The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1904-08-16
whereabouts of Vessels
Gives Concern.
ANOTHER JAP VICTORY
Russia'S VladivOst0k Squad
ron Crippled by Kamimura.


st. Petersburg, Aug. 16.-1:30 a. m.
THE Admiralty has no Information as
to whether Lieutenant McAuley of the
United States Navy, and Lieutenant De
Guverville. of the French Navy, the
only two naval attaches at Port Ar
thur, Joined Rear Admiral withofts
squadron when 1t left the port We'd
nesday morning last. Had they Joined
the squadron they would presumably
have been on the flagship Czarevitch.
The absence of news as to their
presence with Admiral Without is taken
to Indicate that they remained on
shore. and it is pointed out that 1t
would be perfectly within the AdmiraIs
province to decline to take the at
taches in case he considered the enter
prise too hazardous and so as not to
expose the citizens Of neutral nations
70 danger.
1t Is reported that viceroy Alexieff
left Mukden hurriedly for Vladivostok,
on receipt of news that the illness of
FiceAdmiral Bezobrazoff had taken a
serious turn and that the Admiral was
not expected to recover.
The exact whereabouts of the Port
Arthur battieships is still a mystery on
which hinges Russian naval fortunes in
the Far East. kilograms reporting
them back at Port Arthur have not
been confirmed up to this hour. 1t is
apparent that vice-Admiral Togo
either cannot or will not say where
they have gone. Admiralty officials
declare they do not know, but they
refuse to believe that out of five bat
tleships not a single one managed to
break through to Vladivostok.
Admiral Togo's Report.
Vice Admiral Togo's report of his
own damage, mentions only a few
ships. which Is to be believed to indi-
dictate that the others have not re-
Joined his fleet. 1t is more than prob
able that Admiral without before going
out, fixed a rendezvous to which the
vessels would proceed IL separated and
HIS likely srsors thaiss probas5!e> thai
this rendezvous was anywhere except
at Port Arthur, the most likely point
being between Shanghai and Kin Stu,
the most southerly Of the three prin-
cipal Islands of Japan which is on
the circular route to Vladivostok.
The Czarevitch was evidently head
Ing for this point when she was COM
PEELED by the damages she sustained
20 turn aside and enter Tstngtau.
In this connection 1t Is interesting
to note the presence off the Saddle
Islands of four battleships reported in
Shanghai telegram, and later said
to be four cruisers, presumably the
Pallada. Diana and Novik. escorting
the crippled flagship Askold. These
vessels might take advantage of the
fact that the acknowledgements ca
BILE is laid near the Saddle islands to
Bever Japan's communication with the
continent Persistent reports that the
Russian vessels were ccaling from COL
Tiers in these waters confirm the hy-
pothesis that they had agreed to rem
devious at this point en- route to Vladi-
vostok If they failed to keep together
and to rush the Korean straits.
A telegram from Chefoo saying that
three Russian cruisers at Tsingtau had
hauled down their flags. was interdict-
ed by the censor because the informa-
ton reaching the admiralty is to the
erect that only the CZarevitch is in
that port.