The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-04-18
Special cd0s D,IpdicheI to THE sUS.

Speriol caels DsIpaichsI 10 TIE sun.
HoNoKoNo. April 1.-THE British
steamer North Anglia reports that she
sighted strong feet OF cruisers proceed
inz south on Bombay Roe', 800 miles north
cast Of Kamranh Bay, on the night Of
April lL
The warships we're using their search
fcht. Their nationality could not he
learned. but from their position It is be-
ucved they were japanese.
wARsmPs SIGHTED NEAR MANILA.
MANILA. April i7.-Coasting vessels that
Rave arrived here report sighting a warship
Yesterday and two cruisers to-day. The
nationality could not he learned
Tn, vessel sighted yesterday Is probably
th, mysterious warship which sent wire
.oSs dispatches that we're received at
Cavite on Sunday, and which did not reply
TO a message from the flagship Rainbow
when she asked If the warship wished to
communicate with Manila.
FART or FLEET AT KANrBANH BAY.
SINGAPORE. Straits Settlements, April H.
The German steamship Prinz Heinrich,
which has arrived here from HOngkong,
passed portion Of the Russian fleet at
Kamranh Bay, on the coast Of AMMAN,
French Indo-China, last Friday. THE SUN
correspondent, who was aboard the Prinz
Heinrich, observed five battleships, six
cruisers and a number Of golfers anchored
IN the bay, which is a landlocked hsrbor
shout 200 miles northeast Of Saigon.
The japanese fleet, except its scouts, Is
north Of Hongkong The Japanese have
elk batteships and eight first class cruisers
ready for action. besides twelve converted
merchantmen, which are used for scouting
duty.
Capt Osawa q member OF Prince Arisu-
gaga's suite on board the Prinz Heinrich,
who witnessed the various actions at Port
Arthur, told THE Sun correspondent that
the japanese would raise all the Russian
ships sunk in the harbor there. He said that
Admiral Togo's feet was eager to meet the
Russians.
II IL reported that a portion OF Rojest-
vensky's fleet IL expected at Manila.
TOXIC, April 1.-THE Admiralty has
been Informed from a source that is beyond
doubt that the Russian feet was anchored
in Kamranh Bay, on the coast Of AMMAN,
200 m lies northeast Of Saigon, at dawn on
April H.
RUSSIAN coLLIBRs REPORTED CAPTURED.
SAIGON, Cochin China, April 1.-THE
japanese have captured a large number
Of colliers on the coast Of Cochin China.
They were part Of Rojestvensky's feet.
Since leaving Europe Admiral Rojest-
yensky has lost only eight men by disease
out Of the 1900 he had with him.
Admiral De Jonquiere has rejoined the
French cruiser Descartes at Kamranh Bay.
BATTLE EXPECTED HOURLY.
PANS, April 1.-THE ST. Petersburg
correspondent Of the journal says that the
Russian Admiralty is hourly expecting 20
hear Of an encounter between the fleets
in the China Sea.
A despatch TO the Petit journal from
HsiphOng Tonquin, says that a coaster
which has arrived there reports that she
passed forty Russian vessels Friday night
in latitude II degrees north. They were
steaming north at the rate Of - knots
with their lights out.
ST. PETERSBURG, April IA number Of
naval officers have been ordered 10 Libau,
in connection. it is assumed, with the pro-
posed despatch Of a fourth squadron 10
the Far East.
COUNTED THIRTY-THBBE SHIPS.
LONDON, April I7.-Loyds' agent at
Singapore wires that the German steam
ship Devawongse reports that she passed
the Russian feet last Friday about 10 de-
grees north latitude. The vessels we're
lying TO.
A despatch from Hongkong says the
German steamship Brunhilde reports that
a Russian varship fired blank shot across
her bows last Thursday on Cape Padaran,
a little south Of Kamranh Bay. The Rus
SLAMS boarded the Brunhilde, and on ascer-
tanning that she carried rice from Bangkok
for Hongkong they allowed her to proceed.
The officers OF the Brunhilde say that the
cruiser which hailed them was in good con-
dition. Many other Russian ships could be
seen, thirty-three being counted. They
we're steaming northeast.
FLEFTs POSITIONS NOT ABSOLUTELY KNOWN.
LoNDoN, April Is.-The japanese main
tain secrecy concerning their feet and the
various reports received here do not abso-
utely establish the whereabouts Of the
Russian feet. Some assert that the Rus
slams are still at Kamranh Bay, while Others
say they have left there and are in the
neighborhood OF Hongkong. A report
that they formed two separate squadrons
steering different courses is not confirmed.
Thus the positions OF the rival fleets are
much a matter Of guessing
Dispatches from Toxic report indignation
over Frances supposed indifference TO her
neutrality, but It Is pointed out In some
quarters here that IL there has been a tech
meal breach Of neutrality France Is hardly
responsible seeing that Kamranh could not
have afforded the Russians coal supplies,
it being oaly fishing village on the shore Of
the bay, and presumably there is no local
Official there with sufilcient authority
20 act.
The story about the Japanese capturing
number Of Admiral Rojestvensky's col
lers ia not confirmed. Lloyds he's heard
nothing about II.
The localities Of the skirmishes reported
IN ManchurA show that the Russians arc
stlll well 10 the south Of the Chan gchun-
Nirin line There Ia nothing 10 indicate an
immediate japanese advance.
The ST. Petersburg correspondent Of the
TINES says he learns that a Russian column,
vhi'h penetrated 10 Meian, forty n Hes
rputheast of Telling on April fl, gained