The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-04-17
TOGO MAY NOT ACCEPT BATTLE
WITH HIS ADVERSARY. PLAN
TO DESTROY IN
DETAIL.
ADOPTING A PRUDENT POLICY
Russians Hope to Regain Lost Prestige
BY Naval Victory. Togo Waiting
For the Enemy.

~. SeSAoNui s., fAPiA ~ ~
week closes with the governments 5
eyes and hopes centered on Vice
Vice Admiral Rojestvensky, and
gradually something like geruine
enthusiasm has been aroused by the
Russian admiral's haldihood in
sailing straight for a combat with
the Japanese.
There are many naval officers
who do not believe that Vice Adj
miral Togo will accept the challenge
In their opinion the Japanese will
be too prudent in such a crisis to
risk the destruction of their feet.
They believe that Togo's tactics
will be to avoid an open sea fight,
and that he will launch series of
desperate night torpedo attacks in
the hope Of throwing the Russian
feet into confusion, scattering the
line of ships and giving his faster
battleships and cruisers an oppor4
tunity to surround and destroy
them individually. and, if Rojvest
vensky's ships escape to Vlaadivos-
tok, to bottle them up there.
For the moment the conservative
counsels of the peace party, which
party realizes that the military Sit
uation will be utterly hopeless if
Rojestvensky's feet is completely
destroyed, and considers it best to
open negotiations before the issue
is put to test, are ridely thrust
aside. The admiralty clamors for
chance to retrieve its reputation,
and the war party generally seems
to be convinced that the emperor of
Russia's position will not be worse
if the battle is lost, while the de-
struction of Togo fleet would spell
ruin for Japan. Theemperor him
self, it is understood, expresses
great confidence in victory and
should victory come, he will un-
doubtedly fix the imperial seal to
the program prepared for the ad-
miralty.
The possibility of a complete
change in the fortunes Of war has
had an appreciable effect in
Strengthening the reactionary inhu-
ences in his majesty and the week
has witnessed another defeat of the
Presidentof Committee Of Minister
Witte, and the veto of the proposed
ecclesiastical council by the emper-
or until tranquility it re-estab-
lished."
Meanwhile the endless bureaua-
cratic commissions charged with
various reforms, are working brisk
ly and making great noise but little
real headway, as all their decisions
are provisional only and must go
through the council of the empire
and receive imperial approval be-
fore being translated into acts. But
while the words Of all breathe re-
form, acts tend to contrary direc-
ton For instance, the press com
mission DEGREES additionalliberties
but the censorship regulations grow
severer.
The deplorable lack ofconfidence
in the governments sincerity in
placing the reforms in the hands of
the bureaucracy are shown in the
formation this week by barristers
of nucleus for a national organi-
zation in favor Of a constitution
and because Of this were notified to
leave the city within twenty-four
hours. Even Souverein, of Novoe
Vremya. which is opposed to con-
stltutionalism, cries out against the
delay.
"The bureaucracy asks for pa
tience, F" he says. $50 did Kuro-
patkin and he suffered defeat atthe
hands Of the japanese.
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