Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1904-06-22

sumtd to be returning to Vladtvo=
stock
Whether ur not a portion Of Vice-Ad-
miral Kamimuri's squadron is await
ing the Russians off Vladivostock is
a carefully guarded secret. Assuming
that Vice-Admiral Kamimura. dispatch
ei some of his vessels to Vladivo-
stock when he learned that the Rus.
sian squadron was off tki Island, these
ships wUuld have had ample time to-
arrive there ahead of the Russialis and
will be ready to give battle:
The weather has been foggy; and.
thus conditions have been against,
the Japanese.
1t is reported that the raiding Rus
SLAMS captured British steamer laden
with coal bound south from the isl
and of Yezo and sent her to Vladivo-l
stock with prize crew, but the re-
port is not confirmed by the Japanese
Navy Department,
The TRANSPORTS SadU, Hitaehi and
lzuini were the only ones 4teThauled
by the Russians Japan had 13 trans:
ports in and near the strait of K0:
rea the morning the Sad6 and ths
Hitachi were caught, and she was for
tunate that only the three ships men,
toned were overtaken by the enemy.
1t is impossible to get complete
facts concerning the sinking of the
Hitachi. She evidently failed to stop
whe4 signaled to do so hX.ethass
sian vessel. The clai22s 5YS s. =.
Captain Campbell is made iaS that.
ter of the HitasM the English mas. mas
is denissssah the Russian, 0btEP' biiR fbia2 ada'
nessa9N. 1t Is said the tba ,tsns. @
on board the Hitacbi bIagis. gs.a
;nea g. 10 surrender and reduirsd 6sSs
IAN Tl Campbell to keep bis sbii chi - .saja Yap-
apon tne life boats in which men Wasa q "a
'aS IS, oeen fully Sustained . ''noporls p0s'ttss
.on ne RAD OF the Vladiyostoc on, ssigi ss;;gI!
,u,o,,r.. M aas brought an unwarrantsSR ats5sSR
i au. 49, OF criticism upon Vice.Adni;lSE,5S
,is fimura faii.Ia from the Japanese ~
ba m a.lule ean 70 catch the Russian, ;ssSS)a
ae -o., log. OF Gensan off the so coass ia
:insh When the japanese transno,.Ssss snS Ss
sIossss,M 1ssssS Mas ssTln : sunk On Anril 26 wi4s @
bsS oh NladIvcstock he sn0urSss
ither resign from the navy or CONF
nit suicide The popular demand foS
lis replacement is growing, but thS
,ublic is without information as to tn E
lature Of his orders or the plans o Ess
he naval campaign, and fails to makH
allowance for the limitation of corSE
litions.
Vice-Admiral Kamimura's squadroA oA!
vas lying off Tsu Island when the raid
ng Russians reached Okino Islandss
Ie Immediately started in pursuit os
he enemy, but rains obscured thSs8
sea and an electrical storm interfe1f;
ed with his system Of wireless tel4;
graphy, and the only possible indicf
ment against him is one ofSlack On:
good luck. The Japanese generally {t
the Importance Of this RudS1
sian raid, which has no material easNz
[ect upon the war. It was a despeN
ate venture, and it is believed herE@
to have succeeded only through bling
luck. a
The Yatawa and the Ansei, twM
sailing ships were sunk by the Russ
slams on Thursday between Ko IsEd
and and Okushiri Island off the weShj
coast of Yezo and north Of the TslF3y
garu strait. Thirty-seven suvivorEs@
reached Essashi on Thursday aftefN1
noon. This makes total Of five Jap$s|
nese ships sunk or destroyed by thfl#
Russian raiders. M