Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-08-15
:. TokiO in Honor Of the Victory
Gained at Sea by Admiral
Togo
AMI VICE ADMIRAL KAMlMURA
nesoerately Serious Problem OF the
War Disposed Ol--Russia is
Crippled.

rotlo Aug. IA Is p, m.).-Flags are
.y,rslanterns are glimmering and cries
:, nBsnzal" are ringing in the streets
., TOXIC tonight in honor Of the vic
,o,y gained at sea by Admiral Togo
and vice Admiral Kammura'
Underneath the jollIhcation Of the
,orulace lies a fleeing cd deep salts
action and qualification at the dis
.o.al Of desperately serious problem
Of the war
The Russian squadron which con-
,ronted Admiral Togo refused battle. 1t
,ras stronger than Admiral Togos
.ouadron IN battleships and armored
a,users. and had It elected TO fight the
,asnlt might have altered the fortunes
Of war The strength Of the squadron
mich opposed Admiral Togo compelled
S,n, 10 draw vessels from the squad
Nv, ", Under Vice Admiral Kamimura,
and this left the Japanese navy power
iass 10 operate against the Russian Via,
Slyostok squadron and unable TO pre-
vent the raids Of these vessels.
The raid conducted by the Vladivo-
s,ock squadron in July was extremely
synenslye to Japan, and not only was
ysiallatlon tempting but It was de-
manded by commercial interests The
navy. however stuck TO Port Arthur. IL
was confident that that harbor soon
would be untenable for the Russian
varshlps, that II would eventually get
a fair fight I'm the open sea away from
The Russian land batteries and that the
Japanese would win, The calculations
of the navy We're correct and the Rus
SLAMS with the chances eyened, have
been hopeessy defeated
Vice Admiral Kamimura, after
months Of weary and patient waiting
finally got his chance at dawn today of
ITsu Rurik and sent the cruisers Gromo-
lboI and Rossa fleeing back from the
fight
Japanese guns dominate the dock
yards at Port Arthur and In view of
this fact II would seem 10 be impossible
again TO make seaworthy or hghtable
the four Russian battleships which have
returned TO Port Arthur II is probable
that the Russian battleship Czarevitch
will dlsarm at Tsingchou.
The best possible naval force that
Russia can now concentrate at Vladi-
Nos Is four cruisers
In the fighting Of Aug 10 the squad
ron under Admiral Togo was practi-
Ically unnjured. The battleship Mix
asa suffered the most. hut she continues
on the fighting line. The cruisers Yak
Juno, Nissihin and Kasuga also were
Dit but temporary repairs already have
been made, and they are fully service
able
Eleven wounded officers and SO
Wounded men arrived at Sasebo today
The imperial prince. Hiroyasu KWa cho.
who holds the rank Of commander IN
The Japanese navy. was hit In the re-
gon Of the heart His wound however
IS slight
The steamer Gaelic. bound for
Shanghai. at 10 o'clock yesterday morn
Ing sighted a Russian cruiser. evident
y the Noyik. steering southeast by
east This course showed her TO he
heading for Vandleman strait
Vandlemen strait Is about 100 miles
south Of Nagasakl, and II would be
presumed from the Novik's being in
this direction that she purposes to try
ana reach Vladiyostok by the east coast
" Japan.
KAMIMuRAs ACCOUNT.
Washington, Aug. 1.-THE japanese
legation here received a cablegram
from Toxic, dated today, saying that
Admiral Kamimura reports that our
squadron, after five hours severe fght-
ing with the three ships OF the Vladi-
Ioslok squadron on the morning OF
aug H. at the mouth Of Tsushima ISL
and sunk the Rurik. The two other
snlps, which appeared 20 have suffered
heavily fled northward. our damages
are slight"
Another cablegram from Toxic to the
legation says:
The commander Of the Takishukl
naval station says that our fleet report
60 oy wireless telegraph that the
NadNostok squadron was sighted at
KY a. m. on the l4th. The cruiser TIA
ashlkl subsequently reported that a
naval battle Is being fought"
czAREvITCHs HARD FIGHT.
Chefoo, Aug. 1i.-Detalls Of the naval
ueWle or Aug 10 reaching here show
tnai me Russian battleship CzareVitch
maze a remarkable struggle. when
he Oatue opened six battleshipS on
.ach side opposed each other in almost
island.
me cruisers and torpedo boat des-
uVyers on both sides were ordered out
VI range When the fight had been
under WY for some time the cruisers
ana smaller craft became engaged.
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