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squadron and unable to prevent the
raids of these vessels.
Raid Was Expensive.

Raid Was Expensive.
The raid conducted by the Vladi-
vostok squadron in July was extreme
ly expensive to the Japanese. The navy,
however, grimly refused to make a
diversion and stuck to Port Arthur.
1t was confident that the harbor soon
would be untenable for the Russian
warships and that the Japanese event.
TALLY would get fair fight in the open
sea away from the. Russian land bat
teries and that the Japanese would
win. The calculations Of the navy
were correct, and the Russians, with
the chances even, have been hopeless
ly defeated.
Vice Admiral Kamimura, after
months of3weary and patient waiting,
finally got his chance off Tsu
island. He sank the Russian cruiser
Rurik and sent the cruisers Gromo-
boi and Rossia fleeing back from the
fight.
Japanese guns dominate the dock
yards at Port Arthur and in view of
these facts it would seem to be I'M
possible again to make seaworthy or
fghtable the Russian battleships
which have returned to Port Arthur.
1t is probable that the Russian bat
tleship Czarevitch will disarm at
Tsing-chau.
The best possible naval force that
L
| vostok is four cruisers.
| Lose Men, but Not Ships.
The following casualties have been
| reported on the Japanese side during
| the action Of Aug. 10.
The battleship Mikasa had four Off
GERS killed and twenty-nine men
and twenty-nine men were slightly
wounded. Imperial Prince Hiroyasu
Kwacho was slightly wounded.
The armored cruiser Yakima had
one officer and forty-nine men killed
and one officer and eleven men
| wounded.
On board the armored cruiser
Nisshin ten men were killed and seven
officers and men were wounded. The
armored cruiser Kasuga had two Off
GERS and fifteen men wounded.
Torpedo boat No. 38 had one man
killed and eight wounded.
Total casualties, five officers killed
and sixteen wounded, sixty men killed
and 101 injured.
/ None of the ships was seriously
| damaged.
Rurik Very Powerful.
London, Aug. 15.-Russias latest
naval disaster has a peculiar interest
to Englishmen, as it was apprehen-
sion caused by the enormous power of
the cruisers Rurik and Rossia, two
Of the vessels which composed the
| Vladivostok squadron, which led the
British government to build the mon
ster cruisers Terrible and Powerful.
The naval battles are discussed here
with the greatest interest The latest
details showing that the fighting be-
tween Vice Admiral Togo's fleet and
the Port Arthur fleet began at dis
tance of about four miles are held to
prove the necessity for the possession
of big ironclads. The fleets appear
never to have approached each other
closer than distance of $500 yards.
I The London morning newspapers
keenly discuss the question whether
the Russian vessels which were moi
disabled were entitled under inter.
national law, to seek refuge from the
Japanese ships in neutral ports, Tano
great anxiety is displayed AS to- the
course Germany will adopt.
Lower Czareyitch's Flag.
1 Tsing-chau, Aug. 10, Noon.--The
Russian flag has just been pulled
down from the battleship Czarevitcf
and the three cruisers which took ref
uge here. The lowering Of the color!
was done in the presence of the Ger
man governor. ~
Instructions from Germany. ~
Berlin, Aug. l5.-Ine naul1ng cow
|, of the flags of the Russian vessels a
, Tsing-chau took place in accordanc,
with instructions of the German for
, eign office, which, having ascertainet
, that the damages sustained by tn
l warships were too serious for repair
= to be made within a reasonable time
gave orders for them to disarm AN,
/, be detained during the rest Of tn
r war. The Japanese have been Off
cially informed Of the action takel
$ by Germany.
The crews of the Russian vessel
have been ordered to be detained b.
/ the German authorities at Using
chau until the close Of the, war;.