The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-06-20
RUSSIAN RAID
WAS A SURPRISE
Japanese Admiral Advised to
Resign or Commit Suicide,
ASSAULT ON PORT ARTHUR
CHINESE TELL DIFFERENT
STORIES TO OPPOSING FORCES

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- st. Petersburg, June ia dis 2
= patch from Mukdeu says that, ace .
= Cording to trustworthy adVices re- =
= ceived there. au entire infantry .
= regiment with its commander, was Q
= sunk in the transports HiLachi and .
= SadO. The same dispatch says that .
= according to Chinese statements =
= attacks made boy the Japanese ON =
= Port Arthur have been repulsed ,
. with heavy losses. =
Chefoo. June 10. midnight >
= There is current here a Chinese p
> rumor that the japanese have ?
. captured one of the inner forts at >
. Port Arthur losing LOCO men iu =
. the engagement IL cannot, how >
= ever be confirmed. =
T OHIO. June 10, .. m.-The remark
able raid of the Russian NladivO-
stok squadron evidently is over.
The squadron disappeared yesterday of
Cape Heuashi steering to the north,
and it has not been reported since. It
is assumed 20 be returning to VIadi-
V0stok-
Whether or not portion of Vice Adj
niral kamimura's squadron is await
ing the Russians of VladivOstOk is n
carefully guarded secret. Assuming
that Vice Admiral Kamimura dis
4 patched some of his vessels to VIa-4-
vostok when he learned that the Rus
Sian squadron was off Xxi island. these
ships would have had ample time TO
arrive there ahead of the Russians and
viii be ready 10 give battle. The
weather has been fOggy and thus con-
dluous have been against the japan
csc.
Tt is reported that the raiding Rus
SLAMS captured "a British steamer laden
with COAL bound south from the island
Of Yezo. and sent her to Vladivostok
with prize crew. but the report is not
confirmed 10y the Japanese navy de-
partmeut.
Three Out of Thirteen.
The transports Sado. Hitachi and
lZumi were the only ones overhauled
10y the Russians. Japan had thirteen
transports I'm and near the straits OF
Korea the morning The SadO and the
Hitachi were caught, anu she was for
tunate that only the three ships mem
uoued We're ovcrtakeu by the enemy
10 rs impossible 10 get complete facts
concerning the sinking of the Hitaehi.
She evidently failed 10 stop when sig
Uaied 10 do So 10y the Russian vessel
hc claim is made that Captain Camp
bell the English master of the Hitachi.
refused to stop and planned 30 ram
the Russian, but this is denied Ii is
said that the Japanese officers on board
the iltachi declined To- surrender and
required Captain Campbell TO keep his
snip going. The assertion that the Rus
slams fired upon the Ifeboats I'M which
men were escaping from the Jauanese
transports has not been fully substan-
tiated.
Kamimura Blamed.
The raid of the NIadivostok SQUAD
Tou has brought am unWarrauted
amount Of criticism upon Vice Admiral
k8mimura from the Japanese, and his
failure 90 catch the Russians i'm the
fue of GeUsau, Korea, when the Jap
BHese transport hmshiu was sunk on
April % with a loss of about 200 men.
has been recalled. Some of these even
declare that if Vice Admiral KamimurI
fails 10 catch the Russian vessels Je-
fore they reach Nladiyostol5 ne should
Cher resign from the navy OF commit
FFuicide. The popular demand for his
replacement is growing, but the public
is without information as 10 the nature
OF his orders or the plans OF the naval
campaign. and fails 90 make allowance
for the limitations OF conditions.
Vice Admiral Kamimura's squadron
was lying off Tsu island when the raid
ing Russians reached Okiuo island He
immediately started In pursuit of the
enemy, but rains obscurcd the sea and
an electrical storm interfered with his
system of wireless biography. Vice
Admiral Kamimura is a splendid Of
ficer. and the only possible Indictment
against him is one OF lack of good luck.
Desperate Venture
The japanese generally magnify the
importance OF this Russian raid. which
has mo- material effect upon the war.
IL was a desperate venture and it is
heGeved here 20 have succeeded only
tELeugh blind luck.
Hle Yawata and the Ausei. two sail
FMS ships were sunk by the Russians
on Thursday between KO island and
Okushiri island, of the west coast OF
Yezo and north OF the Tsusaru strait.
Thirty seven survivors reached Esashi
Thursday afternoon. This makes a to-
tai of i've japanese ships sunk on de-
str0yed 10y the Russian raiders