Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-08-19
FEELING OF DESPAIR RElcAS.
,,.,i,.litv Does Not Disguise the Fact
That the yladivOstok Squadron
Is Destroyed.
DISPOSITION TO BLAME LESSEN
., Mt Standing by the Rurlk Even
r,ouoh He Had Lost His Ships
Eamlmura's Withdrawal

=. p,,orsburg, Aug. 10, 1880 p M
feeling almost akin 20 despair reighS
a.. ruch.triod Russian admiralty
m. oaiclal report Of Vice Admiral
s,,ya,oN coming on the heels Of the
-, losses sustained by the Port
,.,,ur squadron IN its desperate sorue
,,o IA and the anxiety over the
o,s NJ the warships stlll unaccounlea
=. M, only confirming the sinking Of
IN. Rurlk hut showing that the IN
m,,ss sustained by the Gromoboi and
possa in the fight with Vice Admiral
vsmlmuras squadron were even
,,sater than anticipated, completes the
,,u.blne nature Of the blow to Russia's
m.aarrod naval forces In the far east
so far az the immediate future is con-
cerred. the admiralty does not disguise
the fact that the vladivostok squadron
4, DESTROYED The effect upon the pub
ia Is also most depressing. The only
consolation found Is in the words of
pralse bestowed on the officers and men
and the unequal character OF the fight
Russian naval experts by the system
az coenlclcnts figuring that the infer
ority OF the Vladivostok squadron in
amor and guns was 90 ia 200. In some
aaartcrs Of tho navy there is also
deposition to censure Rear Admiral
lessen for abandoning the Rurik, even
though by standing by her would have
meant that the Gromobo and Rossia
would have shared her fate, The chief
mystery at the admiralty here Is why
Vice Admiral Kamlmura drew OFF when
Admiral Jessen's ships were at his
mercy The only explanation is that
Ms squadron must have suffered such
irlshtful damage that 1t could not con.
tnue the battle.
Il IS confirmed that the losses OF ofli-
GERS and men on board the Rossa and
Gromobol were 50 per cent Of the for
mer and % per cent of the latter
showing the dreadful havoc caused by
the fire from the japanese ships even at
arrange exceeding three miles. Private
reports say the decks OF the Rossla
we're yerltable shambles.
Detailed reports Of the injuries sus.
famed by the Gromobol and Rossla arc
naturally withheld, but no doubt exists
mat they are serious enough TO re-
cure going into dry dock So far as
Known there is only one dock at Vlad.
Nosloh and II is now occupied by the
Bogatyr Consequently this win make
Tie repair work slow.
The hope Of accomplishing the cher.
lsned plan Of the admiralty of uniting
'oese Two Russian far eastern SQUAD.
IoOs TO await the coming OF the Baltic
Nee' seems now almost hopeless. as
we hghting strength Of the Port Ar
."ur squadron has been greatly re-
ouCed and there is no longer any pos.
Ho'llty Of aid from the Vladivostok
squadron Nevertheless the admiralty
expects that the battlcships. II they
returned to Port Arthur, to sally
iOr'h again, even to certain destruc.
Won Hnt the whereabouts Of the bat
"eshlp division, and of the protected
''u'Sers Diana and Pallada is
',Ousiaered here to be absolutely estab.
nsned' The weight OF opinion contin-
ues 10 correspond with the foreign re.
pOrts that the battleships are back
esain at Port Arthur, but some of the
.mclals at the admiralty cling to the
nope that they escaped.
Vhetoo reports received here today
apparently leave no doubt of this
point and Emperor williams request
mat inc German naval attaches nj
4o't Arthur Capt. Hoffman and Lieut.
,Oh Gllgenhelm be instructed IN
.'''e the fortress is generally regarded
rs conclusive.
inc authorities here are without I'm.
.V'Hlauon IN regard to the reported tor.
peuo'hg OF the Russian cruiser of tho
a"aoa type which, they say. must
r' Va" the Diana. The reports of both
aap' Matouseyitch and Capt. Retzen-
a' o' indicated that these cruisers were
,n 'V' 'ne Noyik throughout. but moth
s mas been heard OF either since the
naval battle Of Aug. 10.
bo'h the official Russian reports
ee'ee as to the main detalls Of the on.
lag easement and the manner In which the
=, "on'elads IN the form OF grid.
NJ lacked and countertacked as
,T uenVered their broadsldes. But n
w., ~" Is drawn when the cruiser diyis.
S a." escaped and the Czarevitch was
oS newspapers here received the
su.Vlal adyices this morning too late
W. W. comment The spirit OF the people
.a'y De Judged from the fact thai al.
s Tough this is holiday there are no
. hlVMQQ IA Al.