Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-02-11
IMMENSE JAPANESE LOSSES.
Reported That Armored Cruiser Left
yladiyOstOck and Destroyed
Twenty Transports,
SAvAGEATTACK ON GREAT BRITAIN
NOvOe Vremya SAYS Assault on Port
Arthur Was Made From
Wei Hal Wei.

st. Petersburg. Feb, l1.-Rigid GEN.
sorship still prevents the newspapers,
this afternoon, from receiving war news
from either Russian or foreign sources
No news has been received since Vice
roy Aexlefs dispatch, and the public
consequently is still completely IN the
dark. All manner Of rumors are anoat
The government, however, has taken
measures to counterfeit their publlca-
ton, forbddIng the retail sale OF the
principal offender the st. Petersburg
Gazette. The government expresses
great displeasure at the publication OF
the report OF a Russian victory and
the raising Of false hopes among the
population
Nevertheless, the rumors circulated
verbally are greedlly swallowed. Ac-
cordlng to one report mere the Russian
armored cruiser Gromobo recently
sailed out Of Vladvostock, destroyed
twenty japanese transports on SOUTH
ern Korea and was herself sunk by the
Japanese cruisers.
Another story claimed that four Of
the Vladivostock warships under Adj
miral stackelberg had sunk four Jap
anese transports.
The most circumstantlal story cur
rent In ST. Petersburg Is report OF
the sinking of the Russian cruiser va
RAG of Chemulpo
SAN another is to the effect that the
recent Japanese attack on Port Arthur
WAS a fcint to protect the passage OF
transports bound TO Shan Hal kwan 10
land Japanese troops there and object
a conjunction with the forces OF Yuan
Shl Kai, the Chinese commandments
chief. and attack the Russians IN the
rear.
These are but samples OF the re-
norris current In the Russian capital.
An the Russian navigation companies
having vessels IN far eastern waters
ARE anxious about their fate. Tie
volunteer feet is particularly concerned
regarding the Ekaterinoslay. which
left Vladivostock Feb. 4, and the Vero-
moi which left Shanghai. tea-la1an Tor
SINGAPORE Feb t. No news OF either
vessel has reached here,
AN the naval officers In IT. Peters
burg this morning attended service at
the church Of ST. Nicholas.
The tone Of the press comment today
Is less bitter against Japan, when 10
perhaps significant.
Tho report circulated here that the
United states has offered her good Of
fees IL commented upon only by the
Noyosu. which emphasizes the previous
statements that intervention is impos-
sble and says II doubts whether the
offer of good services In the strlctcst
sense would have any result, The pa
per adds that II considers II strange
that the United States has made a dis
tInctIcn between China and Korea,
which, II points out, is also an indie
pendent country
Repeating the charge that the Japa-
nese attack on Port Arthur was made
from Wei Hal Wei on the north coast
OF the Shan 'Tung peninsula, the Nyoe
Vremya today bittply assalls Great
Britain.
TN allowing japan TO use the harbor
as a base Of operation SAYS the NovOe
Vremya, Great Britain violated the
fundamental principles OF neutrality.
Wei Hat Wei must be regarded hence
forth as part Of japanese territory and
Great Britain has forfeited the right TO
participate In any deliberations over the
eventual fate Of the harbor"
The Noyoe Nremya further holds that
the case Is analogous TO that Of the
Alabama and says that Russia is emit
tied TO demand compensation from
Great Britain for the losses she has sus-
tan'd,
g. Louis. Feb 1.-THE members Of
the japanese worlds fair commission
now In ST. Louis have sent a cablcram
Ia the mlkadu. Cougratulatlng him on
the Victories won by bis ships from
Russia,
eve wlll h0vo victory after victory.
now, said one of the commissioners, as
hc laughed aud bowed thanks for con-
gratulatiOna I'm two weeks YOU win
hear That our soldiers have crossed tho
N0u and cue Russias line OF commuui.