Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-08-12
ATTEMPT TO ESCAPE FAILED.
One Torpedo Boat Destroyer Put in
To Chefoo and Was Cap.
tured.
OTHER SHIPS ARE NEAR SHANGHAI
Those at Using Chou Have Been Or.
dered by German Foreign Office to
Leave Within "a Hours.

Dispatches from v6lous points today
indicate that the attempt of the Rus
sian Port Arthur squadron 10 reach
Nladivostok failed. and the vessels
have become widely scattered. One tor
pedo boat destroyer put In to Chefoo.
whore she was boarded and captured
by the Japanese The battleship Care
Witch. the cruiser Novik and torpedo
boat have arrived at Using Chou, at
the entrant, Of Kiao chou bay, the
German concession on the southern
shore OF the Shan Tung peninsula.
According to other dispatches the cruz
ser Askold is also at Using Chou, but
adyices TO the German foreign office
do not Include her Another Russian
cruiser and n torpedo boat destroyer
are reported as near Shanghai and
four b0ttleships are off the Saddle Is
lands, about 20 miles southeast OF that
port Chefoo reports say that one Rus
sian torpedo boat was captured of the
Chinese CogyL and Toxic hears that
a number OF vessels OF the squadron
have returned TO Port Arthur
The German foreign Office has given
instructions that the uninjured Russian
warships at Using Chou must leave
port within "a hours,
The japanese system OF cOmmunica-
ton has heretofore been so perfect
that there can be little doubt that the
government " thoroughly informed OF
the position of the various vessels OF
the escaped feet and viii be
able either to drive them IN
TO neutral ports or attack them with
overwhelming force
PORT ARTHUR FLEET.
81. Petersburg. Aug ~, $40 y. m.--
Everything else, from a military stand
point. seems TO be forgotten i'm the gen
era anxiety concerning the fate of the
Port Arthur squadron. The future plans
Of the admiralty hang upon the preser-
walton OF the bulk Of the squadron ana
II is not too much to say that the
present is regarded as being the most
critical moment Of the war The adj
miralty until noon declared that II was
without official advlces as 70 the
whereabouts Of the squadron and could
not confirm the report that the pro-
tected cruiser Novik and another Rus
sian warship the battleship Czareyitch,
had put into Using Chou, at the en-
trance OF Kiao Chou bay, the German
concession on the Shan Tung PENN
suln. Nevertheless, as stated by the
Associated Press last night. private
DISPATCHES seem 60 show that the squa-
dron may have been communicating
with Russia after passing Shan Tung
promontory, and hope Is high that the
souadron successfully broke through
the Japanese ships and Is now steaining
for Vladivostok. The departure OF the
squadron In the face OF the superior
Japanese fleet Is commenced by an
classes. The papers consider that the
squadron IL taking desperate chances
but AT the same time they are loud III
their praise OF its dash
The Russ says: "The squadron ~
now somewhere I'm Pacific waters, dis
charging It's heroic duty, The prayers
Of All Russia accompany IT,
The Novoe Vrcmya believes that the
vagueness of Admiral Togo's report
shows that he Is trying TO hide unpleas-
ant truths now definitely known
The armored cruiser Bayan did not
accompany the squadron, the injury
she sustained By the explosion or a
noating mine having rendered TINS I'M
possible.
THE admiralty declines TO confirm or
vostok squadron had been reinforced
hy purchased warshlps, but the report
Is given crodcnce.
PUT TO SEA AUG. 10.
81. Petersburg, Aug. l2.-rhe emperor
has received the following dispatch
from Vlceroy AleXief dated Aug. il.
According 60 a report Of the com
mandaut at Port Arthur, the squadron
nut 10 sea Aug. 10. The steamer Mon
golIa followed the squadron, The fol-
loving japanese vessels were on the
horizon; Three first class cruisers.
eight small cruisers and u torpedo
boats The port had been bomharded
with Siege guns for the past four days
ARRIVAL At Using CHOU.
Chefoo. Aug Il, q. MAN un-
doubted authority confirms the reports
that Russian Warshlps have arrived at
Using chou. He says they consist OF
the protected cruisers NOYik and Ask
old and a battlcship Of the CzareVitCh
tvuy. Two ~ them and one torpedo
boat destroyer hc adds, are taking Car
dff coal on board,
The cruiser and one torpedo boat de-
stroyer ore now nearing Shanghai
There are indications that the re-
fnAININI VA INV ANhFeiNN aAithNAhN Ah9
returned 10 Port Arthur,
The japanese are guarding ali points,
Interviews with ADMIRAL Sab and
Capt ching, who Is IN command Of the
Hal Yung, indicate that the Chinese
naval authorities were more active
than was AZ FIRST supposed. When the
first japanese torpedo boat destroyer,
towing the Ryoshitelnl. departed to the
uorthWard. the second japanese des-
troycr stecred a course past the nag
ship and the cruiser Hat Chi The lat
ter cleared for action ana sgnalled TO
the destroyer TO stop This was done.
Admiral Sab informed the commander
Of the japanese destroyer that the Rey-
eshitelni must be returned, as neutral
ity had been hagrantly violated. II
this the commander OF the second des
troyer replied that be would overtah
tho first destroyer and return 90 Che
foo. Admiral Sab accepted the worS
Of honor ~ the Japanese commander
and allowed him To- depart, The CHI
nose admiral Is deeply chagrined at this
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