Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-05-27
WILL NOT SKIRT JAP COAST,
Many People 10 st. Petersburg Be.
l,ye that Ne Has Net and
Defeated Togo, y
TENSION IN NAVAL CIRCLES GREAT
Fleets Reported 10 Have Been En-.
esged--A Battle May Occur at
Any Time,

Toxic, May 81, $3.50 p, m,--Vice Ad'
nIral Rojettvenskye feet has been
sighted on Tsu islands, IN the straits OF
Korea
The sighting OF Admiral Rojts,vcn'
sky's fleet IN the Tsu islands would
seem 10 indicate that tho Russian COM
,nander has determined to take the
boldest course, md instead Of sklr,lng
japan and entering the sea Of Japan
by the rsugaru OF Laporouse straits, 70
push direct through the straits OF Kor'
"a and try 20 reach VlOdivostok, which
IL abou, $40 miles from the Tsu islands,
That he will be able TO do No without at
least being harassed by the Japanese
seems improbable, and the report circu'
lated ut Toxic today tina, the two fleets
have engaged In the straits OF Korea
may turn out correct There ~ the pos
sibil,y Of course, that RojestvonSky
may have 10 far deceived Admiral TOGO
that the latter " sUll AZ tho base he
established north Of Folmosa, IN case
nm engagement may not take place be.
fore tho Russians ltaoh vlodlvoslok,
/, Ia also possible that the Russian yes.
sells sighted IN the straits Of Korea, only
form a portion OF the Russian nect.
IN STRAITS OF KOREA.
Nasssaki, May III, noon,--lt II report.
~ that a Russian fleet IL paesing Tsu
Islands IN the strata Of Korea,
REJOICING IN st, PETERSBURG,
n, petercb,,rg, May "a, Sia5 p M
There was great rejoicing here on re-
uelpt NJ the Associated Press dispatch
nom Toxic announcing that Admiral
llojestYensky had boen sighted of the
TFu Island, straits Of korcn, Many poo'
pie believe Rojestvonsky has already
met and defeated Togo, while others
I'd that he has eludcd the Japanese
HdmIrnl and that II win now be a storm
chase for VlndIvoatok, The fact that
today Ia a AencrOl holiday the nnni-
versa Y OF the clnpcrors coronation, IA
considered happy augury
The city, which Ia gaily decorated, In
fnll Of rumors of u Russian victory,
NAVAL CIRCLES EXCITED.
H. Petersburg May 81, 40 y. M.
The tension M naval circles ~ very
great Nows of the meeting OF tho
Ru9lan and Japanese fleets Nv oSpoc'-
ID hourly Tho dispatch from Toxic
10 tho Associated Press saying Il was
tOmorod that tho fleets have already
engaged IN the straits of Korea aroused
intense intorcni at the admiralty, but
nothing coniirmatory had been received
There mp 10 the time this dispatch was
Ned The majority of the officers
were Inclined TO doubt the accuracy of
the Toxic report believing that Ro-
estyenHky with hla lighting ships h
heading norlhward for the eastern part
ot japan,
Others on the contrary. consider Il
quito likely that Roiealvcneky after
passing ont into tho Pacific, doubled
bach through the buohu Islands snd
WI take the s,ralGhtcsl course for
Nl0dlNoSiok, RoIostNonHky, they
pointed out, In n believer IN strategy
ana mysllncntlOn, ana his cruise IN
me Pacific may have been not only
10 avoid the danger of mines and tor
podo boa, attacks In the shallow WA.
tors Of tho straits of Formosn, hut 10
deceive the Japanese into n belief that
ms objective was either the Teugarl
on Ia porOOs straits, while IN reality
he changed his course and headed for
me straits of Korea, AZ u matter OF
lnot RoieW yoneky Hooms 10 have mNes
tlned HIS own admiralty ~ much Rs tho
Japanese, ON one hand the presence
~ the russian orllsols and oollIorr off
shanghai N taken AN being conllrmn
tory of the theory that lloJcstvoneky n
ilghling division headed back after
rrollng tho island Of Formosa ana on
'he other the presence ~ colllcra aud
converted cruisers m Shanghai IN 10.
sAfdod az blind IN confuse the Jap-
6nose The orders sent "a Japanese
merchant vessels 0t Chcfoo 10 await
Instructions before snilng are consid'
efed To strengthen tho former view,
indicating that Admiral Togo received
INFORMATION that Roioaivensky had nj.
'eted Ms course and thoreupon ordered
nl me Japanese merchantmen 10 res
main IN port