The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-08-27


commissioner resulted In the vessels
clearance bcln' withhold until full In
quiries had be a,adc. 4 few vessels
got away from port about The crtl Of
What Inns hcen particularly hol iccHble
during the entire painpnign, hts been
the thoroughncss WITH sNhidhMtho Japa-
fese have done whichever they put thelr
hands TO, even iii tl5e most Trivial mat
tiers they nndc absolutely certs'i, ~
success before the blow wits struck,
leaving nothing to chtn1ce, the same may
be said Of their secret service ariunge-
nictts, ali instnilco of which Will give q
good Illustration.
Il 1nforrna ton reached Shanghai early IN
May TINT tho Confidenzn and Costnntl
had been sold, II WIS supposed to the
Russians, In Japnf, and had cleared for
tho more southern port of Shanghai. the
vessels barely dropted anchor, tho form
ser In the Lower Limltsfatid the latter III
the Fourth Section, before sntnpans put
off from the Shanghai side for pootuii-
each containing two Japanese, with full
Photographic outfits. each working In
depcndcntly OF tho other, whilst the close
observer might have noticed n European
witt, sketch book and ficldglnsses care
fully noting my little out Of the ordl-
nary details for ensy Identification at
sea. 5 ss8 4 t3 8
s, The registered owner OF these two
vessels was man WHO at the commences
inent OF hostilltics would have taxed his
ingenuity To rattle two dollars III This
pocket. 1t was hnsccithined that each
was to DO loaded with 5000 tons Of
Wclsl, coal In hundrcdwcight sacks for
easy transhipmcnt at sen, the bulk OF
the cargo was actually brought alongside
but never n sack reached their holds,
for the authorities withheld permission
TO load their names were eventually
changed to Ilon and Mnmeluke and thor
flag from British to German, but with
no result, finally they were chartered
BY the Russian government to carry re-
fusccs from Chico Foo. M
Towards the middle Of May there wore
some ten to twelve vessels held fast ~
Shanghai, some Of them fully loaded,
the net result being shat some 10000
tons of Welsh steamng coal. Intended
for the fleet, were prevented reaching
the Russians.
one vessel tho III Dorado, was too
slick for the Japs She came into port
Friday Yves soid and cleared In ballast
on Saturday and got away on the lnorn-
Ing tide the following day. On Mondoy
morning news came to hand that she
had taken complete cable graphing
outfit and MI officer off tho cable repair
ship "storenordlslae;" and rutnor saiu
had gone off with the idea OF cutting
the cable and lsolatlng Japan from tele-
rranhic communication with, the rest or
world. Whether she actually did 80 oue
with this object cannot be ascertalhcd
with any degree of accuracy. there Ger
tainly was q temporary break lew uays
n Tor she left, which was soon adJusleu.
"a SEQUEL to this above episode a n olie
tending to show the Oriental S. thrlttines
was the fact that on lhe vesei s, t.'a ahn
70 Shanghai after the Tattsuma llsht tio
1nns wanted the return Of the DnlanGs
of the 500 after dcducting the price ar
ranged \ 1t was pointed out that the kus-
SLAMS had only got the same int 10, Ia la
and would not get cehl ., ~ ~. nnw-
some pricc they paid refunded; TINS, now,
ever, did not coincide with the views OF
the little men, and it's doubtful II they
have vet settled the matter, as the only
man who could possibly adjust II IS nov
in America and having drawn me az agreed Gee.
commission of 10 per cent on me Sooo, mas
no further interest In the controversy.
Rumors began to filter through about
Tho 23d of May Of the Northern move
ment Of the Balticers ana ~ w saSt ~
Transient at Woosung IN case any OF tne
lame ducks should deem 1t cXpedlent 10
seek the shelter of the neutral port; Tor ,'
those who are not acquainted WIN me
mouth Of the Yangtzc and the Wh4 IN,
moo, Woosuns, where the bar TO- the ial-
t ter liver IL c is situated, is IA miles from
Shanghai and ships at anchor III ms
roads IRE another 2 to miles out. thsre
was only one launch at Woosuns pc
longing to the hotel and this was Sc
cured for future use Git being better man
relying on sailing sanpan ana atraLSu-
mcnts made for kilograms shoulo any
thing happen, ~
Chicago room. at the Astor House on the
night Of the 25th May, given rs u farewell
ha5, who was dropping newspaper Der
work for something mG Irtortnr ate, ftcr
dinner the party adjourned to the paper J. ., r
office, and all took a hand at
getting out the i next days. az. cP2e enel
shame shame Of that staff, was the worst proof
read sheet you could possibly imagine. me
,,n-river boat departed at $3.50 A. NJ, but
whilst conviviality held the sway mo
mentous dongs wcro nfoot at Woosuns
kilograms announcing the arrival of eight
Russian vessels, had been received, so
aftcr forty wnks md cold tup, me
trip to Woosung was negotiated and the
launch found IN waiting Win steam up.
There We're only SIX M Sfesrls LII IN
vonia. Yaroslav and Curonia-all flying
the volunteer fleet nas. The vladimir
and the Yarosluy fitted with wireless
telegraphy: the Meteor, an old tanker
carrying water; the Vladimir II was als-
covered, was the flagship OF the con-
voy an immediate trip was made TO her.
where it was discovered the captains OF
all the vessels were discussing the official
visit, which had already heen made by
Commodore Admiral Ych, OF the Chinese
navy who was lying at Woosung, on
board China's fastest cruiser, the Hal
yung. Indeed, 1t Is claimed She Is one
OF tho fastest cruisers In the world.
Being requested to wait, the time was
used in making a superficial survey OF the
deck. but no guns visible. She was crowd
cd with men in the Russian nayn! uni
form, and a conversation with frehch-
man elected the fact that numerous for,
eigners composed a part OF the crew Of az
the transports, All the vessels had large
tank lighters ON deck to facilitate tire
.transhpment OF coal NJ sea. for all had a
certain quantity OF the best Welsh steam
Ing boen recently worked. One OF tho
chief attractions on board was thie
pig and n small mongrcl yellow dog. both
Of whom were made to, 20 through a per-
Torrance for my special beneflt.
POCKET, it dashed suddenly across uy,
mind that the same, pocket contained q
somewhat discriminating documentss-ln
fact. my last instructions from the jap