Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-10-29
he THOUGHf IT
MUST BE JAPS
England Believes Investigation
Will Discrcdit Story Of
Russian Officers.


faction over the fact that an arrange
ment has been reached and entire
certainty that the result of the COM
mission of inquiry will be TO discredit
vice admiral Rojestvensky's state
ment anent the presence Of the tor
pedo boats among the North Sea
fishing fleets, mark the comments of
London papers almost universally
The Admiral's story, 1t is pointed out,
has the great advantage that II is
capable of precise proof or disproof.
The Russian Admiral can only make
good his case by producing the YES
sci whose presence he alleges was
among the Trawlers," says the West
Minister Gazette. This feeling that
the British contention will be upheld
pervades all classes and disposses the
public TO calmly await the verdict.
Japs Call II Bluff
TOXIC. Oct. 29.--Prominent OFF,
GERS on the Japanese naval staff said
today that he believed the Russian
Baltic fleet would not come far on
the way east. He did not believe the
Russian government desired to send
1t all and 1t was probable that the
North Sea affair would be used as an
excuse for the recall Of the fleet. He
says Admiral Rojestyensky was sick
when he left the Post and II seems
improbable that the Russian Govern.
ment, II It's intentions were serious
would send sick admiral to navi-
gate many thousands Of miles to
combat with a superior force.
Provokes Derision
TOXIC, Oct 29.--Reported state
ment of Admiral Rojestvensky at
Vigo that there were foreign torpe-
do boats among the Hull Trawlers
when they were fired upon in the
North Sea and that the Japanese gov
ernment was said to have purchased
torpedo boats In England, coupled
with the insinuation that the torpedo
boats with the Trawlers were Japan
ese, is received in Japan with mixed
feeling Of Indignation and derison.
It IL officially stated that Japan has
neither purchased nor ordered a
single boat In England since the out
break of war.
He Saw Things At Night
VlGO, Oct. 29.--The Russian squad
ron Is still In port. Upon the main
question relative to the identity Of the
japanese torpedo boats said to have
been seen among the Hull fishermen,
during the night Of October 21-22,
vice Amiral Rojestvensky said to the
Associated Press today:
"Rumors have reached me that the
Japanese would attack the squadron
and when ! suddenly saw that night
two torpedo boats between our two
divisions and heard the noise OF the
firing OF torpedoes, doubted not
that they were Japanese.
Prince Kretelli, an officer on board
the battleship Emperor Alexander
III, told me that the transport Area
Daur was surrounded by eight tcrpe.
do boats or vessels carrying torpedo
Tubes The Area sinaijed her Of
danger and wiren our battieships ad-
vanced we did not for one moment
suppose that the attacking vessels
could be fishermen"
Russian Squadron at Tanoisr
TANGIER, Morocco, Oct. 29.--Four
Russian cruisers. three torpedo boat
destroyers and five colliers arrived
here this morning. The Russian
flag ship exchanged salutes with the
French cruiser Kleber and the Brit.
ish cruiser lana.
The Russian vessels now here
comprise the battleships osliabia,
Sissoi, veloky and Navarin, armored
cruiser Admiral Nakhamoff and sew
en- torpedo boats besides the colliers.
British Ships Sail Westward.
GIBRALTER, Oct. 29.-The Brit
ish battleships Jupiter and MagnifIce-
Mt sailed from here today going west.
ward. Their destination is believed to
be Tangier The British second class