Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-08-19
FLEET FOR SHANGHAI
Japanese Will sr4lze Russian Cruiser and Torr 5o Boat.
WILL BE TAKEN 0UT0F
Il P RI
Tokyo Government Objects to Theis Being Repaired and Allowed to SaiI-HOvv Ruril<'s Crew
 Suffered.

LONDON, Aug. 19. = Dispatches from Shanghai say that M. Odagira. the Japanese consul general has noti. fled the taotai of Shanghai that Japa, nese fleet is coming to seize the Rus sian cruiser Askold and the Russian torpedo boat destroyer Grozoyoi.
 The chief engineer of the customs de. pertinent reports that the Russian ves- sels are not seaworthy
 The repairs being made by the Rus. sians on the Grozovoi will be com- pleted in about ten days. It is uncer- tain when the repairs to the Askold will be finished.
 There is no uneasiness there, all though the situation is thought to be acute. The foreign consuls are de termined to preserve the neutrality of the port.
 Upon the recommendation of the chief of customs, the taotai of Shang- hai will allow the Russian cruiser As kold and the Russian torpedo boat de- til Aug. 23, when one days notice to leave or disarm will be given.
 The arrival of Chinese men-of-war is expected.
 A Kiaochow report says that all the ammunition of the Russian battleship Cesarevitch and the three torpedo boat destroyers has been removed and stored in a German magazine. The work of dismantling the guns of the Russian vessels been completed.
 The terms of role imposed upon the Russians necessitates their remain ing until the end of the war.
 The officers of the Russian warships who are able to be about are being roy ally entertained by the Germans
 Russians and Chinese at Chefu who left Port Arthur last night declare that Lieutenant General Stoessel refused to surrender and that the Russians began firing again at the time set for replying to the Japanese demand.
 The terms offered by the Japanese provided that the garrison should march out with the honors of war and join General Kuropatkin; that all civil fans be brought to place designated by the Japanese admiral and that the Russian warships in the harbor, mum bering seven-namely, the battleships iRetvizan, Sevastopol, Pobieda, Peres- veit and Poltava, the armored cruiser Bayan and the protected cruiser Pal lada, with twelve or more destroyers and four gunboats-be surrendered to the Japanese.
 General Stoessel is said to have re ceived the terms with a burst of won derful profanity.
 A Tokyo cable says that the sur. vivors of the Russian cruiser Rurik which was sunk Aug. IA by Vice Ad miral Kamimura are: Twenty officers of whom were wounded; 67 noncom- missioned officers, 16 of whom were wounded; 525 sailors, 15o of whom were wounded The total number oi men rescued is 612
 A Tokyo report says that the Japa. nese attack on Port Arthur has been resumed. It is now entering upon its final stage.
 Dispatches from Vladivostok show that every officer on the cruisers Ros- sia and Gromoboi was either killed ol wounded. Rear Admiral lessen, on
 
 the Rossia, narrowly escaped the fats of Admiral Withoft. He was standing on the bridge of that ship when it was wrecked by shell.
 The two Russian cruisers were liter ally riddled, their guns and engines being nearly all crippled.
 A Chefu report says that there are seven Russian ships in Port Arthul harbor in addition to torpedo boats and torpedo boat destroyers and that the Japanese have lost 10000 men before Port Arthur during the last ten days. The whereabout of Lieutenant New 1 ton A. McCully and Lieutenant de Cuvervifle, respectively of the Ameri can and French navies, the only two naval attaches who were at Port Ar thur and who recently left that port with the fleet, is unknown.