Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1904-02-12
Entered Harbor BY Ruse.

I Entered Harbor BY Ruse.
London, Feb. 12-Statements of all
kinds concerning the Port Arthur fight
are published here this morning.
According to the Che Foo cores
pondent of the Daily Mail, lack of prep
aratiOn on the part of the Russians at
Port Arthur was due to the fact that
all naval and military officials were at
tending circus performance at Port
Arthur which did not terminate until
early Tuesday morning.
According to the correspondent of
the Paris edition of the New York
Herald at Che Foo, the Japanese tor
pedo boats succeeded in entering the
outer harbor by ruse. They used
the Russian flashlight signals This
correspondent adds that three Japan.
{, ese torpedo boats were sunk with
great loss of life.
The correspondent of the Standard
at Toxic sends in this morning an en-
tirely new account of the Port Arthur
encounter.
He says Admiral Togo's feet arrived
on Monday night and found the Rus
sian squadron drawn III in battle for
nation outside the ne and under
the shadow of Ghl sO''ts the destroy
ers being spread cut in front over a
distance of five miles Admiral Togo
decided on night attack and opened
fire at IL o'clock.
While the cannonade was hottest a
number of Japanese torpedo boats
crept along close in shore at the foot
of the cliff and succeeded in the dark
ness in getting between the Russian
ships and land. Here they lay un-
noticed
Telegraph and Cables Cut.
w. New York, Feb. 12-Additional rea-
scas to discredit the vague reports of
further engagements between Russia
and Japan are given in an official note
sent out from st. Petersburg last night.
The notice reports that the cable from
Vladivostock to Nagasaki, the tele-
graph line from Seoul to Masampo and
the line from Seoul to Wonsan are
broken which limits the communica-
tion with Japan to cables from that
land to Shanghai, which are under
Japanese censorship.
Bulgarian War Inevitable.
Vienna, Feb. l2-Politische Cores
pondenz, a semi-official newspaper, to-
day published communication from
Constantinople. saying that the present
situation in the far East renders war
in Bulgaria inevitable. In view of
this condition of affairs it is considered
that the porte should bur-
den itself with serious obligations in
volved in carrying out the principal
measures of the reform plans for Ma
cedonia.
Commenting on this statement Poll. |
tische Correspondent says the fact that
such an opinion prevails merits the
most earnest attention of the interest
ed powers.
Would Be Breach Of Treaty.
London, Feb. 1.-THE question of
The passage of the Dardenelles by the
Russian Black Sea feet has not been
.aised at the foreign Office here, where
he following statement was made to
he Associated Press:
Russia has not asked permission
or the passage of warships through
he Dardenelles. If Russia should at
empt any such thing without asking
permission it would constitute
crave breach of the treaty on this sub
ect.
Down on Uncle Sam.
Moscow, Feb. 12-The feeling
Russia against the United
states is intense. Says the Nova
1remja: "The Slay has nothing in
ommon with that mongrel nation of
nsolent Anglo-Saxons and ignorant .
,elts. Our God given institutions are
he antithesis of the unholy anarchic
onditions which prevail in the United
'tates.
Russians Blame United States.
st. Petersburg, Feb. 12-The Bourse
|azette says: Yesterday we longed
or peace. Now we think only of war;
he world soon will be startled by 7
,ussia's heroic work. Japan has placed :
erself beyond the pale Of civilization :
he upstart, pigmy Japan would not t
ave dared to attack the giant Rus
|a without the encouragement of Eng ]
md and America" II
In this connection the Russian claims 6
, have authority for saying that the
NO Japanese warships (the Nisshin e
nd Kasuga) were saved from certain II
lpture by the Russian squadron IL
1und for the far East under Admiral Il
1ireius by the action Of the command Il
. Of British battleship in placing his ]
sssel across the Suez Canal and hoist 81
g signal of distress, thus delaying Il
le Russians two days.