Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-05-30
CAR BROKE DOWN AND WEPT OVER NEWS
Peace at Any Price, is the Cry Which Will Re
Raised on Every Hand-Can the Government
Afford to ignore the Demand ?-Censor
Refuses to Permit Publication of
Details Of Great Disaster.
uBy Associated Prcss.)

t3y Associated Prcss)
81. PETEliS3pltG, May 3o.-l:55
IL. m.--After whiting vanity all day
AMI evening for direct news from tho
scattered remnants of Vice Admiral
"nJcstvcnsky'i destroyed and beaten
h"ct' thc Russian admiralty at mid.
night no longer attempted &c hold out
against the overwhelming evidence
pouring in from all directions that the
fleet on which all their hopes wcrc
centr:cd had suffered Il greater disas.
Ter than did the combined French ami
Spanish fleets AT Trafalgar.
More bitter even than defeat Is tic
Japanese claim of the virtual annihila-
, ten of the Russian Iicct with practical.
~ no loss on their side. and many Of
i'ccrs are climbing d0egctlly Ia the
belief that Vice Admiral Togo must
have suffered heavily.
one Division Suffered AnnihIation.
= $,iAEi, h 'cvIry shlp.o Rear Admiral. Nc
lfgEatoirs reinforcing division either
| sent 70 tho o:thm or forced TO
! strike lis nag,taEd only six of koicst
! vensky'S original sixteen fighting ships
absent from The list Ut the vessels
sunk or captured, and with the lapa-
nose pursuit still continuing. no naval
authority has tie temcrity to dreau,
that Russia can again attempt 10 wrcst
tho mastery cf the sea from Japan in
the present war
The captured warships alone will
furnish Japan with ready-amGc rei:;.
iGmcmcnis which will be more that a.
match for the fourth Pacific snuadrnn
now about to sal. from Crons,adt
The Emperor WAS completely pros.
trated by the news and. according to
reports, he broke down and wcpt The
effect of the disaster will he n terribl.
blow to the government.
"Pesce at Any Price,"
The futility of trying to stagger on
on !and is everywhere recognized and
tie cry for peace at any price" is
sure 20 I've raised This lime il is be-
| 'ieved the government cannot resist
such cry Indeed the radical lib
erals are openly rejoicing in this hour
of their cnuntry's humiliation. They
declare that the disaster means peace
an! constitution and that the deaths
of thousands of their fellow country.
men and the loss of over 500, O0n.0O
worth of warspius Is not toh is G
price to pay.
The friends Of peace in the govern.
meEt arc already rcproachiRg the war
parry with forcing the issue between
Togo ana Roicstvcnsliy. When the
feet appeared In the Straits of Malacca
they tried TO persuade the Emperor
that the time was opportune for tho
opening of peace negotiations but the
war party convinced his majesty. and
Rcjcstvcnsky, for the honor Of the
navy. Insisted that the fleet should he
given chance to retrieve The disasters
suffered on land.
Will CONTINUE to Urge War.
Diplomats entertain no doiio; that
he brllIscrent faction will continue to
urge that the war be fought to The bit
tcr end. but the friends of Russia
abroad, and especially France are now
bringing overwhelming arguments to
hear in favor Of peace.
The Associated Press has excellent
reason to believe that the Russian GOV.
crnmcnt in this crisis will turn 10 NJ.
Dclcasse, the French foreign minister.
as Russias friend the Emperor and
his ministers have implicit confidence,
ScIie time ago it appeared likely
that President Roosevelt would play
big role in the peace negotiations.
but now his share is apt to be deter