The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-08-16
10TH TO GIVE UP.
Russians Believe Some Of the Battle
ships Escaped.

Russians Believe Some Of the Battle
ships Escaped.
st. Petersburg. Aug. 16.-Q:3O a. M
The admiralty has no information as to
whether Lieutenant Newton l. McCul-
" of the United States navy and
Lieutenant DecuiverviIe of the French
navy. the only two naval attaches at
Port Arthur, joined Rear Admiral
Withoft's squadron when It left the
port Wednesday morning last. Had
they Joined the squadron they would
presumably have been on board the
flagship Czarevitch- The absence of
news as to their presence with Admiral
Withoeft is taken to indicate that they
remained on shore. and it is pointed
out that it would be perfectly within
the admirafs province to decline to
take the attaches in case he considered
the enterprise too hazardous and % as
not TO expose the representative CT
neutral nations to danger.
II is reported that NiCerOy Alexieff
has left Mukden huTriedly for Nladivo-
stok on receipt of news that the illness
OF Vice Admiral Bezobrazoff had taken
a serious turn and that the admiral was
not expected to recover
Still Mystified.
The exact whereabouts Of the Port
Arthur batt1eships Is stiH a mystery on
which hinges Russian naval fortunes in
the far east. kilograms reporting them
hack al Port Arthur have not been con-
frmed up to this hour.
II is apparent that Vice Admiral Togo
either cannot or VIII not say where
they have gone. Admiralty officials de-
clare they do not know but they refuse
10 believe that out Of five battleships
not a single one managed 20 break
through 10 NladivOstOk.
The cause of this uncertainty is at
frfbuted partly by a distinguished naval
sftache TO the natural consequences Of
a sea fight in the night time. Vessels
on either side might become separated
and be unable to rejoin their respective
fleets at daybreak OF possibly be tempt
ed TO chase an individual enemy who
might be in sight rather than TO pro-
coed to their rendezvous.
Fixed Rendezvous.
Admiral Togo's report Of his own
damage mentions only a few ships
which is believed TO indicate that the
others have not rejoined his feet. II
81 more than probable that Admiral
Without, before going out. fixed a rem
devious 10 which the vessels would
proceed il separated, and il Is likewise
more than probable that this rendez-
Vous was anywhere except at Port Ar
thur. the most likely point being be
tween Shanghai and kiusiu (the most
southerly of the three principal islands
of Japan. which is on the circular
route to NladivOstok.
The Czarevitch was evidently head
ing for this point when she was COM
PEELED by the damages she sustained TO
turn aside and enter the Singtau. Ia
this connection il is interesting to note
the presence of the Saddle islands OF
four battleships reported in a Shanghai
telegram, and later said 10 be four
cruisers. presumably the PaTiada. Di-
ana and Novik. escorting the crippled
flagship AskOld- These vessels might
take advantage of the fact that the
Shang agasakd cable is laid near
the Saddle Islands 10 sever Japanese
communication with the continent. Per-
sistent reports that the Russian YES
sells were coaling from Golfers in these
waters confirms the hypothesis that
they had agreed to rendezvous at this
point en- route 10 Vladivostok II they
failed 10 keep together, and TO rush the
Korean straits.
a telegram from Chefoe saving that
three Russian cruisers at Using Tau
had hauled down their flags was in
kerdicted b. the censor because the in