The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1904-04-21
TOGO TOLD 4 RIGHT:
Russian Naval Experts at Last Co
incide with the Jap's Story of
the Petropavlosk.
IHBUED WITH FEVERISH EHERGY.
st. Petersburg Says the Public Is Aroused
as Never Before and Is Thirsting for
Revenge, as on Several Former Occa-
sions-Attempted Landing of Japs on
korsa Bay Said to Have Been Repulsed.

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korsa Bay Said TO Have been Repulsed.
St Petersburg, April 1S.-The au-
thorities here are recovering from the
depression which followed the last
weeks disaster. They seem imbued
with new and feverish energy. The
greatest activity prevails. The public
is more aroused than at any time since
the war began and now is thirsting for
revenge. Crowds gather on the streets.
The Russ extra bulletin boards are
constantly surrounded, although little
fresh news is posted. The vivid eye
witness picture of the torpedo boat
fight and the Petropavlovsk disaster
transmitted from Russian corre-
spondent of the Associated press under
date of Lao Yang, Manchuria, is re-
printed here and is the talk of St.
Petersburg and of official and private
circles. being the first connected ac-
count published. 1t also contained the
first definite information that Vice Ad-
miral Makaroff was at his post on the
bridge when the explosion occurred
Besides, II put at rest all doubts as
to where the ship was struck. She
went down bow first, as the Victoria
did, and exactly as Makaroff's own
model did when during a lecture which
he delivered in 1894, he demonstrated
the instability of heavily armored ships
and the impossibility at the time of a
disaster, by collision or otherwise, of
restoring the equilibrium of such
steel monsters. The admiralty still
lacks definite data as to the cause of
the catastrophe although the talk of
a boiler explosion and submarine boats
continues. The public shows an indis-
position to accept Vice Admiral To-
COS version that his mines were re-
sponsible. Members of the naval
staff frankly admit that they do not
know the cause of the disaster but
some of them already-are- inclined
admit the probability that the enemy's
avowal is true.
An attempted landing by Japanese
troops on the shores of Korea bay, be-
tween Port Arthur and the Yalu river,
April ~, was frustrated by the Rus
slams. A Japanese torpedo boat flo
tilla secuted the shores of the bay but
was received with such a heavy fire
from land batteries at Taku Shan,
Shing Tai Use, Tchanhe and Bedtime
that it retired. Vice Admiral Togo's
flagship then recalled nine transports
which were on the way to land troops.
A squadron Of ten warships protecting
the transports withdrew with them.
The Russians have 10000 troops con-
centrated at Taku Shan.
In the dramatic, description of the
sinking of the Petopavlovsk off Port
Arthur wired frof Lao Yang by a
Russian correspondent of the Asso-
ciated press, portion of the account
referring to the blowing up of the
Petropavlovsk was delayed. 1t is as
follows: Moving at reduced speed the
Petropavlovsk came abreast of Electric
cliff. The torpedo boats were enter
Ing the harbor when suddenly from the
starboard side of the Petropavlovsk'
bow white column shot up. There
was a doublc-muf1led explosion and
the whole flagship became covered with
orange-brown smoke. They're firing a
broadside. cried gunner standing be-
side me, but through my binoculars
gaZed speeches. and horror-stricken.
I could see fragments of wreckage fall
ing from above the broken rigging of
the foremost and flames of fire shoot
ing out. She's sinking; she's sink
ing" walled some one beside me-
THE Petropavlovsk began to settle
slowly by the head, keeling far over
to starboard until her rail was under
water. Her bow had already disap-
peared and now the foremost was sink
ing. could still see the coming
tower. Then her smokestaclis disap-
reared. They seemed to fall through
the water and the sea began to engulf
the mainmast. Her after turret with
its guns pointing skyward quickly van
ished; then her stern with the port
propeller still revolving. could see
figures desperately clutching at the
slippery hull and tongues of fame. A
last explosion and all was over The
flagship was no more. Boats from the
topedo boat destroyer Gaydamak hur-
ried to the scene of the disaster. 1t was
$40 in the morning."
From several sources reports have
been received saying that a Japanese
fleet Of over 70 transports is heading
for Kin Chou, north of Port Arthur.
The first of FIVE new submarine boats
building at st. Petersburg and 40 wag-
onloads of ammunition were de-
spatched Monday to the theater of war.
The submarine boat, which was sent
off in sections, is elliptical in shape
and fitted with an improved electrical
apparatus for firing torpedoes which
1t is claimed experiments have shown
increases the offensive
power Of torpedoes.