Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1904-04-15

Paris, April 15-lnfOrmatlOn recelV-
ed in government quarters has now
established the fact that naval bat
tie occurred between the Japanese
fleet. consisting of fourteen warships,
and force under the late Vice Admi-
raj Makaroff From this officials
strongly believe that the destruction
of the Russian ships and the loss OF
the admiral resulted from naval en-
gagement However, the only definite
official information is that a battle oc-
Cured, and it is believed the Japanese
submarine boats took part in the en-
gagement and caused the destruction
of the Russian ships.
Sunk BY Torpedoes.
Paris. April 15-The Japanese lega-
ton says that Admiral Uriu's report
shows that Japanese torpedoes sunk
the Petropavlosk and damaged the Po-
bieda and declared the reports that
submarine boat did the damage is in
correct, as the Japanese fleet had no
submarine boats The Japanese lega-
ton paid high tribute to the late
Vice Admiral Makaroff.
Russian Version of the Explosion.
st. Petersburg, April 15-Out OF the
maze of conflicting reports regarding
the sequence of events leading up TO
the destruction of the Petropavlosk,
it is now established that Vice Admir-
al Makaroff, early Wednesday morn
ing, took out his squadron to engage
weak division of six Japanese cruisers
which appeared on the horizon, after
the Japanese torpedo boats which sunk
the Bezstrashni had been driven on by
Bayan. The particulars OF the torpe-
do fight are still lacking.
The Russian commander in chief
pursued the Japanese cruiser division
until it was reinforced by eleven pat
tleships when he retired into the outer
roadstead where he was drawing up
in line of battle when the disaster to
the PetrOpavlosk occurred. 1T is GER
tain that both her boilers and maga-
zine exploded, but it is not sure That
she touched mine, although the
weight of opinion at the admiralty is
that such was the case and II so 1t was
Russian and not Japanese mine. 1t
is absolutely denied that Admiral
Makaroff's ships participated in the ma
val battle. The injuries to the Pobleda
are declared to be slight. The eXplo-
sion which injured her took place just
below the water line. The opinion eX-
pressed at the admiralty here is that 1t
was caused by spent whitehead tor
pedo.
The Work of Submarines.
New York, April 15-The express
sions from st. Petersburg OF the belief
that the Japanese are using submarine
boats in their Port Arthur attacks are
given color by the statement OF re-
tired naval officer in this city. He de-
clares it to be the only way to account
for the succession of disasters met by
Russian ships.
"It is incredible" he said that
ships which undoubtedly have charts
of the mines aboard should be blown
I'D by them One of the first things
Admiral Makaroff did when he reached
Port Arthur was to survey the harbor
and locate the mines. What is the
sense of these constant bombardments
if they are not to entice the Russian
ships out That the Petropavlosk
struck one of her own mines and that
the Japanese planted the mine during
the night are untenable, and we know
the Japanese have submarines. A Uni
tied States naval officed landed at the
wrong dock, apparently an unused
one, in Japanese town before the
war and saw a submarine surrounded
on three sides by high fences so that
it was visible only from the water
side. Before he had an opportunity tc
examine it the Japanese soldiers on
lguard drove him away with fierce
threats. They seemed highly lndlg
nant that he should have caught sigh
of the vessel at all
Newspaper Correspondent Missing
st. Petersburg, April 15-The admir-
atty has received official Information
that Verestchagrin, celebrated paint
er of battle scenes was among those
lost on the Pertopavlosk. The fate O.
Nicholas Kravtchenko, a well knowr
Russian literary man and acting as AS
sociated Press correspondent is still
unknown.
Grand Duke Cyril Reported to Be Deaf
st. Petersburg, April 15-Persisten
rumors are circulated that Gran'
Duke Cyril is dead. but the correspond
ent of the Associated Press is unabl
: to secure a confirmation of the rum
ors. On the contrary, Lieutenant Ger