The Tomahawk., 1904-05-26
JAPANESE lose
TWO WAR Vessels
CRUISER rs SUNK IN COLLISION
OFF PORT ARTHUR AND r .
ONLY 80 SAVED.
RUSSIAN MINE ALSO
SINKS BAT7LESHlP

(A0Sou7lN N-oO
SINKS BATTLESHlP
Admiral Togo Officially Confirms the
Disasters - Korea Annuls All
Agreements with Czar-Latter's
Birthday Celebrated.
Toxic, May 2O-Vice Admiral Togo
has reported as follows:
"A report from Rear Admiral Dewa
says that the cruisers Kasuga and
Arthur on May Is. The YOshinO sank,
only 80 OF her crew being saved. On the
sameday the battleship Hatsuse struck
a Russian mine and sank"
Details Of Disaster.
Another report giving details of the
disaster was received. Vice Admiral
Togo says: ''At 114 in the afternoon
OF May Is, in deep fog off Port Arthur,
the Kasuga rammed the Koshino, sink
ing the latter in few minutes. Ninety
of her crew were saved. The same morn
ing the Hatsuse, while cruising off Port
Arthur covering the landing Of the SOL
diers, struck mine ten knots southeast
of the harbor entrance She slgnaled
for help and instantly struck another
mine. She sank in half an hour. Three
hundred of her crew were saved by tor
pedo boats
Description of Vessels.
The Hatsuse was one of the old-model
ships in the Japanese fleet, having been
built in 1859 Her displacement was l5.-
600 tons and her complement TAI men.
The Hatsuse had length OF 400 feet ana
a speed of 10 knots an hour she was
equipped with four 12-inch guns, IA SIX
inch guns and 80 small guns
The Yoshino has displacement OF
ALSO tons, length OF $50 feet. ana
speed of 23 knots an hour. She was bullt
in 1892 and her complement consisted
of 200 men. Her equipment comprised
four six-inch guns, eight tour-lnch guns
and % small guns.
All Treaties Annulled.
washington. May 20-Minister Alien
cabled the state department from Seoul
Thursday as follows: '"The Korean gov
ernment by an imperial decree lssueu
last night has annulled all treaties ana
agreements with the Russian govern
ment. This annullment comprises 'hs
Yalu timber concessions.
Celebrate EmperoT's Birthday.
St, Petersburg, May 20.-St. Peters
burg. had holiday Thursday in honor
of the birthday of Emperor Nlcnolas'
who was born Nay Is, 1868. Tne clIS
was ablaze with color, the principal
streets were gayly decorated, the stfeeI
cars, displaying flags, moved slowly on
the Nevsky and other thoroughfares,
the ships moored in the sparkling NeVa
were dressed and the churches were
thronged during the morning with OH
cials and other persons offering prayers
for the emperor and the success OF the
Russian arms in the far east.
Doom of Russians Seen.
London, May 20.-"Blacker and black
er loom the clouds that gather over the
doomed eagles of Russia in Manchurla,
writes a military correspondent OF tse
Daily telegraph, who is British officer
of high reputation. He continues:
Both from Italy, which for soma
cause or other, has been an exceedingly
trustworthy source of information, anu
from America, comes the news that two
divisions of the japanese army, it they
are not actually astride Russian COM
munications, are in military sense III
possession of them.
81 think that the army SO employed Is
stronger than two divisions, that 1t Is
probably three. and that it is maoe uE
with additional cavalry and artillery
inst as Kuroki's army was on the Yalu
THE Japanese descend from tins
mountains or where they please and hold
them, therefore, in detail everywhere
The japanese artillery always, and in
large measure, the infantry also COM
mands any possible position that thell
enemy can assume.
.Behind the Russian army, in that
part of the position which must front
their new assailants, lies an almost i'm
Venerable morass, and at only about ter
miles distance. The neutral frontier Of
China acts for the beaten army like the
sea or the deadly lakes Of Austerlitz, 9
place from which there is no return.
''Strategically, an army so fighting is
cut off from all it's resources. and il
beaten is lost That KurOpatkin has be-
gun to realize his danger, and may have
Withdrawn some part Of his army is
probable. That, however, only makes
the fate of the part that is left. with al
the resources gathered at Mukden and al
Liaoyang. more certain and more fatal.
Japs Bombard Coast.
Newchwang, May 20.-A courier who
arrived here shortly before midnight
reports that the Japanese fleet was
sighted from Tower Hill, ten miles north
of Kaichou, on Monday. The lombard
ment of the coast was extensive. cover
ing distance of 25 miles Only the JAP
anese marines. it was reported. were
1,n6ad This however ii not confirm