The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1904-08-19
Russian Cruiser Pallada Is
Said to Have Been Sunk
DURING A RECENT FIGHT.
Wounded Russian Sailors Were
Almost Starved.
FOUR SHIPS DISMANTLED.
A Russian BattIeship and Three Tor
pedo Boat Destroyers are Rendered
useIess-A sortie by Russian Ships
from Port Arthur.

TOXIC, Aug. 1I.-lt seems certain
that the Russian protected cruiser
Pallada was torpedoed and sunk dur
Ing the naval battle of August 10. She
failed to return to Port Arthur and
has not been reported since Admiral
Togo's fleet departed on various mis-
sions the night of August 10, when the
Russians retreated.
Belated reports from various ves-
sells continue to reach Admiral Togo.
The Japanese destroyers and torpedo
boats made series of attacks during
the pursuit of the Russian warships.
One destroyer reports that she hit a
vessel of the Pallada type and it is
thought the vessel foundered, and 1t
is believed to be probable that the en-
tire crew were either killed or
drowned.
Tsingtau, Aug. 1.-THE Russian
battleship Czarevitch and three tor
pedo boat destroyers now in the hands
of the local German government for
repairs have been dismantled.
Che Foo, Aug. 1.-THE Russian
squadron, it is reported, did not en-
counter the Japanese fleet when 1t
made sortie yesterday from Port
Arthur. Nevertheless they returned
to Port Arthur.
Shanghai, Aug, lit transpires
that the men wounded on board the
Russian cruiser Askold were almost
starving when they were brought from
the ship to the hospital here. They
consumed food ravenously and now
they are doing well.
The Japanese consul here Is de-
manding of the Chinese authorities
that the Askold disarm. The attitude
of the taotai Of Shanghai in this mat
ter is characterized by his usual inde-
cision.
London, Aug. ia dispatch from
st. Petersburg says a naval officer has
telegraphed to his family that the
cruiser Diana, of the Port Arthur
squadron, has arrived at Vladivostok.
A dispatch to the Central News
from Toxic says that big oil ware
house at Port Arthur is blazing furi-
ously and that the position of the be-
sieged is such that the Japanese are
urging them to surrender.
The Yokohama correspondent of the
Daily Mail says that the cruiser Novik,
of the Port Arthur squadron, has been
sighted OF Van Diemen Strait, steer
ing for Vladivostok.
Mukden, Aug. 17.-There has been
a steady downpour of rain for two
days and the roads are becoming
heavy. No Japanese movement has
been reported southeast of this city,
but the Japanese are reported to be
working around to the westward OF
Mukden.
st. Petersburg, Aug. 17.-Public
anxiety regarding the fate OF the ships
of Rear Admiral Withoft's squadron
remaining unaccounted for is still un-
relieved. St Petersburg continues 70
be entirely dependent upon foreign
sources for news. the Russian authori-
ties claiming to be quite as much in
the dark as the public. The admiralty
neither confirms nor denies the report
that a majority of the squadron re-
turned to Port Arthur, although II
does not fail to point out that only the
most desperate situation after the sea
| fight could have compelled the vessels
to return for refuge to that port.
Nothing has been received from
Russian sources regarding the report
from Che Foo of a sortie of the Port
Arthur warships yesterday. The re-
port may refer to the cruiser Bayan
and the Sunboats and torpedo boat de-
stroyers left in the harbor and one OIL
two of Admiral Withoft's ships which
were forced to limp back to the port
after the fight of August 10.
| The report of the sinking of the
cruiser Rurik is accepted as true in
official circles.
| The opinion is growing that the
heavy losses sustained by the Port
Arthur feet may completely alter the
plans regarding the Baltic squadron
a division of which Is ready to sail.