The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-05-04
RUSSIAN ARMADA LOCATED
JAPAN NKNoWSDEFINITELFJUsT
 WHERE TITS.
On May 2 it Was in Port Deit. to inc Northward of Honkohe Bay, Annam-- Numerous vessels Plying Between Saigon and the Warships With Full Cargoes of Provisions and Cattle.

Cargoes of Provisions and Catfle.
 St. Petersburg, May 4.-2:1o a. m.-- Captain von Essen, the hero of Port Arthur and one of the ablest of Rus sian naval officers, discussing with the Associated Press the coming naval bat. tie in the Far East. took a rosy view of Rojestvensky's prospects, and as serted that he had great advantage in many respects over the original Port Arthur squadron. Captain Von Essen declared that the engagement between Togo and RojestveDsky was bound to be at long range. He smiled at the idea that the Japanese might be able to dis organize or damage the Russian squad ron by torpedo attacks, pointing out the impotency of such tactics after the first surprise at Port Arthur. Take the mat ter of telescope sights, for instance" said the captain, which are almost in .dispensable in engagements at the ex- treme ranges now usual The Port Ar thur fleet was without tham and was unable to obtain the sights on account of the cutting of communications, while Rojestvensky' big guns are all equip ped. Furthermore, we know that To- go's ships were severely pounded in the battle of August 10. Without taking in to consideration the unavoidable de- preciation and the fact that, though repaired, 1t was far from being good before the battle, the ordnance of the Japanese ships suffered especially, and though some of the twelve inch guns may have baen replaced, it is impossi- ble that all can have been renewed. Some. of the smaller guns on the Jap anese ships actually went to pieces dur ing the engagernent. After the battle we found a large piece of the muzzle of one Of the Japanese thirteen-centimetr guns on board the Sevastopol. The Japanese, however, were able to renew their secondary armament, having a plant capable of building such guns.
 The battle will be decided by the twelve-inch guns, continued the cap tain.
 But may not Togo elect to conduct a harassing warfare with his torpedo boats in the hope of sinking one of the Russian ships?" was asked.
 One of the lessons of the present war replied Captain Won Essen, is the ability of warships to defend them selves against torpedo attacks during naval engagements. After the opening surprises the Japanese torpedo boat fo- ltilla accomplished practically nothing until the last act of the naval drama, tthe torpedoing of the Sevastopol before the surrender of Port Arthur, and then it took five nights of continuous at Jacks under the most favorable weather conditions snow squalls, ete.--to get one of the hundreds of torpedoes home against stationary ship.
 London, May Cabling from Tokio, the correspondent of the Daily Mail
 reports that dense fogs continue to prevail on the China and Japan seas 1 The correspondent says that it is defi- nitely known to Japan that on May ships of the Russian second Pacific
 squadron were in Port Deit, to the
 northward of Honkohe bay, Annam. I The Daily Mails Hong Kong corre- I spondent says that numerous steamers l are constantly plying between Saigon 1 and the Russian Warships with full l cargoes of provisions and cattle. He adds that it is reported that American 1 and German newspaper correspondents i at Shanghai have chartered the steam
 CT Wuchang, ostensibly to view the I coming naval battle. The vessel, he
 reports, is flying the French flag, but il is believed she is really Russian proper
 ty with a mission to locate Vice Ad-
 miral Togo.