The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1904-08-19
japanese Fleet Has. Started
For Shanghai.
AFTER RUSSIAN CRUISERS
Will Take That and Torpedo
Boats Unless They Are Dis
mantIed.

LONDON, Aug 10. Dispatches,
from Shanghai say that NJ. Odagira,
the japanese consul general, has noti-
fed the taotai of Shanghai that Japa-
nese fleet is coming to seize the Rus
sian cruiser Askold and the Russian
torpedo boat destroyer Grozovoi.
The chief engineer of the customs de-
partment reports that the Russian yes
sells are not seawOrthy.
The repairs being made by the Rus
slams on the Grozovoi will be com
pleted in about ten days. 1t is uncer-
tain when the repairs to the Askold
will be finished.
! There is no uneasiness there, al
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
stroyer Grozovoi to remain in port un-
til Aug. %, when one days notice to
leave or disarm will be given.
The arrival OF Chinese men-of-war
is expected.
\ 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 has been completed.
The terms of parole imposed upon
the Russians neceSsitates their remain
Ing until the end of the war.
The officers of the hussian 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
ians be brought to a place designated
by the japanese admiral and that the
Russian warships in the harbor, num-
bering seven-namely, the battleships
Retvizan, Sevastopol, Pobieda, Peres-
veit and P0ltava, 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- !
celved the terms with burst of won |
derful profanity.
n Tokyo cable says that the sur
'vivors of the Russian cruiser Rurlk, |
which was sunk Aug. IA by Vice Ad-
miral Kamimura are: Twenty officers,
of whom were wounded; 81 noncom-
missioned officers, 16 of whom were
wounded; 525 sailors, $50 OF whom
were wounded. The total number of
men rescued is 612.
A Tokyo report says that the Japa-
nese attack on Port Arthur has been
resumed 1t is now entering upon its
final stage.
Dispatches from Vladivostok show
that every officer on the cruisers Ros-
sia and Gromoboi was either killed or
wounded. Rear Admiral Jessen, on
the Rossia, narrowly escaped the fate
of Admiral Without. He was standing
on the bridge Of that ship when it was
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 Arthur
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
ton A. McCully and Lieutenant de
Cuverville, 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 feet, is unknown.