The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-09-13
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GAN FRANCISCO. Sept. 12-The
- Russian cruiser Lena, which un-
eNpectedly arrived i'm port yester-
Gay from NladivOstOk, remains at an
Vlor of the Union Iron Works Her
commander directed that her boilers
are in need OF repair. and that some
lime must elapse before she will be IN
condition TO go To sea. AS yet nothing
mas been done toward placing her i'm i
dry dock, and no information has been
disclosed regarding her future move
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The Unified States authorities here
say that their action will be governed
Dy, Instructions from Washington.
Repairs Are Necessary.
Rear Admiral Goodrich lunched with
Captain Berlinsky and other officers Of
the Lena on board the vessel. Theg
Co1id not be seen, but Lieutenant 10
Ton, speaking for the captain. stated
mat The main object of the Russian
vessel In making this port was TO have
absolutely necessary repairs made to
Aer engines and boilers. Her bottom IS
lou! and viii have 20 be cleaned in dry
uock- The lieutenant said that the
Lena's coal bunkers were far from be-
ing depleted and he thought it would
De unnecessary for her TO coal at this
port
The United States inspectors of hulls
and boilers have been ordered TO make
thorough examination Of the Lena.
and on their report will largely depend
the duration of the stay Of the vessel
in this bay. If it is decided that re-
pairs are required they will be made
as rapidly as possible, and it is gener-
ally anticipated that this is what will
be done.
Collector Has Reported.
Collector of the Port Stratton has not
received any definite instructions from
Washington. but has wired a full state
ment of the situation and an answer
Is soon expected. In the meantime the
collector. in view of the fact that the
REPAIRS are said to be imperative, has
refused TO order the Lena from the
harbor within twenty -four hours with
out d full investigation.
The Lena is anchored between the
four army transports lying IA Mission
bay and the new battleship Ohio. In
fact. she is only about 800 yards from
the big guns of the battleship, which
was accepted by the government on
Saturday.
Going alongside the dark hull, a line
OF Russian jackies were seen along the
rail At the top Of the boarding ladder
a file of marines were drawn up ON the
deck and an officer. wearing the white
can that war Illustrations have mace
familiar blocked the way, but, after
n few words. pointed 10 the cabin.
The salon of the Lena is a spacious
anartment. as the vessel was d passen-
ger liner before the war. At one END
of the tables a group of officers were
leisurely drinking coffee and smoking
Russian cigarettes.
Object of the Visit.
Navigating Officer Specimen, who
spoke excellent English. said:
I'VE We're sent to NladiNostok 10
transfer the troops home when the war
should be over. The Lena is not
1varship. We cannot fight.
Needing repairs, we were first or
dered back to the Baltic. Afterward /
these orders were changed and we have
come here because il is the nearest port
i'm which we could get the new boilers {
Ncsneed.
Being asked how long he would re-
main here. officer Specimen said;
1--WE expected orders from our naval
representative at Washington, who has
Just been advised of our arrival. II Is
possible that he will ask the American
government for its permission to re-
move the guns from our decks and 10
allow the vessel to remain here until
The repairs can be finished
When asked how long he thought
that would require. he said:
The Lena will probably remain here
until the war is over. We expect that
the officers and crew will be sent nome
bv the yVay of New York.
And then he added: 1t is hard TO be
SO far away from the war when one
can only make a record by hghtins-
Priest on Deck.
On deck were between 200 and 800
sailors. Among them was priest of
the Russian Greek church, with long
hair and uncut beard wearing a soft /
felt hat and what looked like a gray (
kimOna. Silently he stood at the rail- I
counting his beads and looking at the /
tall buildings OF the strange city.
An inspection of the decks of the !
converted cruiser, 10 which no objec !
ti0n was made. revealed the fact that /
she had mounted twenty-five guns
Speaking with another Of the officers. 4
the question Of the safety of the Pa
ci6c Mail steamers and the matter of /
cOnsraband OF war was brought up
LAns Allol II a. NAAAllH VI tllC past W "a i
cannot fight" he said, as he looked AT 1
the guns Of the Ohio. But he added. !
If the government viii not let as dis !
mantle the ship we viii have to make /
hasty repairs and put TO sea
The Japanese consul had little to say
on the subject Of the Lena's presence!
i'm the harbOr Il have wired TO the /
Japanese minister at Washington. /
said he, notifying him Of the vessels
arrival here The japanese govern
lnent win take no action at present, (
but viii wait for the United States 10
make the first move. The vessel does
rot Impress me as being formidable.
and do not believe that she has come
10 this port in a spirit of enmity to
japan"
Two Conferences.
This afternoon the Russian consul
and the captain OF the Lena held q
conference with Collector Stratton.
At the conclusion Of the conference |
between Collector StrattOn and the
japanese consul. neither would state
IN detail what had been said. The con-
sui refused even TO discuss the object
Of his visit Collector Stratton. how
ever, gave out a statement, in which
he said:
Il have decided not 60 allow the jan
anese 70 go aboard the Lena TO make
an examination. This matter is be-
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