Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-07-22
HAS LEFT PORT SAID
Russian Order of Release For
 Malacca Game Too Late.
PRIZE HAD SAILED FOR BALTIC PORT
Count Keller Reports Great Victory Over Japanese I'm the Valley of the Ltao Rfver-Japs March
 ing on Mukden.

Port Said telegraphs that the Peninsu- far and Oriental liner Malacca, which was seized by the Russian steamship St. Petersburg in the Red sea and is now navigated by prize crew, has left Port Said for Russia.
 When the Malacca sailed, the agent says, it was not known to what port she was bound. A news agency dis patch announcing the departure of the vessel adds that her destination is. sup posed to be Libau, on the Baltic, and that she will call at Cherbourg
 The agent of the Peninsular and Ori- ental company at Port Said telegraph edit the company that the Malacca left with bill of health marked Rus sia.''
 With the news of the departure of the Malacca from Port Said in posses sion of q Russian prize crew it is felt here that the situation, which was seri- Ous enough in itself, has become i'm measurably grayer.
 '"The Malacca,' says the Standard, must not be allowed to leave Port Said under the Russian flag. We do. not keep a powerful fleet in the Medi- terranean in order that the inland sea shall be the scene of such an outrage upon international justice.''
 The ink was scarcely dry upon these words when the Malacca was starting out for Russian port
 special from Newchwang says that the commander of a Russian torpedo boat has reported that while in the gulf of Pechili he accidentally torpe- doed British steamer 1t is surmis- ed that the vessel referred to is the Hipsiang, now five days overdue from Newchwang.
 Advices from St Petersburg say that the Russian government has telegraph ed to Suez instructions to release the British Steamship Malacca if no con- traband of war destined for Japan was found on board her. It was found i'm possible to carry this order into effect as the Malacca had already left Suez.
 The justification for the seizure is stated here to be the fact that the cap tain of the Malacca refused to show the ships papers.
 Count Beckendorff, the Russian ann bassador to Great Britain, has asked for Lord Lansdownes official assurance that the munitions on board were Brit ish government stores. This being giv4s en, orders will instantly be issued to re-. lease the vessel. At the same time Great Britain will be notified that ships stopped by Russia whose manifests are not in order will be held
 N the vessels of the Russian volunteer fleet. in the Red sea are under the or ders of Grand Duke Alexander Mix hailoyich is officially declared to be in. correct
 Russia will maintain the legality of the status of the Smolensk and St Pe- tersburg as warships. They ~are un- der the orders of the admiralty and were commissioned by the admiralty's instructions. Under the regulations of. the volunteer fleet Russia claims that ships belonging thereto can be con- yerted into warships without previous notice upon orders from the admiralty. When the Snolensk and St. Petersburg reached Suez on their way out, they re- ceived from the Russian consul the ad- n1iralty's instructions commissioning them as warships.
 When questioned in the house of commons anent the departure of the Malacca from Port Said Premier Bal four confirmed tie departure of the ship in charge of Russian prize crew and added that he would make a statement to the house on this most a@ fs,%1 4ox1 Y but, he added, he thought it was not desirable that statement should be made prematurely.
 A Liaoyang dispatch says the Rus sian eastern army attacked the Japa-, nese on the other side of the valley of the Liao river. Lieutenant General Count Keller after hard fight compell- ed the Japanese to retreat with great loss
 General Herschelmann has had successful engagement, forcing the Japanese to rapidly retreat on their main force.
 The Russian losses were POO men killed or wounded. The Japanese losses are not reported
 It is reported that General Kuroki IS SuHer1nS rom Iua4AT1d HHQ IuaC ne follows his army ill a litter.
 General Oku, 1t is rumored, has re- sumed his advance beyond Kaichow. The Russians are expecting a battle there.
 News has been received from Tatche-. kiao that the Japanese have broken through the Russian left flank between Lieutenant General Count Keller's po- sition and that of General Rennen- kampff and that they are marching on bIukden.
 A Tokyo report says that the yladi- vostok squadron was seen off Miyako, going in a southeasterly direction at a speed of ten knots. If this course and speed are maintained the squadron will be off Yokohama late today. The eastern coast of Japan is shrouded in fog. Shipping has been suspended, awaiting the finding of the Russian fleet.
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