The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-04-24


The Baltic feet win leave as early as
possible for the far east. It win sail
probably In June. 1t viii go at the
most economical speed. burning oil as
much as posi- bic and reserving its
coal for ships not provided withr oil
burners and for active operations.
France Will not permit the ships to
take coal from her ports, but she will
raise no objection TO their scaling from
golfers within the shelter of her haT-
bors. Thus the russian fleet can take
fuel az Marseilles and again at Jibuti.
opposite Alden. Entering the Indian
ocean. the fleet will have passed the
half way point between Port Arthur
and Cronstadt, 1t can. If deemed nee
essary. put into an Indian or Ceylon-
csc lOrt and demand coal 20 enable Il
10 reach its nearest home port. which
would be Port Arthur. The Englisa
I might object TO helring the enemy of
! their ally. hut if they should grant the
request they would not violate neutral
ity. and il they should fail 10 Go 50
Russia might becora angered.
Il is recognized in St. Petersburg
thar Japan viii never permit the Bal
( tie and Port Arthur fleets to effect a
junction If il can be prevented. 1t
must be the effort Of Admiral Togo to
me- one unsupported by the other,
else mere weight Of numbers viii crush
! him. But. as far as possible. he must
cOnfine the squadron under Admiral
Makaroff in Port Arthur, or it might
join the VIadivOstOS squadron and de-
stroy the communications Of the jap
anese army with the mother country,
an interruption which would, perhaps,
be temporary. but in case of the de-
structiOn Of the japanese squadron,
would be serious. Admiral Rojestven-
sky may be instructed, however, not
T.. 70 ArsfN brr
to arrange to meet the VladivOstOk
squadron, and its four modern ar
mored cruisers. which are superior to
the japanese type. would make for
midable addition 10 his squadron.
Togo Will Have His Hands Full.
Admiral Togo must, therefore, set
himself to solve a search problem Of
gigantic Importance to his country. He
viii be Informed Of the progress Of the
/ Russian fleet certainly from Singapore,
and perhaps from Cochin China, and
Formosa, in the vicinity of which Jap
| anese cruisers and torpedo boat de-
stroyers viii be cruising. But if the
Russian fleet steams into the Pacific,
| to find il will be like the old task of
picking a needle from a haystack. II
! has been suggested that Admiral Togo
viii become alarmed for the safety Of
his home ports and will Withdraw from
D
/ sian strategists say that the lombard
ment Of Japanese ports would be pro
ductive of nothing Substant dial. and they
believe Admiral Togo would perceive
that to permit the Baltic fleet and Port
Arthur squadron TO join would be 70
/ present Russia with a moral victory Of
great importance. Therefore, il is ex-
pected here that Admiral Togo Will
station his force just TO the south Of
Korea. d position which will enable
him to guard the Yellow sea and the
+ Korean straits But before the Baltic
squadron can arrive il i expected he
will make a desperate effort 10 destroy
/ the squadron Of Admiral Makaroff.
So much depends upon Russia gain
! ing mastery Of the sea that military
! operations viii be conducted slowly
. and circumspectIy by General KuTO-
patkin until the Baltic fleet arrives in
/ the east. If the japanese navy be de-
StrOyed, the Japanese troops must
/ finally succUmb. without help from
( Japan. without means of escape to
/ their own country, they cannot avoid
humiliation
In itself. the general idea OF the Rus
/ sian authorities Will be pronounced
4 good by all war experts. But the ques-
1 ton viii be asked: Can they execute
I it? The future Will give the answer.
Copyright. 1904. by Golfers Weekly.