The Washington times., 1905-05-30

structien and cut of Japan from the
mainland.
It is the fact that the battle which
Utterly destroyed Rogestvensky has left
Togo stronger than he was before,
which has caused such intense hunltlia-
tfon. not only to the Gear, but to the
officers of admiralty.
today about the admiralty office TO the
effect there was almost open nutiny on
several OF Rogestyensky ships Wnlls ne
was in the China sea One story is tilat
the crew Of one Of the battlesh1Ds De-
came so u,lruly that the admiral was
| compelled TO threaten to ffe on them
before they were brought paek 10 theit
II these stories are true. and they are
widely credited. 1T would account Tor
| the surrender of the battieships and
also for the poor showing MADE bS tue
Russians during the fight
| While the admiralty is stin without
advices as to the battle. IT Is conceded
| that the japanese reports are correct
An officer of the admiralty said:
Poor Rogestvenslsy kept hls wore; a,;
We apparently have nobody VINO can
tell US Of this awfuf Tragedy.
onainous Silence,
The fact that none Of the vessels. not
reported by the Japanese as either
captured or sunk. have reached either
| Vladivostok or neutral ports is regarded
as or1ainous Il is feared news or them
| also will come from Tokyo.
While deep sympathy is felt fea r.
gestvensky, and his death, which now
seems certain. is deplored among navy
men. the feeling is expressed that he
was, after all, fortunate in meeting
death In battle as he never would have
recovered from the disgrace Of com
| mandiEg the worst beaten war aeet ef
all time.
Every possible effort is being made by
the authorities to prevent the full e2terE
OF the disaster from becoming known
to the public. It's effects are feared,
General Trephon has instructed the
newspapers not TO print foTeign dis-
patches giving details of the battle I'M
til they have been confirmed by Rus
Nevertheless the news has spread
| throughout Ghe length and breadth oil
the land and has caused intense feel
ing everywhere. The authorities have
taken extra precautions TO preserve pub
when the full exte1t eff the defeat
becomes known II is feared there viii
be serious trouble.
| II is again reported that the Czarina
Is preparing TO take the CZarvitch tC
Denmark until the excitement has
calmed down.
army today.
Newspapers Muzzled.
| ST. PETERSBURG. May 3o.-The
newspapers this morning, acting under
the instructions of the censor. express
the hope for Russia's success in tht
naval operations in the Far East
This method of daceiving the people is
not meeting with great success, how
| ever.
The news of the battle and of the
overwhelming defeat OF Admiral Rogest
yensky's feet Is becoming known gen
orally and the greatest alarm exists.
The reYolutionists are doing their bes
to circulate the news Of the defeat. anc
| to turn the situation TO their own ad
vantage. They declare that Togo foussh
| the vanqu1shed foe in the interest.
Of Russian eonstitutionalism. and tina
| his success is a victory for this cause
They make no effort to conceal theil
Joy at the outcome Of the battle.
| There are some signs that the reYo
iutionlsts and terrorists ara preparing Z
. inaugurate street demonstrations agafns
the government. but ii is not likely tha
! they will succeed in doing so.