Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1904-05-20
JAPANESE MEET DISASTER.
Reports Of Loss of Cruiser and Bat
tieship are Confirmed.


tleship are Confirmed.
Toxic May 20.--Vice Admiral Togo
has reported as follows:
"a report from Rear Admiral Dewa
says that the cruisers Kasaga and Yo-
shine collided during a fog Off lCr1
Arthur on May IS. The Yoshino sank,
only ninety of her crew being saved.
"Ol the same day the battleship
fatsuZe struck Russian mine and
SAN
In giving details of the disaster
Vice-Admiral Togo says:
"At liza o'clock in the afternoon
of May Is, in deep fog off Port Ar
thur the Kasaga rammed the Yo-
shine, sinking the latter in a few min.
utes. Ninety of her crew were saved
THE same morning the Hatsuze,
while cruising off Port Arthur GOV.
ering the landing of the soldiers
struck a mine ten knots southeast OF
the harbor entrance. She signallet
for help and instantly struck another
mine. She sank in half an hour
Three hundred of her crew were say
ed by torpedo boats"
People just arriving at Chez Foo
from Dalney have reported to the
Russion consul that the Japanese bat
tleship Shil1ishim sank in two min
utes otter the contact with the sub
marine mine, and that there was no
time to save the crew. The accioent
happened, it is said. within sight of
Port Arthur.
The battleship Full, not The cruiser
Asama, which struck the mine on the
port bow, had heavy list and was
also down by the bow, but was right
ed and went off in tow Of two other
cruisers. 1t is thought impossible,
however, that she could reach port.
The YOshinO was cruiser Of Also
tons displacement and Is, 900 indicated
horse power. She was built in Eng
land, was launched in loJ2, was $50
feet long, had 46 IL foot beam and
her draft was II feet. The armament
of the Yoshino consisted of four 6-inch
guns, eight 4.7-inch guns and twenty
three 3-pounders. She had five tor
pedo tubes, her armored deck was
4 by 2 inches thick and her gun posi-.
lions we're protected Dy shields IL
inches in thickness. The cruisers
speed was estimated to be % knots,
her coal capacity was 1000 tons and
her crew numbered 300 men.
The cruiser with which the Yoshino
collided may be the Kasagaa or Kas-
ago, cruiser of 5,416 tons, built in
Philadelphia in 1928, or it may be
the armored cruiser Kasuga, formerly
the Morino, purchased from Argen-
tina in Italy and taken by British
officers, with the Nisshin, bought by
Japan from Argentina, and formerly
the Rivadavi, to Japan just previous
to the outbreak of the war.
The Hatsuze was battleship Of 49,
900 tons displacement and Of the lat
est model. She was only completed
in 1900, was built in England, was
400 feet long, had II IL foot beam,
drew 81 feet of water, had $1,000 in
dictated horse power and was fitted
with water tube boilers. She was
completely armored with steel. Her
armament consisted of four 12-inch
guns, fourteen 6-inch guns, twenty r.
Founders, eight 3 IL Founders and
four IL Founders. She had four
torpedo tubes. her estimated speed
was 1911 knots. Her crew numbered
TAI men.
London, May 20.-A. e. Hales. the
correspondent OF the Daily News,
cables from Tien Tsin as follows, un-
der date OF May 10:
ut is reported that 10000 Russians
are marching to the relief OF Port Ar
thur, and the Japanese are conse-
quently Fastening offensive opera
lions.
"Forty-tive thousand troops have al
ready been landed at Kin Chau and
Talienwan, thus entirely investing
Port Arthur.
1.-The Japanese advanced lines are
seven miles from the Russian bat
teries.
"Skirmishes occur daily along the
railroad.
ut is believed that the Japanese
intend attacking Port Arthur with the
entire force when it numbers $4,000
men. They are mounting 6-inch naval
guns on steel wheels, with the object
Of silencing the Russian batteries.
1.-THE Manchurian railway south OF
Hardin Is constantly broken by Chi
nese marauders and the Russians
threaten reprisals.
"The Russians ADM. that they have
to contend with terrible difficulties
along the whole line. Their men,
however, are behaving splendidly and
they are very confident.