New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-02-17

yvay every day. The average pace Of through
goods train is only seventy-tNo niles Gay Ot
fv-e1tv-four hours; Of q military train carrying
sol4fers less than two hundred miles Gay o.
tventy-four hours" To transport great arm!
over such a road and then 70 keep II supplsd
with food munitions, etc, ana 70 90 so N
stIs-gsD rr{dyyfuter must be one OF the most
arduous and perilOus OF tasks 10 vii De nsSs
sarv to operate the road up 70 It's Iuest poSslSs
capacltv. and the very fact that ~ IS mus 49,
operated will greatly increase us liaolllty 70 uT
asters.
The two japanese cruisers nom I'ay h~''
.,,rn-d I'd safs and sound and ready FOR ser
viva IN Japanese waters. as We assumed N ll'
column Yesterday they had done. Meantims Is
Russian squadron from the Mediterranean n-'
stopped. or Is TO be stopped. at DjioutiL n'-'
outside the southern end OF the Red sea, 'H0-
sands OF miles away from the scene OF n77-
II may have to stay there or return 70 EulOg@
for that IS a French port and under the heul'-.
ity laws a belligerent ship must either prOs''.
promptly or remain coOped up until the emu =
the war. The reason for its stopping tners
obvious. II II went on to the Yellow ses :
would ind no port open to II there, and IL "O-',
probably be waylaid by the japanese meet 50
either captured or destroyed. But u raus' -
cause OF poignant regret to the russians -
they did not get that squadron around 70 -
Arthur before the war began For spaI' -
n number OF torpedo boats and other nA-
craft. II contains three valuabls ships ms =
Dunitri DonskoI. built twenty years aso' = -.
1t IS she. with her fifteen knots an noun -,
has kept the squadron back-out she : -
heavily armored and would have maze =
49, defence boat The Osliabia Is o1s .,
Isl.ta, bes+ battleships being almost lus
al WITH the PObieda and Peresyiet anu anu an
little inferior TO the Retvizan Inc eI (.~s ana
rora IS almost a counterpart or Ih7 - nan
Pauada but IS newer and LItIe -. N the
- - .ber, She Is not. OF course, ~ -
same class as the AskOld and the Nall -s-i,ss
she Is larger than either or mem S4O t4o5 these
heavy armament OF six-inch sui -, .--,Ino ths
tbroe been at Port Arthur or Cheil--.t ...,,aVy
T1ssfan feet would have been ,l ll.a he
stronger and more nearly able 10 VI ,,sv were
fr7Detrous onset OF the japanese Dd' - ~. lost
too late. and IN war 70 De TOO i"'0
~. roll Of disabled or destroyed Russian -,
ca, row bs reviewed with much assurances "a
accuracy The mighty Retvizan IS on me .
,y,,t a large hole IN her botton-soiie S'y -
bo,+or, has fallen out She is prooaoiy . "a.
Toss The SevastopOl has hole N ne
,b,cb makes her useless except IN siloO'i =
tn Czarevitch. which was Injured ~ -.
-, "a aafa 10 have been locked II 50
p0r+ Arthur dock must have been ei'"' - -,
..o-.,, Cor when built II was not larss -. -
. co,,atn such a ship. The Askoid' W. - ~
been run upon the beach with Ois - nav,ns
side. was one Of Russia's best eruis .a--vfng
a speed Of 245 knots an hour a. 80, yvarshiD
,vvslva slx-inch guns She was ne T-,a Novk.
mbi efs also has hole in her side; me Port
have been the only effective l boat side. hsV-
Arthur engagement on ths Chased the JAP
ms tS4SsdS boats and having dss rove done
and captured one she might .s wgr her arms
so having speed OF % knots, arjr, which IS re-
ms9t was as y Says BEEN blown W By one SuS ii
R1rssa g o a mines was almost "a Sny IS
Of the Novik but with sps ss disabled BY
knots The Is AMONG the less effective S s5S noss
SsTiSS rI medium armament and 'n' ~