The Irish standard., 1904-04-02

I A st. Petersburg special says that
Russian division of $4,000 men from
southern Ussuri is advancing in two
columns through Korea.
Togo Makes Report.
Washington, March 30.-The japanese
legation has received from Toxic the
following official report made by Ad-
miral Togo respecting the second at
tempt to bottle up" the Port Arthur
squadron:
About $50 a. m. of the 9th of March
/ the "bottling up squadron" composed
OF four ships, escorted by torpedo boat
destroyer flotilla and torpedo boat flo
tilla, reached outside of Port Arthur and
without minding the searchlights of the
enemy steered straight towards the en-
trance of the harbor. At about two
marines leagues from the entrance the
"bottling up squadron" was discovered
by the enemy. Thereupon the shore
batteries and guardships showered hot
fires upon the squadron, but, in spite of
| the terrific fire, the ships made their way
into the inner roadstead, one after the
other.
NoC CO1up1eCe1y olOckeu.
The steamer Chiyo maru anchored at
a position about half cable from the
Golden Hill, blew up itself and sunk The
Fukui maru passed little ahead of the
Chiyo maru by it's left side and at the
moment when she was lowering anchor
was slot by torpedo from the enemy's
destroyers and sunk in that position.
a IN &ho 1aff
of Ful1ui maru and blew up itself and
sunk. Yoneyama maru, colliding with
the stern of one of the enemy's torpedo
boat destroyers, passed between Chiyo
maru and Fukui maru and anchored in
the middle of the roadstead. At this
moment the ship was shot by torpedo
from the enemy and, consequently by
reason of that torpedo, she was carried
toward the left side shore and sunk side
ways. The result of the action being as
above described, there is some space left
between Hachi-Hiko and Yoneyama
marus. 1t is matter of regret that the
roadstead could not be completely
closed up.
The Japanese losses were four killed
and eight wounded. Of the torpedo boat
fotilla, the Oadaka and Tsubame, while
escorting the "bottling up squadron"
and at about one mile from the entrance
of Port Arthur, engaged in fight with
one destroyer of the enemy, and in
flicted serious damage on her. The enc
my's ship retreated, raising an enormous
column of steam as if her boiler was
broken. When all the members of the
"bottling up squadron" had been taken
in and our boats withdrew to the out
side of the harbor, ship, which appeared
like one of the enemy's, was seen at the
foot of Golden Hill utterly incapable of
action. Although both our destroyer
fotilla and torpedo boat flotilla were
subjected to terrific firing from the enc
my until the dawn, not the slightest
damage was done to any of the boats.
American Flag Ordered Down.
London, March 30.-A correspondent
of the Times at New-Chwang, cabling
under yesterdays date, says: "The Rus
slams to-day ordered the American flag
on the correspondents mess to be hauled
down. The proclamation of martial law
completely paralyzes the whole COM
merce of this port"
Brings Several Prizes.
Paris, March 29.-The st. Petersburg
correspondent of the Petit Parision says
tits reported that the Vladivostok SQUAD
ron under the command of Capt. Roitzen-
stein has returned to port with several
prizes, including Japanese warship.
Is Rejected.
London, March 26-The Daily Tele-
graph prints dispatch from it's cor
respondent at Shanghai which says
that the empress dowager has Mega
tived proposal made by Gen. Yuan
Shi Fai and Gen. Ma that China con-
clude an open alliance with Japan in
view of Russia's repeated violations of
Chinese territory west of the Lao
river.
Makaroff's Report.
Another telegram from Viceroy
Alexieff to the emperor gives Vice Ad-
miral Makaroffs report as follows:
| cat midnight of March 81 two of the enc
mys torpedo boats approached the outer
roadsted, but were discovered by the
searchlights of the batteries and fired
upon by the forts and by the gunboats
Bobr and Otvazuy. They were obliged
to retire. A second attack was made at
four o'clock in the morning by three tor
pedo boats, which also were repulsed.
At daybreak three detachments of the
enemy's fleet, consisting of six battle
ships, six armored cruisers, six second
and third class cruisers and eight tor
pedo boats, approached from all sides.
At seven o'clock our squadron COM
menced to leave the inner harbor, the
cruisers leading with the Askold flying
my flag, at their head, and the battle
ships following. The enemy's battle
ships approached Liaotishin and fired
100 shells from their 12-inch guns at
Port Arthur and 108 shells at the en-
virons of the town. Our shells, fired at
a range of 80 cables, were we'll placed.