Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-06-17

nothing else for the Russian foreign
minister Ia do but dictate similar In
tlUctIons TO Baron Won noson, the en-.
pres representative at Tokyo, Both
countries knew what II meant Both
know that II was equivalent TO a dccla.
ration of war Both nations accepted II
~ such and began TO hurry the propa'
Ialions they hnd long since begun
Action was lighlnlngllkc IN It's cclcr'
~ Japanese officials Informed the for
oign correspondents Of various news
gathering agencies that for some time
10 come there was likely TO be- n prohi.
billion against all dispatches, They did
not explain why but the reason was
not fur or While the journalists were
wondering a good deal and grumbllng
not n little a fleet Of siS batllcships,
four cruisers, With torpedo boats and
other craft, slipped quietly out Of tho
harbor Of Susobo, u naval station ON the
Korean strait somewhat north Of Maya
1dkl, and steamed quickly 10 Port Ar
thur Here seven of the finest battle
thips Of the Russian navy ilg very
Hover an Hrmorod cruiser and several
less formidable ships lay at anchor, I'm.
utpocllng molcNatlth IN one of tho
most secure harbora on the coast Of
cfi Asia, Just before midnight on
Feb the Japanese squadron dashed IN
upon the unprcparcd MuscoyitcA
Takcn thus unaNaros, the amazed
teamen Of the ear stood their ground
a. hes, they could, Their guns woro
toon IN action, and a furious exchange
Of rapid hro artillery was In plogrcss
suddenly Admiral Togo's torpedo boats
appeared among the Russian vessels
and began 10 deliver themselves Of their
deadly missiles with equally deadly
aim In an incredibly shor, time three
ul the ears most dependable sea ter.
lors were made vIclmH,--ihc cruiser
Pallado and The hallloshp Cosaroyilch
wore sunk, while the Rotvlaun, built by
The Cramps IN Philadelphia only four
years before, WAS steamed 10 shallow
water ana allowed 10 eoltlo upon tho
rocks, whore she acted ~ n species Of
fortress during the days Of tho siege
Having done an the damage he could,
ADMIRAL Togo Withdrew ana awaited tho
dawn Of day. AZ noon on Feb D he at
INK serious damage upon the batllcshlp
PolaW und several accompanying
cruisers, Thon he steamed calmly
away reporting 10 the astonishod ON.
clnls NJ Tokyo that he had lost four
kllcd aud had my wounded In both
engagements ana mat All Of HIS vcs-
f'lN were practically unframed, This
brilliant achievement of oriental sea-
lnnnshlp oloolrlncd the world The
news fell like u stroke upon the Russian
admiralty fOr II was compelled 10 ro-
all@o that i,s sea power IN the far cast
had been reduced 10 an almost piiinblo
lnlrrlorlly ~ one crushing blow
TINS was by no means the end Of mis-.
fortune for the Russian scamcn who
happened To be on the eastern station
~ ina, time, ON the same day when
Admiral Togo mndo hls initial attack
Nehr Admiral Urlu, u naval oiicor
Wulnod ~ Annapolis, appeared nj Chos
nlnlpo' the hnrbor of Seoul which Is
'he capital Of k0rcn, llo was In com-
mana Of u squadron Al i've cruisers,
WIN an accompanying mosquito lloot
inside the horbor, ignorant Of lmpond-
lng disaster were the protected Russ
IAN cruiser VaIiag, also built by tho
'rampS IN Philadelphia, and the gum
noal kofletS Urlu boro with him also
5000 Jupnneso soldiers, lie was able
lo l0nd them without any opposition
rom tho Russian vessels, This innc-
uVlly on the part Of the Muscovitos
WIS not To The lasl0 Of the energetic
nlllo man from Tokyo, lie waited u
uaF ANA then sent word 10 the com.
mander OF the onomy's ships that he
hluHl either come out of the harbor for