The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1893-05-23
|THEY WILL TRY IT AGAIN
Three Great Russian Warship'
Coming TO New York.
WILL ARRlVHHERE SHORTLY,



NEW York. May - "Rnssia pro
poses to outrepresent England IL the
port Of New York This statement
was made by an officer Of high rank in
the Russian fleet. and in support Of his
declaration he pointed 70 the list Of
ironclad warships which will leave
Cronstadt for New York in the course Of
the next ten days
These three ships. the Nicoini II, Ad-
niral Nachimoff and Pamyat Azova.
said the officer, fare sufficiently pow
erful 70 have sunk the entire Column
bian review feet In Q pitched battle
The British outdid MS In showing, per
haps, little when they arrayed the
Blake and Austrnlia against our Dimitri
Donslkoi, Cen Admiral and Rynda, but
they win have TO send their entire
channel squadron over now, II they
hope to outrepresent the Nicolai Il, Adj
mirnl Nachinoff and pamyat Axova-
The Times says that American naval
officers know perfectly we'll that the
Russian officers here are chagrined
over tho success of the British In
awakening public approval. Much Of
this the Russians here attribute TO the
better war ships possessed By England
IN the review. and II + with the pur.
pose Of offsetting the popular approval
gained by the British forces then that
the Russian imperial government IS
now sending 70 the United States three
warships moro powerful than any ever
seen In American waters
| The expenses attending the sending
OF these great ships 10 the United
States will amount to little short Of
$500, 900, but the Russian government,
Il Is said In the feet, would prefer TO
spend twenty times that sum than al
low the British to gain In the United
States the slightest degree Of prestige,
Aboard one Of the Russian war ships
in port Is : Russian war correspondent,
who stands close to the imperial Rus
sian government This gentleman Is
said TO have boon an interested and
close observer Of all public expressions
Of Americans bearing on Russia, and II
Is said that Russian official organs have
been kept wen informed Of the popular
feelings Of Americans.
number Of American officers from
the cruiser Baltimore dined recently
aboard Russian warship. In the course
Of the dinner one American officer roso
ana proposed three toasts In something
like the following language: Rus
SLAMS and friends: arise rs an Ameri-
can officer TO propose three toasts IN
honor Of three moments IN history.
The first toast Is in honor Of that mo-
ment when, Russian ingenuity de-
vised the means to build ships; the
second toast Il IN honor Of that moment
when Russia commanded place as
naval power. and the third toast is In
honor Of that moment in the future
whom Russia and America shall to-
tgethcr possess the world
The hurrahs which followed these 70.
marks are said To have been fairly
deafening. Officers jumped TO their
feet, some in their enthusiasm mount
ing tho chairs. Wine glass after vino
glass was emptied, and then the warm
blooded Russians, no longer able to
contain themselves, seized the Amer
loan officer, mounted him on their
shoulders, and in q body paraded1
around the ward-room and out on
deck. The remarks were cabled TO
Russia.
They have been printed during the
last few days in the majority Of the 81.
Petersburg and Moscow papers
Monday the two Russian cruisers Di-
mitri Donaisoi and General Admiral left
for Annapolis for attendance az the
commencement exercises Of the NAVAL
cadets On the completion Of the exer-