The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1904-04-21
RumOrs Eminate From Various
Quarters That Trouble Be-
tween Them is Imminent.
QUIE1UOe REIeNS AIRPORT ARTHUR
Irresistible Courage Was Shown by
the japanese in the Recent
Fighting at Chong Ju.
a Russian Naval Authority Insists
That the Petropsvlovsk and Po.
bieda Were Not Blown Up
5v a Japanese Mine.

St Petersburg, April 1I.-OGlcia
news has been received of the destruc
ton Of the big battleship Petropav
lovsk at Port Arthur Wednesday The
vessel ran into a mine laid by tn,
Russians. Vice Adm. Makaroff and
nearly all the crew of nearly 700 were
drowned Grand Duke Cyril, son oil
Grand Duke of Vladimir. and brother
OF the Queen of Greece. was badl,
wounded and may die Six officers ol
the petropavlovsk We're saved.
81 Petersburg. April 18-A tele
gram from Adm. Alexieh from Por,
Arthur to the czar says that from 8: IL
O'Clock Friday morning 10 midday the
Japanese feet. in two divisions, BON
barded the fortress and the town alter
nately from the Laio Ttshan promon
tory, firing 1856 proiectles. The Rus
sian squadron. including the battleshir
Pobieda, replied from the anchorage
by plunging fire. The batteries also
participated. The loss on land were
seven Chinese killed and five soldiers
and three Chinese wounded The Rus
sian warships sustained no damage
and there was no loss Of life on them
st. Petersburg, April 16.-Informa
tion which has slowly reached St Pc
tersburg has modified the opinion al
first prevailing concerning the origi
nal cause of the destruction OF the bat
tlcship Petropavlovsk. There is grad
ually developing a disposition to admit
the possibility that after all Japanese
torpedo boats may have dropped
mines at the entrance to Port Arthur
harbor
London. April ia St Petersburg
correspondent of the Standard sends
a rumor to the effect that Vice Adm
TogO's fleet escorted a Japanese land
ing OF troops 10 the westward of the
Nalu river When l2OOO men had been
landed the Russian troops, which
We're lying concealed, suddenly attack.
ed them. driving them back to the
ships with heavy losses in men and
guns
London, April lS.-Rumors emanate
from various quarters that trouble is
imminent between Russia and China
but there is no authentic news TO this
effect Some St Petersburg CORE
spondents consider the sudden depart.
ure Of the Chinese from Moscow to he
significant.
The Daily Teegraph's Shanghai cor.
respondent cables report to the ef
feet that the Russians are disarminG
all the Chinese troops in Manchuria
east Of the Lao river. including the
tartar viceroy's bodyguard.
Port Arthur. April 1S.-Since the
bombardment of Friday all has been
quiet here. Vicc"c" hcxlca has hoist.
ed his flag on the battleship Sevasto-
pol The Easter gifts received from
the grand duchesses have been dis
trhuted to the soldiers and sailors.
London. April 1S.-All the prepara-
tions prove that the japanese are In
readiness 10 sustain a campaign. A
correspondent describes the irresista.
bic courage shown by the Japanese In
the fighting at Chong Ju. charging
recklessly uphill in the face of supc-
rior numbers. lie relates an incident
showing the individual initiative Of the
Japanese soldiers. A private got iso-
lated and saw the main body OF the
Russians making for the south gate Of
the town, He hid himself until the
Russians approached and then deliber.
ately shot the Russian commander,
throwing the force into confusion
St Petersburg, April lS.-"Notwith.
standing Vice Adm. Togo's claim that
mines laid by his vessels were respon.
sible for the disaster to the Petropav
lovsk," said high naval authority
who is in position TO have access ID
all government reports, TO a press rep.
resentative, II am more than ever con.
vinced that the Petropavlovsk and the
Pobieda did not strike Japanese mines
Each ship was struck under the hull
amidships. while a mine would have
exploded on first contact near the
bows, The fact that in both cases the
ships were struck amidships might
warrant the acceptance of theory
regarding submarine vessels, although
personally do not hold that idea
The Pobieda probably escaped the fate
of the Petropavlovsk because she car.
ried coal In her bunkers between the
bottom and the boilers. which, more
over. are Of the Belleville type, where.
as the boilers Of the Petropavlovsk
were Of Scotch make and were not
protected by her bunkers."
One Of the shrewdest naval attaches
at St Petersburg, however. told a
press representative that he believed
the Japanese laid the mines which
were responsible for the disaster,
pointing out that this was one of the
oldest systems OF blockading when
ships did not dare TO run the risk OF
entering under an enemy's guns. The
attache said he thought they would do
this when he noticed that the Japan.
ese feet always made a wide detoir
Of the entrance.
st. Petersburg. April l5.--It has
been definitely decided that Vice Adm.
Skrydloff. commander OF the Black
Sea fleet, will succeed the late Vice
Adm. Makaron as commander-in-chief
OF the Russian naval forces in the far
east
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