The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-08-15
CIT IS FATE"
Defeated Russian Sailors Have Faith
in Future Victory.


Shanghai. Aug. H. evening.-It is ex-
pected that the Russian protested crui-
ser AskOld which arrived at WO0sung on
Aug. II, will dock tonight.
4 correspondent OF the Associated
Press went to the Askold today for the
purpose of inspecting her. but at first
II seemed icpossible to obtain permission
to do so. The armed sentry at the gang
way answered every request 10 come on
board with a stern refusal, no matter IN
what language the, request was ccughed-
Finally appeal was made 80 Captain
Grammat chikoff. who with the consent
of Captain Seiberstein. gave permission
for the correspondent TO come on board.
Evidence of the Fight.
On reaching the deck of the cruiser
everything was found to be in confusion
and it was noticed that no attempt had
vet been made to put things IN shipshape-
There were many evidences of hurried
flight and a running fight. The CORE
sDondent had expected to notice q uni
rersal feeling Of depression and gloom
On board the WarShlFl but OH the contrary
he soon became aware Of q remarkable
spirit Of cheerfuinesS and confidence on
all sides. The members Of the crews gem
orally appeared to be healthy. strong and
in good spirits. although some of the
men seemed to be downcast and absent
minded. From all hands, however. the
correspondent received hearty mana
grip III answer TO his kind words. show
ing the appreciation and sincerity OF the
men with whom he spoke
Enemy Praised.
Many of the men on the Asked spoke
highly Of the bravery of the japanese
and of their readiness to fight They
have no nisgivfnEs as to the ultimate
result of the present conflict however
and this IN spite of the disastrous firsL
six months. They consider 1t inpcsslole
for Great Russia TO suecumh before
Little Japan" They say that for every
man who dies another comes out. that
for every ship lost another VIII come
over the. seas. and that ultimate VlcsoIE
is certain It was surprising 10 limo
men on bOard the Askold WHO knew either
little French. English or German " hen
questioned concerning then present losses
say they old not consider it hard te die
for their country
Thirteen Killed.
Twelve man and one officer were killed
on board the Askod and about fifty men
were wounded Those who are badly
wounded have been taken to hospital
here and the captain OF the cruiser mas
told them 10 be ready TO sail in a week
time.
Upon noticing the condition Of the As
kold she has nearly 20 shell holes n her,
IL is difficulty to understand why her
casualty list was not greater
The work Of repairing the c~lfiser IS
now proceeding night AMI DAY Inc
crash OF hammers ana th- noise Of men
working en- metal Is aucibie ais night
long Ia ten DAYS time She can re SUI
ficiently patched up to render her sea-
worthy. but lull repairs would AXE much
longer Her first and third tunnels are
Iiddled with maChineCUn bullets. and the
base of another funnel has oveu almost
entirely blown away at the -ieck leVel
by a big she'll The afteg tunnel was
cut in two and telescuped on itself and
the remains or it are held up now by guy
ropes only
Hit by Big Shells.
An eight-ineh armor piercing shell en-
tered the AskOld forward on her star
board side. about two feet above The
water line and lodged in 4 coal bunker.
beard hammock nctung Jmidsrips. the
fragments Kidding and destroying four
metallic life boats. Another Finch
shell entered a state room on the STAR
board quarter cut its way across the
deck ana exploded IL the officers quar-
tiers on the port size of the vessel de-
stroying everything WITHIN reach Inc
deckhouse on the superstruct-Te under
tie forward bridge was rldoted by the
fragments Of shell which exploded ia
the forward tunnel All the seaFchtlshts
on the cruiser are damaged beyond re-
pair IRE torpedo nettins was cut up
BIZ shell and is practicaliy useless me
bottom of the AskOid has several old and
Hexy INJURIES. ono torpedo having made
a big hole through her side into g bunker,
which happily. was tairiS, wafer tisHI-
TIE cruisers steering gear IS supposed to
have been damaged but her engines and
boilers are In practically good condi-
ton.
The Russian torpedo boat destroyer
Crozovoi. which also reached here on
is inexpressibly dirty and neglected She
was towe6 up the river TODAY and took
a r,ositiln alongside the dismaDtlcd Rus
sian gunboat 9fandluT.