Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-07-27
RED !. JERS
Volunteer Fao5 Sends An.
 other Prize to Suez.
BRITISH SHIP TO PROTECT TRADERS
st. Petersburg Must Compensats Owners of Knight Conmander and Make ApoIogy-Russians
 Retreat From Phlxan Pass.

LONDON, July 27-Advices from Suez report that the Peninsular and Oriental Steamship company's steamer Formosa has arrived there flying the Russian naval flag and with prize crew on board She was captured in the Red sea by one of. the vessels of the Russian volunteer fleet
 The owners of the British steamer Calchas, bound from Puget sound to Japan, have received a telegram from Hongxong reporting that the Calchas has been seized by the Vladivostok squadron.
 It is reported from Hongkong that xhe British battlesl.ip Ocean and three Aegtroyers have left that port for Yo- kohama to protect British shipping from the Russian Vladivostok squad ron.
 An officer from the Russian cruiser Rossia who boarded the steamship Tsi- nan when the Knight Commanders people were transferred to her by the vladivostok squadron said that the squadron had received instructions to treat the British flag with great re spect
 The British government is taking en- ergetic action in the case of the sink ing of the British steamer Knight Eommander by the vladivostok squad ron. All information received by the government tends to establish in the nficial mind a belief that an outrage has been committed for which no ex- ruse exists in international law. Those aware of the feelings of the ministry say that all the members of the cabinet are in accord regarding the principle of the inviolability of innocent neu- tral shipping as well as upon the prin- ciple that neutral ship cannot be de- sfroyed even if carrying contraband of war
 The demands which will be made up- on the Russian government will in- cIude compensation to the owners of the ship and to the owners of the goods on board the Knight Commander, an apology for the action of the Russian cruisers and an agreement that instruc- tions be given which will prevent a repetition of such action.
 A great storm has been aroused in London by the sinking of the Knight Commander by the Russians. It is re garded as a breach of international law which has not had precedent in nearly century.
 The Standard insists that the inci- dent cannot pass without the strong est remonstrances and demand for full reparation. It says that the situ- ntion is still exceedingly grave, and if 1t continues unchanged it may involve Russia in a serious addition to her present embarrassment
 A Tientsin dispatch says that the Japanese have lost 3SD men in killed and wounded in the fighting which has taken place outside of Newchwang dur Ing the last two days. The Russian losses during the engagements are not known. A small detachment of Japa- nese scouts has entered Newchwang Hurtng the night About 200 troops fol lowed and more are expected. Crowds of Russian refugees were awaiting trains at Yinkow, close to Newchwang, 10 take them away.
 The Chinese flag is flying over the custom house at Newchwang It is re ported that the Japanese took the Rus sian position at Tashekiao at the point of the bayonet.
 Small bodies of Japanese are march ing in the direction of Benitzu, which IS forty miles east of Santai, toward Sinminting. The Japanese there in tend to turn the Russian position al xiaovang in the direction of Mukden.