The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1904-08-22
NOVIK SENT
TO BOTTOM
japanese Destroy Another
Russian Cruiser.
WAS AN EASY VICTORY
United States Torpedo Boat De.
stroyer Took a Hand In
Affair.
WAS AN EASY VICTORY

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gram from Tokyo says:
THE Japanese fleet sunk the Noyik
off Sakhalln yesterday morning
The following details Of the attack
on the Novk have been received at the
japanese legation:
"The captain of the protected cruiser
Chitose reports that the Chitose and the
protected cruiser Tsushima attacked the
Russian cruiser Novik at kursakovsk,
Sakhalin island, on the morning Of the
20th ON the morning of the 21st the
Norill, which had been heavily dam
aged, was stranded and partly sunk
The TsuShima was hit once in the coal
bunker, but the damage has already
been repaired There was no other
damage nor was there a single cas-
ualty OH either of the Japanese yes
sells
A late semioilicial special cable from
Shanghai says that the town was
terday afternoon by the arrival Of
japanese torpedo boat which was
sighted coming in from the south at
4:30 O'Clock. She passed the Woosung
at full speed and -sLaILed W. -t!4e-riseg.-
Ju for Shanghai The United States
torpedo boat destroyer Chuuncey slip
ped her cable and followed the Japa-
nese destroyer The Japanese boat
was cleared for action. she anchored
off the Cosmopolitan dock where the
Russian cruiser Asllold is undergoing
repairs. The Chamcey came TO an
chor practically between the dock and
the Japanese destroyer 4 foreign
pilot boat reports having seen Japa-
nose battleShip and two cruisers sixty
miles outside of Woosung
There are at present no Chinese men
of-war in Shanghai, but the tnotai has
telegraphed that a Chinese cruiser be
sent Immediately The Russian con
sui general ilauy refused to dsurm
the Askold and the Russian torpedo
boat destroyer or TO order them to
leave tie horbor
The taotaj has notified American
Consul Gouduuw. who IS dean Of the
consular body. that China cannot pro-
teci the foreign settlements. lie con
tends that Russia ignores the orders
issued by China and tAut China has
not the means OF making her obey
them
Consul Goodnow has called q meet
ing of the consular body to take l6nt
action for the protection or foreign
Inhabitants. The Asko.d has dorked
adjacent 90 the warehouses here of
the Standard OH company. which are
valued at over St.ou0O0U. The stand
ard oil company has demanded protcc-
ton for it's property from Consul
Goodn0w.
The dock where the Askold lies is
owned by British interests. ON one
side of this dock is German and Dutch
property ANA on the other side Ameri-
can property.
There are eight American, one Ger
man, two British and four French
warships at Shanghai.
An official of the legation said:
IF the report is true the American |
commander must have good reason for |
his action, such as the protection of |
the American interests, which would |
have been endangered by flying shells.
Japan has been very reluctant to |
send ships into the harbor, for she rec
ognized the international character of |
and that the laws of neutral |
ity demanded that China should order |
the Askold and the Grozovoi to dis |
mantle or leave the port and that she |
having given the order and the Rus |
sian ships having refused it was then |
incumbent for Japan to act, thereby |
Chinese neutrality and at |
the same time eXerting her rights as |
belligerent.
at would never have done to permit |
Russian ships to remain in a Chinese
port, deliberately and avowedly violat-
ing the neutrality of the country.
1t is believed at the Japanese lega-
tion that If the American commander |
intervened to preserve Chinese neu-
trality the American government will
take measures to enforce it,
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