000 



A. E. Almond, trimmer, Crane . . . . 1,000 



W. Whelpton, skipper of the Mino, shock . . 150 



W. Whelpton, salving the Mino . - . . 500 



Seventeen other claims . ,. . . . 485 



These claims were not settled in full, however, the 

 total sum paid by the Russian Government being ,65,000, 

 far below the original total. The lower sum, however, 

 as will be seen from the Commissioners' tables, was 

 assessed by the Commissioners themselves. The mate 

 of the Crane received ,2000 and 18 for clothing; 

 John Ryde, deck hand, was paid "1500, with 12 for 

 clothing ; John Nixon received ^500, with clothing 

 allowance ; Arthur Rea, "400 ; and A. Almond, ,300. 

 The Mission to Deep Sea Fishermen suffered loss in 

 consequence of the award. The amount given to them, 

 ^3906, was less by 79 than the actual expenditure on 

 the Alpha in consequence of the incident. The receipt 

 of these considerable sums of money by men who had 

 not been accustomed to the control of large amounts 

 proved far from an unmixed blessing, and in one or 

 two cases the compensation allowances were recklessly 

 squandered. 



An International Commission of Inquiry into the 

 11 North Sea Incident "was subsequently held in Paris, 

 at the Foreign Office, under the presidency of Admiral 



