Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-03-30

the port and to make close a'.aeh.
Fortunately for the security ol
Arthur. there was such man Ill LIEUT.
Krinitsky, the young officer In COM
mand of the one of the newest o--hno'
destroyers built at st. Petersouis' II,
his little ship of $50 tons lie charseu
out, on the enemy with eouiase
worthy of all praise.
IF the official story Is the Wloie
truth, this young officer undertook tue
task of saving Port Arthur from Dehs
corked single-handed. and succeeue"'
ut was an enterprise in when the
odds We're heavily in favor OF ehtire
humiliation, and at best II lheaht
death for many of the crew.
This lieutenant was on guard as the
enemy's dummies and half a dozen tor
I,edo craft drew near. When he saw
that the guns ashore were making no
impression he leaped forth from ms
position of comparative safety. He
first succeeded in so damaging tn"
foremost merchant ship that the TWO
following one We're sent off their course
in confusion. while the forth sank on
the left hand side of the fairway. all OF
tItiil btiiSS W ! tSAttl OutHitN eAA~ ii''i
rcwS Of the harbOr
This i?treriA young officer achieved
! hi, pnuo:c, but only to land himself in
a hornets nest. He is REPRESENTED 10
have fought SIX JaI.ines" torpedo boats
without any assistance. although there
must have been at least nine sister NeS-
sells close ut hand. The SLIM has only
one 12-poundcr and three thrcc-pound-
crsand with these weapons her brave
commanding officer engaged in the
most gallant and hopeless but glorious
struggle. He and l. of his seaman
We're wounded ana his chief engineer
and six sailors were killed.
IF the facts are as set out in the
short despatch to st. Petersburg the
name of Lieut.. Krinzky deserves to be
placed on the rOol of heroes. When
the din of the present struggle has died
away his exploit should remain the
cherished memory of the Russian fleet
1t is good news that SO brave man
escaped with his life. though his frail
craft WIS apparently so damaged that
after retiring she sank
Stale,nate' is now the position at
Port Arthur writes H. w. Wilson in
Monday mornings Daily Mail. All
Togo cannot venture in under the guns
of tie Russian forts to finish up the
Russian feet. While All Makaroff has
clearly no intention of coming out as
yet to meet the whole force of the Jap
Hnesc. 1t is just such a position as
existed in Toulon in 1904, when Nelson
WAS biockading La Touchc-Trevil!e and
ut Santiago in June. 1898. when All
Sampson was penning in Cervera. The
risk to the japanese is that the Rus
slams may make Il dash out when a
great tcet # japanese transports starts
discriminating men on the coast near
shan Hal the points most fav-
orabc for stratcrical reasons to the
japanese. Their transports must pass
within 50 miles CT Port Arthur and he
constantly going ana coming, and this
offers great opportunities to an enter
prisinc commander such as Makaroff
seems TO be, for though he is certain
ultimately to be caught and defeated
by the japanese, he might do much
damage by n sally before the career OF
his fleet was ended. Moreover it must
be remembered that each day and each
week that passes tells in favor of the
Russians. Time is on the side of the
power with the larger forces and the
greater resources