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MEN ANGRY AT CRUEL ORDER
Seize o6osrs Of Vessel and Force Them
70 surrender-Wound Said
to Have Been Thrown
Overheard.

Dy MS dSIOulSnluS statement IuAt |
when the flag of Russia was pulled |
down he was q prisoner in the mutin-
GUS hands Of his own command.
Cruel Order Enrages Men.
The full story of what is apparently
one Of the most startling occurrences
In the history Of warfare is understood
to have been related to the emperor
as follows:
After taking part vigorously in the
battle Of the first day the soldiers and
sailors of the Orel and the Nicolai |.
became enraged by the fact that, the
wounded hampering the operations of
the still able-bodied. Nebogatoff or
dered that 140 Of them be thrown
overheard near the Liancourt docks.
The order was carried out, and the
rapidly growing spirit of mutiny was
intensified by the sight Of the advanc-
ing turrets of the Japanese.
Scarcely shot had been fired, it 10
understood Nebogatoff explains, when
the officers Of the Orel and the Nicolai
I. were seized, disarmed after a strug-
gle, and confined in the main ward
rooms Of the vessel.
Run Up Japanese Flag.
The Japanese flag was then run up
to the peak by the mutineers and on
the mikado's ships ceasing fire dele
cation Of the mutineers informed Neb-
ogatof that he was to proceed to the
jap ships and there to tender the sub
mission Of his command.
Realizing that 1t was useless to at
tempt to maintain any semblance Of
resistance with mutinous crew,
Nebogaton complied, and, boarding q
small launch, went aboard the Jap
cruiser Asama and formally sur
rendered.
Solves Puzzle for Experts.
Since the first reports Of the battle
were received it has been puzzle to
the naval experts why Nebogatoff's d.
vision, practically unframed, surren-
dered without some show OF resist
ance. The mystery is now made clear.
There is little doubt that promptings
Of sympathy for the hapless Neboga-
toff have induced the Japanese govern
ment to allow him to transmit the &C
count Of the battle to the ozar, not
alone to set clear the extent Of the
Russian defeat, but also to Justify
Tor a seeming cowardice which It was
beyond his power to avoid.
Wounded Thrown Overheard.
Toxic, June IA remarkable story
II in circulation concerning the wound
ed on the orel. 1t is said that at the
opening Of the fight 300 men were
killed and wounded, and that the
sroans and shrieks Of the wounded ex-
ercised 80 harmful an effect that 1t
vas decided to throw the MORALLY
wounded into the sea. One hundred
and forty, It IL said, were thrown over
board. Those slightly wounded were
then fastened to the mast to prevent
their interference with the nghting of
the ship.
It is impossible to obtain any con-
nrmation Of this story, but later re-
ports indicate that the crew of the
orel fought with desperate bravery
throughout the day previous to their
surrender. The hull Of the vessel Ia
shell marked, and many Of her guns
are smashed and dismounted.
No More Warships Found.
Admiral Togo. telegraphing Thurs
day, says: 1.-THE ships sent north,
ward to search for Russian ships re.
turned yesterday. The cruisers 1wate
and Yakumo and other vessels sent
southwark to and Russian ships re-
turned to-day. They thoroughly
searched the Shanghai course from
Tsushima and vicinity, but on both
sides found no trace Of the Russians"
Admiral shimamura, on board the
cruiser Iwate, reports: During the
battle Of May ~, at 1907 p. m. the
cruiser Iwate vigorously attacked the
protected cruisers Jemtchug at dis
lance Of 5000 meters. The Jemtchug
sank in one minute. The loss Of the
Jemtchug is therefore confirmed"
The Japanese Losses.
Toxic, June 3. - The Japanese losses
In the battle Of the sea of Japan were
113 officers and men killed and 424
officers and men wounded. The com.
pletion Of the revised list shows that
the losses were under the original es-
Inmates. The flagship Mikasa was the
heaviest loser, losing So killed and
wounded. The losses were distributed
among the feet as follows: Mikasa,
So; Adzuma. 80; Shikishima. 81; Asa
tunate ships. Many bodies have been
ahi, 81; Full, 2s; Idzuma. 26; Nisshin,
81; Otowa, 26; KasRga, 26; Teushima,
49,; Asama, Is; Naniwa, II; Tokiwa,
Is; Yakumo, II; Chitose, s.; Idzumi,
10; Kasuga, .; Hashidate, 8; Niitaka,
4. The casualties among the destroy
ers and torpedo boats were 81. Com
mander Togo was wounded on the Ad-
yuma.
Feeling Against Nebogatof.
st, Petersburg. June 3.-Feelin2 IN
the admiralty against Rear Admira1
Nehoga4oH continues to run high, the
majority Of the naval authorities being
deaf TO the appeals Of the few who In
pist that the Admirals action In sur
rendering his warships should not be
condemned until the circumstances be-
come fully known. The majority say
they could forgive anything but sur
render, and point to the precedent set
in the case Of the Russian warship
Raphael, which In 1929, during the
Russo Turkish war. struck Its colors to
thrse Turkish ships which surrounded
II. Nicholas !. naeted out terrible
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