Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-08-24
CHINA IS MUCH MISTRuSTEO.
Time for Repairs on Russian war
ships at Shanghai Extended to
August IS.
yHs sEvAsrApoL STRIKES NINE
,,,a..hIo Was Bombardiug the Jap
,,cse Position on Land = Did Not
Sink and Was lowed In

s, petersburg, Aug, a. S'sl a. m
rhe Noyosti today says 49,
acon,lnued violation OF neutrally
q, he chinese ports by the Japan
~. NV wIll compel Russia to regard .hc
esJ aee empire, or at least part there-
"s helng within the sphere OF actlVe
hV"fhina lacks either the power or the
,..,,na,ion ia prevent Japanese INCUR
s'ons The warships of neutral pow
rs ,diy watch these violations There
s,ro ,bo agreement as to China's ecu
,raii,y made at the beginning OF the
va, becomes a dead letter and Russia
mud ignore It in self defense
TIME GIVEN RUSSIANS
washington, Aug. 2i.--The state de-
,,rimen, has been advised that the
wal hal pu has extended the time for
repairs on the Russian ships IN Shang-
nal TO noon ON Aug. Is"
The wal hal put is the Chinese for
elgn Office
DISARMAMENT or THE AsKoLD.
Paris, Aug, 2t-Thcrc is reason to be =
urye that decision Is about to be
taken providing for the voluntary dis
armament Of the Russian cruiser Ask
old and the torpedo boat destroyer
Grozoyol, now at Shanghai, and the
Russian cruiser Diana at Saigon. This
will be done primarily to avoid inter-
national complications and Will have
The effect of reducing the Russian
strength by three strong units but the
Russian authorities consider that this
will be offset by the avoidance of the
pcabe capture OF the vessels named
by the Japanese
Adylces received here from Saigon
show contrary to previous announce
nents, that the Diana is IN a very bad
condition She has one large hole IN
her hull below the water line. Her
injuries viii take weeks TO repair, This
would have permitted an extension OF
her solourn in a neutral ror beyond
the "A hours, which expired yesterday,
but It Is foreseen that the repairs
would entail such stay at Saigon that
Il Is possible that questions affecting
The neutrality Of the port would be like
ly 10 arise, and therefore Russia is dis
posed to disarm the Diana, which there
after VIII remain at Saigon during the
war,
The nnal determination In the matter
has not yet been taken, but the ten
dencies are strongly indicated. 1t is
expected that the action to be taken
al Shanghai and Saigon viii relieve
the cases OF international significance
end practically close them.
SEVAsTOPOL STRIKES A MINE,
Washington. Aug. 24.--The Japanese
legation has received the following ca
begram from Toxic:
According to the report OF the COM
mander OF the torpedo boat destroyer
Asahyo, the Russian battleship Sevas-
topol while bombardng the japanese
position on land from outside hsrbor
on me 2Srd, struck a mine and inclined
considerably TO starboard with bows
submerged, She was towed inside
NEWS CONFIRMED.
>, London Aug IA telegram from
ioNo TO the Japanese legation says
ine Russian battleship Sevastopol was
oombarding the Japanese land posi-
IONS yesterday from outside the har-
Dor az Port Arthur when she struck
= NINE (as previously reported from
TOXIC by the Associated Press) Besides
ISL to starboard. the hattleships
bows were submerged.
RUSSIAN FORTS sILENCED.
Chetoo, Aug, "a (2;SO p. m).--Infor-
NATION OF undoubtable authenticity
sse'es mat the Japa nese armored cruis-
VT Nlsshln and kasuga have lombard
sg ana sllenced the Russian forts east
a Holden hill at the entrance Of Port
a. ne Forts referred to are probably
,ne same or very close to forts TalpanE
Me ana Chaochanko, mentioned I'm these
dispatches Yesterday and today.