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| taches we are disgraced. Until the
whole system is changed we cannot
! hope for victory. Jealousy and sus-
picion are rampant throughout the
army The members of our secret SER
vice are SO busy spying on each other
that they cannot apprehend the spies
! and japanese agents, who work with
I impunity. Japan seemingly knows
every plan made by US, which ac-
counts for many plans having been
| changed suddenly. Our brave soldiers
go into battle like sheep to the sham
bles. No one can deny their loyalty
but until they are properly differed
their loyalty and zeal are wasted.
Europe now knows We are a di-
vided house, and will profit according
ly. Those who have the welfare of
Russia at heart cannot help feeling
that if Port Arthur falls and Japan
takes Lao Yang the powers win IN
tervene, to our eternal disgrace
THE BALTIC FLEET.
ST. PETERSBURG, June 25.-Work
on the Baltic squadron. designed for
service in the Pacific, is being pursued
with redoubled vigor night and day.
Admiral Birileff, the commander in
chief at Cronstadt, is cooperating
with Vice-Admiral Rojestvensky, in
command of the Baltic fleet, to hasten
the work. The captains of the bat
tleships Navarin and Sisoiveliky and
off, the first vessel to go out into the
roadstead in commission, have been
publicly complimented for their deli
gence. In order not to impede the
work, the crews are not mustered to
salute the commander in chief when
he visits the vessels.
strict guard is maintained at
Cronstadt. Even the war ships
launches are not allowed to enter the
naval basins after dusk. Lieutenant
Vavillor, in charge of the naval
laboratory, was arrested recently and
confined to a fortress for bringing a
relative to the laboratory without per-
mission.
High orders have been conferred
upon Admiral lessen and Captains
Stemmen of the protected cruiser
Bogatyr, Bodch of the armored cruiser
Gromoboi and Adreieff of the armored
cruiser Rossia for the capture and
sinking of the Japanese transport
Hftachi by the Vladivostok squadron,
and the st. Georges Cross upon Cap
tain Ivanon of the torpedo transport
Amur for placing the mines which
sank the two Japanese warships.
TOLSTOI OPPOSES WAR
LONDON. June 27.-The Times this
morning prints a ten-column disser-
tation on the Ruso-Japanese war
written by Count Tolstoi in his most
violent style. The trend of this re-
markable document is first, against
all war, but it is practically a thun-
derous philippe against the Russian
Government and the Russian ortho-
dox church, and generally against the
existing order of things.
Tolstoi says that the reservists
throughout Russia are dissatisfied.
gloomy and exasperated, and the old
appeal for faith. King and fatherland
has lost it's spell over the Russian
Masses
The ten columns breathe gloomy
forebodings and preach revolution.
Tolstoi holds the Emperor up to con-
tempt as an unfortunate and en-
tangled young man, recognized as the
leader of 130,000,000 people. cruelty de-
cefved and compelled to contradict
himself"
Tolstoi, however, does not stop with
Russia for Japan is given a share of
his singing comments for having
forcibly resisted what he terms the
''unprovoked aggression of Russia"