The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-03-05

/ enter the harbor, wher precisely at 4
! O'Clock the koreetZ was blown up. The
! japanese ships then retired, but con-
| tlnued to watch the Varyag which was
| gradually listing more and more to port
| AT ) p. IN. she was seen to be on fire
and an hour later she feeled over and
sank. She now lies on her port side
and at low tide this morning two of
her starboard guns were clearly in
view.
Immediately after Varyag sank the
Russian steamer Soongari was seen to
be on fire and at o'clock this morn
ing she also disappeared.
They ali lie in shallow water and the
recovery of the Varyag should not be a
difficult task.
When the Varyag and Koreetz steam
ed out to what, in the face of such
enormous odds, was certain destruction,
the crews from the men-of-war in port
cheered them again and again, and when
the koreetZ was blown up the band OF
the French cruiser Pascal played the
Russian national anthem and the Rus
sian sailors on board the neutral ships
went on their knees.
Although the f0ht took place eight or
nine miles from the shore, some of the
windows IN the settlement were broken
the heavy guns.
The suspense between and CLOCK
on the 9th was very trying to us on
shore, for during the previous night the
Japanese transports landed $500 troops,
who are lodged in the houses in Che
mulpo, and 1t was thought to be ques-
ton whether the Russians would or
would not first lombard the Japanese
settlement and then go out to meet their
fate. Had the Russian ships remained
in port and not accepted the Japanese
challenge, it is the general impression
that the Japanese Admiral would not
have dared to have attacked them in
harbor for fear of damaging the other
foreign men-of-war
The Russian Minister at Seoul. the |
Consul at Chen1ulpo, and all known |
Russian subjects nave been served with |
a notice to quit Korean soil, and as far |
as is known at present. they will all leave |
in the French cruiser Pascal for Chefoo /
on the 18th inst
AT PORT ARTHUR.
The japanese Consul at Shanghai
learns from the master of foreign
steamer that Port Arthur is suffering
from want of provisions, SO that the
price of eggs has gone up to 20 cents
apiece and that of beef is ST per pound.
The Russian authorities on the 10th
inst. notified residents that they must
BUY provisions by 3 p. m. that day; other
wise all provisions would be req isitioned
by the authorities after that time People
were generally perturbed by the Japa-
lese attack and several thousand per-
sons have since been leaving the port.
The injured Russian warships cannot
De repaired, as Chinese laborers have
nearly all escaped elsewhere.
RUSSIAN SPIES.
A dozen Russians are alleged to have
anded on Miyakejima, one of the seven
Stands of Izu, having arrived there in
wo boats about ten days ago. This
exciting report was brought by the
Japanese steamer Tenshin-maru, which
lrrived at Shimoda, Izu, from Miyake
sland on the Goth inst, and was thence
transmitted to the Tokyo Asa',i. The
strangers are said to be armed with
and reyolvers and to have
threatened the islanders, who in con-
equence could net prevent them from
anding. They are in possession Of a
'out WOO in Japanese currency and
efficient provisions to keep them for
wo or three months. hey declare
themselves as British or French sub
ects from a foreign steamer, which. they
ay, recentl,' sank about 20 miles off Mi
akeji ina. Judging from their appearance
nd talk the strangers are suspected of
eing Russians, who escaped from some
-essel captured by Japan. They declin-
d go to the mainland by the steamer |
renShin-maru. The steamer was ex-
ected to be despatched back to the
stand on the 2Ist inst. in accordance
With instructions OF the Tokyo pre-