The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-02-15
UNCONFIRMED RUMORS
OF RUSSIAN DISASTER

LONDON. Feb. 15.-There were a number
OF belated kilograms reaching London from
the far East last night but they added lit
tie or nothing to what is already known
regarding the situation there. The mystery
surrounding the fate of the VladivostOck
squadron is still unsolved.
The Daily Mail. the Daily Telegraph and
other papers publish dispatches from Toxic.
Nagasaki and Shanghai reporting the de-
struction OF three Russian cruisers by
mines or torpedoes in the Taugaru strait.
of Aomori. Japan. The Daily Mail, which
at first described the news as official, in a
later telegram says the report still lacks
absolute confirmation. In the absence of
confirmation the reports are not generally
credited
statement that China will maintain
neutrality is published in Peking.
1t IL reported from Tien-Tsin that all for
eigners and civilians have been ordered TO
leave Port Arthur. 1t is also reported that
the Siberian Railroad has been wrecked in
six places, covering a distance of seventy
miles.
The correspondent at Tien-Tsin of the
Standard. cabling under date of Feb. IL.
says the British. American, French, Ger
man and Italian ministers have jointly no
titled the Russian and japanese ministers
that no hostilites will be allowed on Chi
nese soil other than that of Manchuria.
The correspondent OF the Daily Express at
Peking. in a cablegram dated Feb. II, re-
ports that Viceroy Alexieff is practically
Isolated. direct communication between
Port Arthur and Vladivostock being sus-
pended He adds that the railroad behind
Port Arthur has been blown up and that
5000 japanese troops have landed near
Dalny.
der date OF Feb. II. says that the japanese
warship has captured the German steamer
Yokohama, which had a cargo, including
dynamite. for Port Arthur.
The Nagasaki correspondent of the daily
Telegraph expresses the conviction that
Russia IS quite unable to hold the Liao-
Tung peninsula. and that Port Arthur is
bound to fall by the effiuxion of time. even
without assault
dispatch to the Daily Express from
When the Kasuga and Nishlsin left
here they proceeded south and met a NiD-
pom Yesem steamer. which had been as
signed TO a rendezvous In the Dutch
archipelago. The steamer transferred COM
piete japanese crews and officers To the
cruisers and took their temporary English
crews. The cruisers then returned to Singa-
pore but left Immediately with orders 10
watch for the Russian volunteer vessels
ElOrinoslav and Neronej"
The Daily Telegraph's Shanghai corre-
!. spOndent under date OF Feb - saws il is
reported that the japanese have bombarded
Dalny and landed marines.
The Times Wei-Hai-Wei correSpOndent Z
says that on the morning OF Feb 10 the
japanese occupied Ching Hal Wen. a Rus
sian coallng station close 10 Masampho.
Under date Of Feb. y. the Times Toxic
correspondent says that the Russian Vlad-
ivostock squadron. consisting OF the cruis-
ers Gromoboi. ROssia. Rurik and Bogatyr.
accompanied by a transport. passed Tau
garu strait on Feb. IL. steering westward
but that the destination Of the squadron is
unknown.
The Toxic correspondent OF the Times
cabling under date OF Feb. y says: 1T is
said that the Japanese squadron has scale d
Port Arthur.